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joulee — Cleaning up lines tutorial II
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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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Your explanation and accompanying visuals made this a very clear tutorial! I have seen some of these steps given by other artists, but your is the best job I've seen so far!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent.
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It's a pretty good tutorial with a pretty good exemple!
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really really reaaaaaaaaally helpfull.. you saved me T_T! XDD
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Yeh!! another helpful tutorial! thanks!!X3
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Wow that's just what I've been looking for!!
Except I use the GIMP.
But it's awright because I think Photoshop and GIMP are very similar. ^^
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Thanks a million! Perfect timing too! I started to work on an image not too long ago and needed some help
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OK i was wondering if you knew how to make an animated Avatar in photoshop.. if ya can
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no, i don't know how, but it's not too difficult in flash.
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Ah~ Awesome tutorial. 
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Awesome awesome awesome *saves*. One day I'll get flash T^T;;...
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For the flash part, I'd suggest using the pen/pencil tool for rough sketches, then doing them again with the line function, so that you get rid of most of the points, which will allow for simple manipulization.
Then again, This is coming from someone who uses a man-in-a-clam for his internet counterpart...
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using the line tool? does that draw curves? I haven't used that much...
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Actually, you can curve the line by hand, and then combine them by clicking on the corner and dragging it till the circle enlarges.
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OMG this has opened a whole new thing to me in PS DOMO ARIGATO >w<
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Thanks for giving me the courage to try inking in Flash! I've not really played with it, but am interested in making one of those dress-up games as well as making my lineart look smoother. Yay!
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so thats how you do it......
very well done
love it
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Cool!! This helps out a lot! I was trying to get straighter lines but wasn't sure how to use the pen tool. Thanks for the info!
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... do you use illustrator? it has a much nicer pen tool that in photoshop, if you ask me, and once you have it inked you can color it in photoshop. o_o
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i've never used it, unfortunately, but now I'm really interested! ^^
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Yeah i'm really wobbly when it comes to handling tracing with the pen too you gotta have a damn steady hand to do it by tablet. so i use the the pen tool with it set to pen pressure, or i use Illustrator to ink cause it instantly gives you clean sharp straight lines.
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i should try using illustrator... it sounds fantastic! O_O!
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I dont always use it, I like to switch between using Photoshop and Illustrator for my lineartwork
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wow awesome tutorial! xD helped me lots!
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some tuturorials aren't that clean...but you did a great job, I believe
I cleary understood everything this time! thank yooou!
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Thanks alot, is the pen tool a tedious way to do it? Becuase the outcome looks really good.
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It takes some getting used to, but it's not terrible once you get a handle on it.
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Macromedia flash?? God that's new! D: Thanks for the tutorial! I need this now more than ever XD~
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Thank you for making this! I've been having a pretty hard time inking in my art, and I was desperate for tipes! Now I have a better idea of what to do!
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yur work on this is MIND blowing!
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Oh this is absolutely WONDERFUL!!! So easy to follow (yet VERY effective!) and just fantastic for someone like me who is interested in learning to use photoshop but doesn't really know how to start ^__^
Thank you so much for creating this!
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that's rather useful~~ XD;
*i have to actually find a decent drawing to outline tho, b4 i can try this out --;;;*
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Omg, this is great!!!! Really, its nicely written and informative!
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This was very, very informative and helpful ^___^. I plan to try several of these techniques next time I want to color a sketch.
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I love you!! I've been trying to figure out how to work Photoshop for a while....Thank you!
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Hey, this is a very good tutorial, not only did you explain the "how-to" very well, but that you explained it for more than one program. I think it would have nice too if you had included a tutorial using Corel Painter IX, because that is the illustration program that I have, but no one seems to have it because there are no tutorials for it, or at least none that I have found. Overall, very very nice.
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I love Painter and use it all the time.
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Yay. Something to -finally- teach the stupid people. Like me. XD
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Oh, I know how hard it is to ink with just freehand! But, I think that not only shrinking the image, but bluring it a little afterwards would help make the lines look smoother. Thanks for making this tutorial.
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I'm sure blurring it would help too.
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Heey, now thats useful! Never could quite figure out that pen tool. Thanks
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This is very useful! Thanks for the tutorial...
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Cute picture... I like it 
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this is very helpful! great tuteral! i can use it wid ma new tablet ^0^. thx!
jus wonderin. can u do an eye coulerin tuteral? i like the way u did this characters eyes in this tuteral. kawai! ^.^
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a great suggestion!
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