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Description Sorry for it's massive filesize. It looked like ass when compressed, so ... yes. Many apologies.

This isn't really a tutorial, it's more of a how I go about things because some people seem interested SO WHY NOT.

This is by no means telling you how to do it. I don't think I'm worthy of bossing people around.

Banner's leg fucked with me the ENTIRE TIME. I almost gave him a pegleg out of spite. THAT'S RIGHT YOU HEARD ME BANNER. PEG LEG.

The Banner was drawn for the cast page of my upcoming website for Without Void.
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Comments: 108

Ahcri-Slate [2008-07-10 03:07:20 +0000 UTC]

I love the design on his uniform. You made a priest look sexy, congratulations

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CherryProductions [2008-07-10 01:21:23 +0000 UTC]

Cool. If only I had this kind of talent.

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tennyomelime [2008-07-10 01:14:31 +0000 UTC]

Sweet!

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Paups [2008-07-10 00:34:02 +0000 UTC]

awesome, but is it done with the tablet? O.o

btw, when i read the Deviation name, I just thought it was labout sweeney todd >_<

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AtomicStoney [2008-07-10 00:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, nice! And I like your colours, shush.

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Toru-bozu [2008-07-09 23:54:41 +0000 UTC]

Hey, cool.
There's nothing lazing about taking shortcuts in coloring in that program. Frankly, if you don't take shortcuts, you're a madman.

I don't know enough of them.

-writes down your shortcut-

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sExiGirAffE [2008-07-09 23:53:34 +0000 UTC]



i'm so going to try it like that now.

you are really amazing!

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feralqueen [2008-07-09 23:45:28 +0000 UTC]

I use a box for heads, too. If I use an oval or something, they end up with tiny faces & long necks.

You make it look easy.

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Meeleena [2008-07-09 22:41:56 +0000 UTC]

p-pencil tool? That's a really cool idea! It was nice to see your process.

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Sosido In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 22:10:45 +0000 UTC]

do you shrink the image before or after you color?

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vert-is-ninja In reply to Sosido [2008-07-09 22:50:40 +0000 UTC]

After I color! <3

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Sosido In reply to vert-is-ninja [2008-07-09 23:12:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Pyridoxine In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 21:57:18 +0000 UTC]

Definitely going to try the pencil tool! I hate the time it takes to fill in around the edges when I do my flat colors.

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heysawbones In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 21:34:01 +0000 UTC]

This is completely unrelated to anything in the picture, but for some reason it compelled me to think the phrase 'wacky tobaccy' over and over. I don't know if I should blame you for this or what.

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vert-is-ninja In reply to heysawbones [2008-07-09 22:50:57 +0000 UTC]

I will take full responsibility. D:

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Engelen [2008-07-09 20:57:53 +0000 UTC]

I'll try out that pencil tool thing...

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Tiuni [2008-07-09 20:54:19 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I can't use pen tool because my hand is too shaky on the mouse [carpal tunnel plz]. D: But honestly, I love the way you color. You should delve more into your coloring process if you think about doing another tutorial.

I never thought about silhouettes before, so thanks for mentioning it.

And I love Banner's pose, btw. :-D

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vert-is-ninja In reply to Tiuni [2008-07-09 22:51:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Omg, I'm so sorry about your hand/wrist! Carpal tunnel is bad - I cannot imagine how horrible it must be!

And thank you! I'm glad you like the way I color. * 3* <3

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Tiuni In reply to vert-is-ninja [2008-07-09 22:55:30 +0000 UTC]

Haha, oh no, I don't have it! I was just joking; I hope no person who draws ever gets carpal tunnel. D:

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vert-is-ninja In reply to Tiuni [2008-07-09 22:56:09 +0000 UTC]

OH. God I'm like daft. Hahahaha. Wow. *embarrassed* 8<

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Tiuni In reply to vert-is-ninja [2008-07-09 23:09:32 +0000 UTC]

Lol, don't be embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for giving the implication that I had it. DD:

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Tiuni In reply to Tiuni [2008-07-09 20:55:50 +0000 UTC]

*pencil

My life depends on the pen tool. D:

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PollyGuo [2008-07-09 20:16:57 +0000 UTC]

Auh that pencil tool thing is GENIUS! I never even thought of that before!! Antialiasing indeed sucks! I hate it even more because I use mostly flat colors anyway, so why the hell do I have to spend time manually filling in areas of color? But now my problems are solved thanks to you!

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schematichands [2008-07-09 19:29:50 +0000 UTC]

I feel like a total moron for never realizing that using anti-aliased lines/color could save me a lot of time. Hahaha. Thank you.

