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poli-chanCG tutorial for mouse + tablet

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Description edit 4/26/08: holy pig. never have I even dreamed of getting a Daily Dev... thankyouthankyouthankyou so much for this honor ;__;
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If you have questions, please ask. I'll do my best to answer them. (:

If you want to try this and need a sketch (...too lazy to draw your own? XD), you can use one of mine;
cow , angel , ...

If you just want to try to CG, you can use one of my linearts:
(will update as soon as I finish one)

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Regarding the PEN TOOL - err.. it's kinda hard to explain XD; ..which is why I didn't really explain it. It's like the bezier tool in oekakis or MS Paint -- in a way.
Click once at the starting point of your line, and click and drag in the direction of the line (at the spot you want your line to end). Play with the dragging until you like how the line looks (don't let go of the mouse button!)~ and then do the right click > stroke path thing. Look at this if you can't visualize it...XD [link]

LAYERS - if you're confused about what I meant with the layers, take a look here --> [link] That's the layers palette for the image in the tutorial.
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Comments: 514

Segab In reply to ??? [2008-04-27 17:57:29 +0000 UTC]

no prob everyone can do a little typo ^^'

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alsasson [2008-04-27 00:49:11 +0000 UTC]

this was the most awesome tutorial i have ever seen! it looks so much fun to do! but sadly, i couldnt get past step two! haha, it could be because of the model im using, im using photoshop cs3.....but, ah well, you did this most perfectly! thanks alot! when i somehow fix my problem, i'll be sure to use it!

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poli-chan In reply to alsasson [2008-04-27 15:46:17 +0000 UTC]

i'm not familiar with CS2, but i beliiiiieve you can do step 2 by going to "Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation..."

the menus should be similar. let me know if it works (:

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alsasson In reply to poli-chan [2008-04-29 03:42:42 +0000 UTC]

haha, i made a mistake, it was cs3....but..i will be sure to try it, thanks alot!

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alsasson [2008-04-26 23:58:20 +0000 UTC]

what does CG mean?? and...when i right click, it wont give me any path stroke settings, mine are all un-selectable! they are grey!!! what do i do? i cant continue on if i dont have the settings you have!

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poli-chan In reply to alsasson [2008-04-28 23:23:05 +0000 UTC]

what version of photoshop do you have?

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alsasson In reply to poli-chan [2008-04-29 03:39:11 +0000 UTC]

cs3....but im not sure if its as good as yours...and if it is..heh, i may just suck...

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alsasson [2008-04-26 23:51:05 +0000 UTC]

im alittle dumb.....hah, and i know i should have read the entire thing.... which im getting to...but this is phototshop, right? how exactly do you get your step one...sketch lines sooo gosh darn smooth??? photoshop doesnt do that, unless you used a tablet, but, oh well, hahahahah!!! i shall continue reading, this stuff if fantastic, thanks!!!! you explain so well! i cant wait to read the rest!

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resurectedwar [2008-04-26 23:49:38 +0000 UTC]

awsome and really cute opic i just love it

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Anehime [2008-04-26 23:48:03 +0000 UTC]

Wow this really helped! Thank you.

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dotbend [2008-04-26 23:18:30 +0000 UTC]

SHES GOT NO NOSE O_O!!!

btw nice tutorial helped me alot

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Phenomenon-Art [2008-04-26 22:12:52 +0000 UTC]

do u use a table???

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Sakura-Uchiha9 [2008-04-26 22:03:36 +0000 UTC]

>.>Lucky, you actually have that kind of high-tech stuff!!I draw at my friends house..Another way I have to do it is go on PhotoBucket..T-T

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SILV3R-T3SHIFF7 [2008-04-26 21:19:29 +0000 UTC]

You just made my life SOOO much easier ^,^

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motsumi In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 20:43:23 +0000 UTC]

I'll have to see if this will work for openCanvas too. But it's easy to understand. Thank you for doing this tutorial for mouse users like me.

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pralinkova-princezna In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 19:59:14 +0000 UTC]

Lovely result with a mouse! I prefer drawing lineart freehand in a tablet, but the pen tool looks very useful too. XD

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matthesen [2008-04-26 19:15:00 +0000 UTC]

nice

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HattsterKitty [2008-04-26 18:39:09 +0000 UTC]

I cannot wait to try this out - you've made it so much easier to understand

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InvaderRemina [2008-04-26 18:26:55 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial!

