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PastelCake β€” How to add color gradient to your sketches

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Anime-Night-Dreamer [2014-01-07 10:33:14 +0000 UTC]

wauw! thats very helpfull thanks!

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Anime-Night-Dreamer In reply to Anime-Night-Dreamer [2014-01-08 20:22:26 +0000 UTC]

well i tried it how you said and the colouring part doesnt really want to work

The Duplicate Layers does really a great job, that i must say

But one thing! Need the drawing be scanned or is a photo good too?

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theCarnesir1 [2013-09-16 16:29:18 +0000 UTC]

Echt hammer Effekt , danke fΓΌr das tutorial ^^

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sugarkittens [2013-09-12 04:46:43 +0000 UTC]

I meant PaintNET..

-Minly

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sugarkittens [2013-09-12 04:46:18 +0000 UTC]

Can this be downloaded on to a Mac comp?

-Minly

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BambiQue [2013-08-08 21:04:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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puiei [2013-08-01 08:24:14 +0000 UTC]

I actually used it!

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CeeDee23 [2013-07-15 04:33:13 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome!!!~

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Kellista [2013-07-13 10:27:37 +0000 UTC]

nice work

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naota-art [2013-07-13 07:04:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you sooooo much You really are helping meee

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cowlufoo [2013-07-13 03:17:25 +0000 UTC]

How do you make the background of the sketch white? Or is it because your printer/scanner has a really good light? x.x

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naota-art In reply to cowlufoo [2013-07-13 07:03:31 +0000 UTC]

Just set the "brightness" and "contrast" of the sketches~ You can use Photoshop for it~

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Andihaus [2013-07-13 01:20:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this, I might try it some time.

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TerraDragonAce [2013-07-12 21:32:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this tutorial. I've been wondering on how to do this for a long time! Do you scan your Traditional Art before adding color gradient? Or does it only work for Digital Art?

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HK-arthepist [2013-07-12 16:14:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank youuuu! You are the best! I tried find some tutorial like this so long!!

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Gossamier [2013-07-12 02:39:06 +0000 UTC]

In gimp,
If you set the duplicate layer to lighten,
It works A LOT better.

*For Me*

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Gossamier In reply to Gossamier [2013-07-12 02:40:41 +0000 UTC]

**For me anyways*
A.K.A. It should work but I can't guarantee.... OnO

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Zoey2070 [2013-07-12 01:11:28 +0000 UTC]

For Paint tool SAI, you just create a new layer and use Clipping Group. If there's white on the line-art layer, you can go in Layer > Luminance to Transparency with the line-art layer selected so it'll just be the lineart and get rid of the white.

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Mky-Amako [2013-07-12 00:06:32 +0000 UTC]

This can be done ONLY in this program or another one works too? Like Photoshop...

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DexterTheFox [2013-07-11 23:19:37 +0000 UTC]

Yaaay! A paint.NET user!

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darkdragon770 [2013-07-11 22:26:52 +0000 UTC]

yay this is so helpful
It's always good to learn something new

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BLUEvsFIN [2013-07-11 21:53:35 +0000 UTC]

Awesome ^^

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Shiro110493 [2013-07-11 21:44:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much xD, this is a nice effect

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Nionai [2013-07-11 20:46:10 +0000 UTC]

OMFG!!! I LOVE CHU!!!
I've had paint.net for about 2 years? And i'm still learning shiz about it x,D
THANK YOU!~

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MSTieMiss [2013-07-11 20:10:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial!

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seokii [2013-07-11 19:41:53 +0000 UTC]

Omo, so that's how it's done !!
So I suppose... I could change the colour of any lineart this way...
Thanks so much !! This is really helpful !!

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SaraMartinsBlueHeart [2013-07-11 19:27:11 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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LastChanceToBreathe [2013-07-11 19:14:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! This is super helpful.

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Azecsiane [2013-07-11 18:19:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks !! ^^

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NekoNekoGirl04 [2013-07-11 17:59:26 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I might have to try this program out some time. Nice tutorial, by the way.

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Root-Beer-Vampire [2013-07-11 17:56:10 +0000 UTC]

This is a very pretty effect!

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kyuubifan8897 [2013-07-11 17:33:47 +0000 UTC]

Thnxs u!!
Ireally needed help on this!!
(I use PAINT TOOLSAI AND PAINT.NET)

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ThatRandomOtaku [2013-07-11 16:49:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial and download line~! >w<

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Remington-Mancini [2013-07-11 12:03:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this tutorial(and telling me where to get Paint.net )

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CosmicStarAngel [2013-07-11 10:43:11 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for this tutorial!!

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x-Memoire-x [2013-07-11 10:24:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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ijustloveit619 [2013-07-11 10:18:54 +0000 UTC]

Is there a trick to it using SAI?

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BuniChii In reply to ijustloveit619 [2013-07-11 11:18:08 +0000 UTC]

I've done it myself in SAI a couple of times. Since there's not a gradient feature, I've ended up just kind of blending them together on my own. It gets about the same effect, I think.

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iWolfiez In reply to BuniChii [2013-07-11 20:07:42 +0000 UTC]

Not really, but what I do is I put like two or three different colours, with the Paintbrush tool, full density and no blending. Then I take the watercolour brush tool with all blending, and around 20-something density, and rub the colours together until I get a nice shade of the colour/colours I want. :3
Here's an example of what I mean.. I did it on the background of this with a deep blue on the bottom and a black on top ~ [link]

-Was not asked for opinion but gave it anyways.- Dazz me <3

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BuniChii In reply to iWolfiez [2013-07-11 22:08:50 +0000 UTC]

Wait that's what I meant. I guess I didn't word it very well.

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iWolfiez In reply to BuniChii [2013-07-11 23:22:53 +0000 UTC]

It's alright. :3

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ijustloveit619 In reply to BuniChii [2013-07-11 14:34:44 +0000 UTC]

Oh I see, I guess there is no short cuts in SAI XD

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MojoLiazon [2013-07-11 10:04:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, very helpful, I've just gotten Paint.net and have no idea how to use it, lol, but I can't afford the other options

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marylizabetha [2013-07-11 08:16:56 +0000 UTC]

You are a beautiful person! Thank you!

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Xsylum [2013-07-11 07:37:36 +0000 UTC]

very useful tutorial with generic terms so that we can use anywhere (photoshop, sai...) Thanks a lot

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newtypeFERN [2013-07-11 07:22:39 +0000 UTC]

nice!

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CindryTuna [2013-07-11 03:53:07 +0000 UTC]

woah, this is perfect, finally, an easy way to do it. Thanks xD

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MeriNeka [2013-07-11 03:31:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I got all excited because I actually had this program. Then freaked out when I couldn't find it, only to find that I had moved the icon to the corner. XD

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EnvyXtheXPalmXTree [2013-07-11 03:00:12 +0000 UTC]

it didnt work for me..

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EbolaSparkleBear In reply to EnvyXtheXPalmXTree [2013-07-11 18:37:54 +0000 UTC]

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