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Dagwin In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 19:17:53 +0000 UTC]

Despite your harsh ridicules throughout the process, the picture turned out awsome! Thank you for making this. :>

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akemichan [2008-07-09 18:58:11 +0000 UTC]

I LEARNED THAT....YOU ARE THIS HAPPY!
~^ O,____,O ^~ <--those are wiggly arms dammit! And your glasses wearing face!

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OutcastSpace [2008-07-09 18:21:36 +0000 UTC]

Banner is probably my favorite of the Void crew. He's just too damn cute. That aside, it's always interesting to see how other artists work. Thanks for showin'! Nice work.

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StripeyMistress [2008-07-09 17:43:28 +0000 UTC]

PENCIL TOOL FTW >:U

I've always wanted to know how you were so awesome o; (But your drawings are only like 1/900000th of it.)

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boum In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 17:32:11 +0000 UTC]

Interesting. I wish I could draw directly with a tablet but I suck D:

You have to try Color Balance if you haven't already though. Adding a purple layer is good but Color Balance makes everything so easy!

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shaz In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 17:19:46 +0000 UTC]

Overlay eh? I had wondered how you made that sort of 'sheen' that's often on your coloured images. The moar you know!

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seira-chan33 [2008-07-09 17:04:37 +0000 UTC]

Neat seeing the process. :3
I use all brushes. D8 But I might just give it a try...

I hate how you can't paint-bucket brush lines... but also, I'm sloppy, so I always leave like 20 million gaps. XD

I like how you use red an purple in the shading/coloring. It makes it look... unique? Spiffy?

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CabbageArt In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 17:00:40 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. I may have to "borrow" your style for practice someday. That, and I'm sort of in between styles (again!), so it's a really good time to try new things.

And yeah, I need to pay more attention to my silhouettes.

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qwerty1198 [2008-07-09 16:49:23 +0000 UTC]

you bash yourself too much! It ends up looking really cool.

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gii-chan In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 16:11:18 +0000 UTC]

HUEHeuuhe, what a fun "way I draw".
I ink I'll try this way, but I bet is not as easy as you make it look xDD

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Ophiguris In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 15:55:10 +0000 UTC]

You make it look so easy ; 3;

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jezebel-polizia In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 15:18:53 +0000 UTC]

box heads are best. <3

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Adrian-MalSeraph In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 15:11:25 +0000 UTC]

I should try this out once I get photoshop on my machine.

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diddychan [2008-07-09 14:59:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks thanks Great tutorial!! They're always really helpful !!

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elDepressio In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 14:51:37 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm. This is very interesting. I had fiddled around with the pencil tool recently in a kind of "oekaki" type thing. But I hadn't thought of doing it really big then shrinking it down...

If you don't mind, I might have to give your technique a little test...

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WaywardDistrict [2008-07-09 14:40:03 +0000 UTC]

the fact that you can go digital and still keep things fresh is a talent that I simply don't have... plus I'm lazy and my computer sucks. Cheers to you - you're special. =3

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charpal [2008-07-09 14:39:58 +0000 UTC]

I will try this. Maybe drawing with the pencil tool will help me get over my fear of photoshop. And Banner would awesome with a peg leg.

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caekman [2008-07-09 14:22:09 +0000 UTC]

The pencil tool...

D: Awesome

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Riffical [2008-07-09 13:52:11 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha... pixel lines are win. I need to try that now.

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Sa-Ja [2008-07-09 13:50:58 +0000 UTC]

I've never thought of using the pencil tool and just adjusting the resize settings. I learned! *levelup*

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katezila [2008-07-09 13:44:01 +0000 UTC]

WORSHIP THE SILHOUETTE! YES!
I actually really like the way you color. Its one of my favourite things about your art.

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mattwileyart [2008-07-09 13:32:56 +0000 UTC]

You know, even through your digital sketch it shows you know what you're doing.

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WeirdZ [2008-07-09 13:07:16 +0000 UTC]

reminds me of those pixel id's people have been making! and YAY LAZINESS!!

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Jamaru-shin In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 09:36:46 +0000 UTC]

You and your accursed badassedness >_>

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lemur-fox In reply to ??? [2008-07-09 09:22:05 +0000 UTC]

SO USEFUL. It's not full of all the photoshop jargon that usually trip me up in tutorials. And it looks like something I could really use. Awesome! By the way, I quite like the way you colour, it's very bright and bold and lovely.
I shall fave this so I can find it again and use it.

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z3r0t0lerance [2008-07-09 09:06:13 +0000 UTC]

I like your style

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