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Published: 2013-03-01 15:52:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 36308; Favourites: 2039; Downloads: 382
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WARNING: OLD ART!! The art and comments in this Deviation may no longer represent the artist's current views or interests.
The last tutorial I made was years ago. I'm no good at teaching but hopefully this answers most questions about my process.
--Sak
All characters and artwork © Shamine Athena King
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So nice to see I'm going in a good direction with my coloring methods. I was having trouble with line clean up and never thought to affect the color hue/saturation for it! Thank you so very much for sharing!
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These sorts of tutorials makes me appreciate your work more, it really shows how much thought you put in the pictures
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As always, your work is complete awesomeness!
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Thanks for this awesome tutorial Sak! You're my inspiration. (:
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Ahh, I'm so glad you made this! I've been trying to figure out how to color using the pencil lines for forever now! My life is now complete~
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This is so great. As a Photoshop rookie, I could use all the help I can get. 
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Even with your step, by step instructions, how long does it usually take you to photoshop a picture like this? For me, it takes me a long time because I outline my pictures on photoshop. I like your way of just using the original pencil outline and just darkening it online.
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Cleaning up the lineart this way just takes a matter of minutes, if you're using the blue pencil as a base sketch. You hardly have to touch up the image at all once you adjust the levels.
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Thanks for the tip. I might try that next time I want to work on a project.
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The part about the outlines was new to me.
I probably am going to try that some day, might find it very useful.
Thanks
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Thank you for creating such a wonderful resource for beginners to reference! C:
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Very thorough-- and I picked up some neat keyboard shortcuts (that I really should have known before!)
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Thanks! I'll definitely have to try this method! Love these characters so much Sak!
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thanks, this was really helpful
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Thank you! This whas suprimly helpfull! I can always make grate line art but when I put it on the computer it takes forever to trace and loses some of that magic! I'm going to try it verry soon!
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The 'Honor amongst thieves' doesn't look nice :c
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He he, at first thought it was Thieves amongst honor.
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well... sort of the same thing, no? xD
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Well, honor amongst thieves means the thieves are honored, and thieves amongst honor means like, the thieves are hiding in the honor.
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your amazing, even though you wrote up everything you do it still needs time to master it
(and long road to make your own unique style XD i suck at that)
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This is GREAT, Sak, thank you so much!
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Oo la la! Look at all those details!!! How do you MAKE THEM??? HOW?? Those backgrounds! LOUIS'S FREAKING KIMONO PATTERNS!!!
You are so so so very much amazing.
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This is exactly what I've been needing to see.
Thank you so much for making and sharing this!!
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Looks like somethin outta Okami or Okamiden...
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*hugs this tutorial* This makes me so happy and suddenly opens my eyes to so much! Thank you so much for making it!!
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I didn't know you did tutorials!
This is very helpful!
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step 4 is positively brilliant! I never thought of trying that before!!
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So much knowledge 
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Oh, bless you. I was desperate to see how those clothing details came about. This was so helpful. You're so busy and this this act of kindness is super appreciated.
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You are most welcome!
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I died when I saw that inquisitor..He's soo cute ;D
Anyway great tutorial <3
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THANK YOU. You just made my handdrawn-scan-to-digital drawing life easier, as I have the same program and a tablet.
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Locked layer transparency, where have you been all my life?
It also makes more sense to put the lineart on multiply rather than the colored layer. I've been doing it backwards this whole time!
Thanks for the tutorial, Sak! This answers a lot of questions I've had about your art AND provides some useful tools for me to work with.
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Ahh, I used to multiply the colors rather than the lines. It took a lot of fiddling and going over tutorials myself before I figured out a comfortable method on PS for me.
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Yeah, I got the original idea from a not-so-very-clear-and-concise tutorial that otherwise had an amazing final product. Fortunately this time it's made all very clear to me.
I'll give the method a shot! Maybe I can marry some of this info into my gradient coloring method to help cut down on time.
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Omg..I don't know how you do it.
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That picture needs to be on a shirt or a scroll to hang on the wall. =I Your art is amazing.
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