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pralinkova-princezna — GIMP tutorial - as good as PS
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My first proper tutorial!
I so enjoyed making it. 
There are not many GIMP tutorials here, definitely not as many as for Photoshop, and this program is still underrated. I want to advertise it as a tool equal to Photoshop.The tutorial covers these areas of digital drawing:
inking
colouring
shading (with the use of Levels)
text adjustmentsThe Cisqua and the Mudkip pic was specially designed for this tutorial.
XD See it finished here: [link] More tips:
As for smudging, people complained soft shades are harder than cel shading. Use various sizes of fuzzy brushes and mainly remember to lower the opacity of them, that gives you better control over them.
I strongly recommend viewing other tutorials on anything you need - inking, colouring... everybody has a little different approach (though the basic ideas are the same) but you could pick up some useful tips and tricks and learn by seeing the art itself.
If you make something with the use of this tutorial, post a link, I would love to see it!
NOTE: My GIMP is in Czech, so the translations may not be 100% correct, but I hope everything will be clear from the pictures. Anyway, in case of more troubles, feel free to ask!
NOTE 2: This is an old version of GIMP, so the new one has slightly different icons and more functions, but the tools remain.
Gimp can be downloaded here: [link] It is for free.
Thanks for comments+faves, I'm incredibly happy you find it useful!
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Comments: 589
This will help me out so much with Gimp! Sometimes when I do the smudging I get this weird white stuff mixed in with it and it makes me sick, but thanks a ton for this advice.
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Okay cool, I'l try that out with my next pic
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O.O NO MUDKIPZ WHAT HAZ THEY DONE TO YOU!!!!
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Congrats for the tuto. I really like open source project.
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I've noticed that my GIMP doesn't have the Pen tool
I'm using GIMP 2.6.11 version.
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It is called Ink tool.
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My gimp doesn't have ink tool o_o
what version are you using?
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It was GIMP 2.2, if I am correct. The tool may be called differently in another version, like Draw in Ink or similarly. Try them out, it will be one of them.
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Hey, do you know how to get rid of those weird colors after you merge layers? I have to get rid of those for a contest. T^T
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What do you mean?
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I mean when I save a pic, it'll create distoreted colors around lineart and other spots. I'm not sure if it's GIMP or just my computer.
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Not sure, it shouldn't happen when you merge layers. Have you tried saving as another format?
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No. I'll try that. Thanks. ^^
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Thank you so much for this! I'm finally learning how to do stuff in gimp!
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That hair is awesome!!
I'm practicing it now and your tutorial is helping me a lot!!^^
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Something is wrong with the Path Tool in my Gimp..it says it has to shut Gimp, and it does. But it does everything else. Did you go through the same thing?
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I didn't work with paths much but when I did, I never had any problem. Try another version of GIMP, some versions may not work well under some operation systems.
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Hmm..okay.
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how do you put a already made, pencil skath on there?
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Scan the pencil sketch paper into your computer, (you'll need a scanner to do this, obviously) save it, open gimp, select "open file", find the newly scanned-in image and opne it. It's quite easy, really. C:
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Thankies C: i eventually figured it out on my own lol
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Hehe, you're welcome ^w^
And i'm glad you figured it out on your own
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I used to always love this tutorial, and never knew what the character was from xD Now I do! Nice work <3
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Hey I have a question that you may not be able to answer but can you please help? Right below the toolbox they give you options like brush options everything options. But I accidently did something that deleted it and now all it says in the lower toolbox is you can drop dockable dialogs here! please help me!
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I am not sure if I understand your problem. If you closed brush options, you can open them by 2x clicking the black dot (next to colour options).
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YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER.
Thank you for creating this, my hero!
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My GIMP is in Czech too!
Great tutorial btw.
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i just downloaded Gimp earlier and I spent a few hours reading the manual and i looked at your tutorial and it helped me out quite a bit!! i love it! i just cant wait to see what my artwork will look like when i finish it!! thanks sooo much!!!
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This tutorial helped me so much!! I used it here [link]
I think I messed up on some parts though >.<
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Wow! This was really helpful! Thank you for making this! ^_^
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i dont have the pen tool
what should i do
great tutorial
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If you have a newer version, it has a different icon. It is also called the Draw in ink tool.
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Thanks for sharing, easy to follow, hope to see some more gimp tutorials from you
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Thanks
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I wanted a tuto about hair lights and this is perfect. Thank you
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Oh nevermind it seems i do have it its just they chagned the button
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Hmm it seems I dont have that tool and I have the newest version of gimp
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Thanks for the tutorial I was so sick of the paintbrush tool >.< I also liked the shading part of the tutorial, I was really unhappy with the paintbrush and blur method. ^U^
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As a Linux-user, I'm in love with the idea of getting better in GIMP. I've only ever used Manga Studio EX before, and I really want to get better at digital art. Your tutorial was very helpful, so thank you.
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I really want to get gimp now. It doesn't have any viruses right? I've had to wipe out my computer several times because of them.
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I've never gotten any viruses or anything like that from the program. (: So, I'd say it's very safe to use. ^__^
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extreeme noob here.... is inking literally scanning a sketch and then using your mouse to draw over it in GIMP/PS/Paint/whatever? or is it easier than that? Not that i'm just lazy, but I just wasnt sure if it was some automatic program or if you just trace over it.
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I recommend using a tablet, not a mouse.
If your lines are super clear, you can scan them and let as they are, just make more contrast (so you have rather b/w image than in shades of grey), and then colour as said above, just you will probably need to select the areas for colouring manually more.
If you can't get a tablet, ink your lines with a felt tip pen and erase the pencil when it is dry so you don't smudge your work, and scan. It should be quite fine.
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Haha yeah, I have two tablets now... just now when I commented that. :b
But I understand inking and GIMP now, thanks to a few non-noob friends. Thanks for the advice anyway.
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Nope, you go over it yourself. You trace the scanned in picture ^^
Or, if you go to the paths tool, go over your lines in a new layer, then click stroke path, you can choose what size you want your lines to be, and it will then do it for you. ^^
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