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pralinkova-princezna — GIMP tutorial - as good as PS
Published: 2008-05-02 01:35:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 98251; Favourites: 1586; Downloads: 2960
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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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Well I'm trying to color my Pick but when I go with a brush over the image and start coloring it only comes out different types of grey/black/white
How can I change that???
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Change mode to RGB. Image > Mode > RGB
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When I first got GIMP I had looked at no tutorials, and I saw other peoples pictures for GIMP. I tried to draw like I would do in every other program and I would fail horribly. So I gave up. After my SAI trial ended I decided to return to GIMP, I was still failing at it. But, when I saw this tutorial that you made, you filled me with new knowledge and confidence! Thank you!!
(starts crying happily.)
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Wow, happy to know this! Good luck and lots of successful projects in GIMP.
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Okay, I MUST sound like an idiot, but I have NO CLUE how you even did the lines.
And you totally lost me with everything else.
I have a sketch ready, but I cannot figure out the lines.
Help me?
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Ah sorry. This tut was made for a little more advanced users. But I see it was explained to you already.
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Its okay. Thanks for trying. ^3^
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Scan your sketch and open it in GIMP. Click Image > Mode and make sure it's on RGB. Then in the Colors tab, choose Colors > Color to Alpha. The background should be gone, leaving only your lines. Make a new white layer under it so you can see what you're doing. Then create a transparent layer over everything, and using either the Paths Tool or the Paintbrush tool, you're going to basically trace your original lineart. You can then delete your original lineart or hide it. Color from there. Does that help?
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yeah, I think so.
Thanks.
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No problem.
Your drawings are really good. They'll probably look great colored.
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Thank you so much. I'll work on them.
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*Then in the Colors tab, choose Color to Alpha
Sorry
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Amazingly helpful, thanks!
Your treatment of Mudkips fills me me with sadness :c
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wow thank you so much! i just started experimenting with a drawing tablet in GIMP and i'm pretty clueless, trying to figure everything out. You have no idea how grateful i am, thanks!!
I read this through once and already learned a lot of new things
now i'm psyched up to create more!
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I just downloaded GIMP yesterday and I know this already helped me a LOT! 
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Layers > Transparency > Colour to Alpha, select white - it becomes transparent.
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Thanks 
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Don't worry about it. It took me a good long while to make the work there natural, or at least without problems.
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I just don't want the background to be transparent if it's supposed to have a backround
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Add another layer with the background under everything else.
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Nvm ^^ I got it
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Hey I just wanted to say thank you 'cause this tutorial helped me a ton! ^.^ I was so lost on gimp lol you have no idea. o.o; so thank you very much for the awesome tutorial <3
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I am glad to hear it helped you.
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Does GIMP accept tablets okay? I mean, does the pressure sensitivity work okay without need for thousands of configurations?
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It works ok.
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hey your tutorial is very helpfully!thanks^^
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Thanks for the tutorial, very helpful. I use GIMP
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Awesome tutorial! It's really helpful. ^^ Thanks for making it.
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Glad to hear
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Every time I get to the Color> Hue Saturation part GIMP stops working, do I just need to keep trying again?
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Probably your comp doesn't work well with that version. Try to get an older one. Or upgrade hardware... not sure.
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Thanks to you I finally had enough courage to use the Gimp software I installed months ago! This tutorial was just what I've been looking for, and it helped a lot! Thank you for your wonderfullness! Here's my first ever drawing on Gimp, tell me what you think (:
[link]
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Glad to hear that
Hehe, nice pic
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Thanks for the tutorial. It's very useful.
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I thought I would NEVER figure out this thing! Thank you so much for your clear tutorial!
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YAY Gimp!Good tutorial BTW did you use a tablet?cuz I don't have one...
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Thanks. Yes and it is written there.
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Thank you so much for making this!
I have had GIMP on my comp for quite awhile, but I was never brave enough or willing to find out some of the other tools apart from crop, paint, zoom, and the resizing tools!
This really helped! Thank you~
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