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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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juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust what i need 
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me? I just ink the drawing and either use the brush and color the image... or use the fill tool, so this won't help me much...
or will it?
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What a wonderful tutorial!! I've always hand-inked, cause I don't have a tablet and have noo coordination with the mouse 
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Very nice tut, thanks for sharing!
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Truely a fantastic tutorial! And do you know the best thing? It includes stuff most people don't know!
Darn, you know, I'm pretty experienced in flash and the pen tool, but the export and the varied preassure I had NO ideas about.
Thanks for writing this! Fantastic tutorial! Truely beautiful too =3
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thank you!! ^___^ I constantly find that I'm always learning, and I've been using Photoshop for years! 
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i think its great.............................
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Yay someone like me who can't use a tablet for drawing nicely. <3 I use the pen too method, only instead of simulating pressure, I just go back and add line weigh, as if I were drawing with a real pen. :3 Cool tutorial though.
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YES Excellent Tutorial, Im favin this for future reference ^^
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Ah. I don't have Photoshop. Actually, I only have an old version of Paint shop Pro. But, the features are still similar enough.
This helped a lot. Wah, Now I might actually use it for more than changing the format of pictures.
Lovely job.
And cute picture, too XD;;
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I've been looking into this type of art so this is a really good start for me.
Just one question. o-o
What the heck is a tablet? D:
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It's like a pad with a pen, and you use that as a mouse. It's like using a pen for your computer!
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ZOMG... nice tutorial... i luv it...
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Wow, i knew it would be helpfull to check this out! You have the talent to make things simple enough
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You can select "all layers" when using the paint bucket, and it will recognize the lines of any layer.
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I bow down to all those artists who are selfless and give people help! 
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Never knew how the pen tool worked ^^
Helped a lot.
Hope you don't mind me asking, but do you happen to know what the scalpel function in photoshop is for? (Except making colored rectangles on my picture that won't go away anymore?)
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scalpel? Oh, it's an image slicer. It helps you slice an image up into different components. This is generally pretty useful for webdesign, if some parts of your image are a part of a different table or what not.
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I see. For normal, single picture works it's not needed.
Thanks for the info.
If I accidentially make some slices do you know how I can remove them again?
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Hmm... i'm not positive. Undo?
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Yes... undo works. I just thought there'd be other ways as well. Thank you.
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A really cool and helpful tutorial !! thanx ^^
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OMG!!!!! I LOVE YEW!!!! TTATT the tut. bout inking using macromedia flash really teaches me A LOT!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!!! *bow...bow...bow* FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVV!!!!!! >o<;;;
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lots of loves to you... i just installed my humble little digital tablet and am ever so grateful for seeing this cuz i've been having hell problems with my inking....and drawing in general but thats a different story....
thank you! you are awesome!!!
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Why is it that when I stroke the path, the window where the stimulate pressure checkbox is, doesn't appear? XD
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what version of PS are you running? Simulate pressure might be a feature of a later version. I'm not positive though. I use CS2
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I have the same problem O_o
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what version of Photoshop are you running? Simulate pressure might be a feature of a later version, although I'm not positive...
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I figured everything out until the end. I used the simmulate pressure om the drawing of mine thats named "innocent". You can go take a look^^
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thank u very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very ...................................... much
for teaching poor us to take out from this hel u r the god
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This is amazingly kind thank u very much, I appreciate any help - thanks honey x
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I've got some sketches on paper and I never tried to scan that on my computer, because I didn't know how to ink it correctly (I don't have a tablet). But know I think I will try, your tutorial was of great inspire to me. Thx :*
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Wow! This is awesome! I don't have to worry about not knowing what to do when I get photoshop! You're so wonderful!
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THAANK YOOU.
I've been trying to work out how to ink in photoshop for a while now. XD
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AWSOME JOB! OMG.. i never knew about he stimulating line.. no wonder mine look so dead. >_< thank you!
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Thanks! Great tutorial. I always had a hard time using the pen tool, now I know how exactly to use it.
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wonderful tute! I had never thought of using Flash for lineart... I'll have to try it out sometime!
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zomg great tutorial XD!. It's fantastic ^^.
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Awwwwww, that is such a nice tutorial, I can never do smooth lines and I'm always trying to find new ways of drawing lines, smoother and faster. Do you know where I can get flash from for a cheap price cos I really want it but I don't really have th emoney to buy it for hundreds of pounds. Thank you!
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are you a student? There are some good student discounts at universities.
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