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Published: 2013-03-01 15:52:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 36307; 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 The art and comments in this Deviation may no longer represent the artist's current views or interests.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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Have I told you how much I ADORE you lately? Never?! Shame on me! Your art and style is a continuous source of inspiration for me. Never stop doing what you do! You're amazing!
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I've always wondered how you colour things, now I figured you do almost the same as me.. but with more concentration, this was extremely helpful for me 
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AND NOT A SINGLE MASK WAS USED.
Told you I had no clue how to do that.
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I REMEMBAH. But by the looks of things, you don't really need it anyway.
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Jesus, how do you not smudge any of the pencil lines when drawing? D:>
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A lot of practice. I used to smudge a lot too, now I'm much more regimented when it comes to drawing, usually outlining everything left-to-right (right handed) to avoid the number of times I rub over a certain spot. If that's not working, you could try putting a piece of (BLANK!!!!) paper underneath your palm so that you move your hand less on the paper, or try a smudgeguard at www.smudgeguard.com The problem with smudgeguards is that I burn through them at a rate of one every two-three months because of how much I draw.
I've found that blue pencil smudges much less than graphite, so it's a definite plus to planning the drawing in blue first before outlining. It keeps things much cleaner.
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I used to have a blue graphite pencil...I lost it. 8D
Thank for the advice, though! I've always worried that using paper would smudge it worse, so I think I'll try to find a smudgeguard.
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^--- Please answer this question
When I finish drawing I have more pencil on my face than the paper D'8
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OH MY GOD, I KNOW THE FEELS SO HARD. D:>
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Even though I use more or less the same method, seeing it all put down into a tutorial like that makes me go "eerk, daunting.". Still, fabulous job and I imagine this took some patience (and lots of screenshots) to pull together.
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Freaking brilliant. Thank you so much for this!
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Given the Brilliance and detail of the picture, I think your talent is wasted on animation with its need to simplify for the sake of frame output.
Damn lovely work!
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Heheh, I can never sacrifice enough detail and torture myself with heavy line mileage instead. But I do hope to make a graphic novel with these characters.
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There will be plenty of people waiting for it.
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thx 4 this! I'm terrible w/ digital work, hopefully I can get better!
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cette travaille...c`est magnifique !
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I have a PS program from like 1995... Dear God what I could do with a newer version! Actually no. The shiny buttons and multiple features would probably make my brain implode. Doesn't mean I can't Lurvs your tutorial. I can just imagine the hours this single piece took to finish.
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My version of PS is actually five years old, I think. It's CS4, the school computers are up to CS6 and the new layout just drives me nuts. I don't like it.
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Oh I know your pain. I actually did try a newer version of PS back in '08 because I got a new computer(yea, a 13 year upgrade!). I was so lost I took the time to dig through my storage unit to find my old ass printer driver CD that had my current version on it. Took me hours and one heck of a dust allergy fit but I was back in my comfy blanket of ancient PS.
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Wonderfully done. Very easy to understand and well-communicated. Thanks so much!
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OOOOOOOH MY GOD!!!!!AWSOME!!!!!!
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Learned a few tricks from reading this. Thanks for making this tutorial!
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I didn't even notice the guys in the background before seeing the tutor... I was so wrapped up in the pretty details of louis's kimono... I want to pet it >.>
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Wow! Awesome! Thanks for sharing with us, Sak :3
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Amazing !
May I ask you how many time you need to complete all this process for a so huge and detailled picture ?
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This one was drawn on A3 paper, and took about a day for outlining, then three or four days for the colors. Louis's coloring took a day (that kimono was a nightmare), James another day, Santiago another, and the background and final touches (textures) on the last day.
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I love this Shogun era (ish) style for these guys and Louis looks fabulous in a Kimono
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Hah I really should get some blue pencils. Although I've been too lazy to scan my stuff lately... and usually ink everything digitally. But yeah.
Btw, I like Louis's kimono.
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I've seen the same effect achieved with orange or red pencils, using the Ctrl+U window and just removing the red/magenta colors instead. But it doesn't work as well as blue because the colors are more easily picked up by the scanner, in my experience.
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*nods* + I imagine red being more distracting.
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I can see that set transparency setting to be very useful in future, thanks.
I really should start using thumbnails more. Will help me a lot more with thinking up poses, which I suck at. -_-
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Oh, so you don't go back and lineart everything digitally? Since I kind of just color my pencil sketches, this is actually helpful.
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I rarely have digital lineart.
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I see. I actually found that doing lineart digitally actually slows me down way too much to finish anything so I haven't done digital lineart for quite a while, myself.
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Dammit, I always forget that blue sketching helps....thanks for reminding me >3>
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I really like the way you draw people and emotions on their faces. Your art is just amazing!!!
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This is awesome, it's great to see how you work! Thanks so much for sharing
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Holy smoke - I better get back to the final image - too many details where not sucked in!
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