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Edit: Eyes tutorial, featuring this same character, is up: [link]A sister tutorial to the last Cleaning up Lines Tutorial [link] I really appreciated the feedback that I got, so thank all of you, and I'm glad it was helpful to some.
A lot of people mentioned that it's hard for them to sketch cleanly, so the last tutorial didn't really apply. I have the same problem, and it takes a looooot of extra work on paper (erase, erase, draw, erase) to get pencil lines clean enough to start coloring off of. So.... that's why I often turn to Digital Inking!
Here are some of the ways that I do Digital Inking. I know the "trace directly over the original image" is probably the most common method, but it's hard to do without a tablet and also hard for people with unsteady hands, so that's why I talked a bit about other methods.
As usual, comments/feedback appreciated so I can incorporate them into future projects. Thanks and
to all of you!
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I had that first to! You have to buttons in the up, one with a sqare with nothing in is and one with a pen in it! You have to click the one with the pen it is :3
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erg nvm found out what was wrong. great tutorial, i never knew about the pen tool before this! 
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Wow. This is really good. Thanks for this tutorial. I always hated the pen tool! I'm gonna try out this out for my next drawing. Thanks!
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Your tutorials are the best!! Thank you so much for sharing it all!
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Oh, wow! This might be a stupid comment, but I never thought of doing that. I usually go over my stuff done in pencil with those really thin art markers... and it takes forever. And if you mess up, you're screwed.
This is AWESOME. So happy I read the tutorial... Thanks a MILLION!
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this was very helpful in a lot of ways, except for the way I wanted to learn most, which was the pen tool. what version of photoshop are you working in? because when I use the pen tool in PS, it doesnt work the same way. for instance, my lines start with an anchor point in the middle, and when I push the ctrl key, all it does is move the entire line, anchor point and all. I cant figure out how to manipulate the curves like you do... and I have both mouse and tablet. THE PEN TOOL JUST CONFUSES ME SOO MUCH, and I realy really want to learn how to use it properly.
fantastic tutorial though. you covered a lot of ground in this one. I wish more tutorials were like this.
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Hiyas! I use Photoshop version CS2, although I'm certain CS has the same pen tool... It's possible an earlier version might work differently...
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oh, thanks. I uh... messed with it a bit and figured it out. the pen tool was just so foreign to me, lol. thanks alot thought, the tutorial helped quite a bit.
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Your tutorial was excellent and very detailed oriented. Not to complex but..yet...you put humor into your tutorial.
I've been doing the "tracing method" for my sketches but..since i only had photoshop for a months, i'm new at it. I like the type of method you display in your tutorial. I'll try that out for myself.
Now..if i could only get the coloring right. :sweatdrop:
Marih Dimitri
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you have saved me. I dont know how many different methods I went through to ink. I NEVER thought of the pen tool!! ARIGATO!!
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Very nice, the first tutorial where my Photoshop-impaired brain could acctully get a handle on,
^___^
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Oh wow! Now I feel like going home and inking digitally. I like this tutorial alot better than one I just downloaded. It's easy and you don't make it seem like everything is easy right away. you actually tell us how to do things. Hehehe.
As you might have guessed I am a traditional artist and don't really do digital work but am interested.
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This is excellent and very easy to understand, so thank you for taking the time to make this and for sharing it with us.
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what photoshop do you use? i got paint shop pro 6. XD it sucksssss sooo bad.. im embaressed to put anything up because its so horrible
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erm... yeah...l i got paint shop pro 6 and it sucks.... and no one does a tutorial thingy for that....
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I can't get the pen tool to work...I keep getting dots where the anchor points are...
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Yeah, it looks like I just took the brush tool and clicked on the points on the line. I don't know what I did wrong...
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it gave me few quite a useful ideas... thank you, this helps me so much^^
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;_; this is sooo useful. Thanks x1000 for making this. I suck at cleaning up lines and whatnot
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@@ great tutorial (I'm triying your idea right now 
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You mean a tutorial just on the pen tool? I tried to cover the basics here over how the tool is used... sorry if it wasn't helpful.
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x3 it was helpful n_n really ............sorry if you though I was saying that O.ou ............=_= I'm very bad explaining my self X_x
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oh, i see. ^^ Well, glad it was then! 
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omgah! even though i dont have this, this would be VERY usefull to me in teh future! ^.^ <3 looks very simple, but i bet it isn't lol 
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Man, this makes me want Photoshop even more then I did before >_> I really like the pen tool technique!
I just wondering, what Photoshop do you use? I really want to know what the best one is, so I know how much more money I need to save up
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I use the latest Photoshop, CS2, although really, most of the features I use could be found in version 5.5
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A very nice tutorial for the tablet and/or steadyness challenged. (Like me. /grin) Keep up the good work!
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Very nice tutorial....I was thinking of using flash cuz there lines are more manipulatible and I don't like photoshop that much..but you tutorial has just cleared up some of my issues
so thnx alot!
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Damn! Last night I thought I should try to find a digital inking tutorial.. THANKS!
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collecting ink tutorials. thanks for this one. Too cute... can't breath
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I miss the good ol' days when people inked and coloured the old-fashioned way.
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nm
srry for ur time...
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hi! ur tutoriall is awsome it worked for me! but i have a question...how do u turn the inked lines black?
I kno this sounds like a wierd question but no matter what i do the lines always turn out red...can u help me?
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Hiyas! You mean when you use the pen tool and stroke the path? It's the color of the brush you're currently using... so if your brush color is black, your lines will be black.
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she is so cute I love the colors ^^
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Wow... just, wow... great tutorial I know some people who are in need for desperate help! XD I'll show 'em this 
Great techniques!
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Very good tutorial! I look forward to using what I have learned on my next project! Thank you!
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Great tip about using Flash, I'd never thought of that before, so thanks 
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i LOVE the tutorial to bits! (sorry, ill glue it up again) if you total zoom in on my pictures they LOOK TERRIBLE!! >.< So im off to try outlining now! cjoot pic by the way ^^ P.s. id love to have som critic comments on my pictures so i can learn to be a great artist!
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well put toghether tutorial thanks. Yeah your right about tablets being hard to ink on. Personally Id rather ink in real life and risk fucking it all than use the wavy arse lines I get from trying to use a tablet. I have done some drawings by poly lassooing round every line and filling which makes a nice effect but takes an actual eternity.
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I didn't really know the pen tool could be so powerful! Always considered it something that could not give smooth effects and stuff. Thanks for bringing this tool to the attention!
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Wish I had a tablet lol. Anyway, good tutorial. Which you've already heard a 1000 times lol.
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