Is photoshop better than paintshop? I'm wondering which one to get.

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poli-chan In reply to InvaderRemina [2008-04-27 16:11:20 +0000 UTC]

photoshop is more popular, i think. professionals generally use it.

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Flynneybob In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 17:45:35 +0000 UTC]

nice tutorial, but i still find mouse easier but tats only cos ive gt a medium tablet n like 2 screw wit me quite a lot lol but if i cud rate it 5/5

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avafreak [2008-04-26 17:32:10 +0000 UTC]

very nice!! i've always wanted to CG some of my drawings, but never really knew how to. This tutorial you made seems to be quite helpful! i'm sure i'll use it in the future!! ^^

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RandallFlagg34 [2008-04-26 16:55:40 +0000 UTC]

nice!!! : Just Fav this! ^^

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Julietto In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 16:52:47 +0000 UTC]

I can't THANK you enough! ^^

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21citrouilles [2008-04-26 16:46:56 +0000 UTC]

Congrats on the DD! I've tried this tutorial and it's excellent!

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nikki2290 [2008-04-26 16:11:04 +0000 UTC]

wow, omg, you're great! Written well, n its beautiful! I know that the person who wrote this knows what they're talking about! Good work! faved!

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Shibuki10 [2008-04-26 15:38:31 +0000 UTC]

wat computer program did u use? was it like photoshop? and if it was, wat version or kind? btw i love it!

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poli-chan In reply to Shibuki10 [2008-04-26 18:10:31 +0000 UTC]

i used photoshop 7. thank you!

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Shibuki10 In reply to poli-chan [2008-04-27 01:30:15 +0000 UTC]

o kool, ty and ur welcome! ^^ keep up the good work!!!!!

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summersea In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 14:15:00 +0000 UTC]



I'm totally using this.

Thanks!

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Phantasm-D-Lagosa In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 13:02:29 +0000 UTC]

Cool; I'll have to give this one a shot... it looks really interesting!

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manic-pixie In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 12:55:21 +0000 UTC]

very helpful tutorial. cleared up some digital hullabaloo that i never understood.

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dog-fish In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 11:13:17 +0000 UTC]

congrats on the DD

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Pyro6957 [2008-04-26 10:16:47 +0000 UTC]

I love you for this tutorial xD

Now my digital works will turn out a lot better.

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NogarKhaz In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 09:16:04 +0000 UTC]

Where's da nose!? LOL, anyway, some people may find it helpful.

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youkai-hime In reply to ??? [2008-04-26 08:30:48 +0000 UTC]

awesome!

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hikaridemon In reply to ??? [2008-04-25 02:58:08 +0000 UTC]

Cool! I'm going to try this! Since I have no tablet, I'm so testing this. Thanks for the tut! ^.^

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Plushie-heartless [2008-04-23 04:25:46 +0000 UTC]

X3 This tutorial has been very helpful, thank you so much for making it~

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Nageena [2008-04-14 23:33:15 +0000 UTC]

OMG was searching for forever on how to change the colour of the lines in my picture! THANK YOU!

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EddieGillspie [2008-04-11 20:56:15 +0000 UTC]

Do you know where i can get photoshop 7.0?

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Zanity-ytinaz [2008-02-09 14:50:52 +0000 UTC]

o.O good..tutorial

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TheGhostOfFreedom [2008-02-06 19:05:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this tutorial.

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zleek [2008-02-03 17:16:33 +0000 UTC]

thank you!! this helped me soooooo much!! ^^
you're awesome

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Kara-sensei [2008-02-01 02:37:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. I'm trying my best to cg my sketch but boy, it's taking long. Dx

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DarkMorriganRyoko [2008-01-29 21:50:38 +0000 UTC]

i like it!! i did my last deviantion almost like that, simple and funny <3

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moonlightkamika [2008-01-29 19:48:36 +0000 UTC]

omg this is soooo helpful tyvm :3 glad i found it

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leejun35 [2008-01-26 13:42:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the pretty tutorial ~ It help me alot !

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ShimoKousetsu [2008-01-24 01:30:27 +0000 UTC]

O: I'm so coming back to this guide once every two seconds. xD

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AsiNisiMasa [2008-01-20 09:10:37 +0000 UTC]

I've just started learning to draw and this tutorial helped me a lot in getting started coloring. Thanks a lot!

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iwuvemo In reply to ??? [2008-01-20 02:08:14 +0000 UTC]

Wowz

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