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Published: 2010-08-31 14:17:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 17173; Favourites: 197; Downloads: 214
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Nothing special, just the easy way to do lines in Paint tool SAI with the pen tool

If you have any questions feel free to comment and I'll do my best to answer them


Also if your trial's expired in sai, go to another of my tutorials here [link] to get around the no-save issue

Β© Elianan.
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Comments: 50

LunarDragon24 [2016-06-07 19:39:13 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful, thanks for making this! I'm already falling in love with the line tool, it's easier and faster then the path tool on Photoshop!

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LencerBlue [2015-03-05 02:49:13 +0000 UTC]

I have a question for you. I did the inking but did not finish it, so I decided to "save as". Later I came back to work on it but the line work layer had merged with the sketch layer. How do I prevent that from happening? I was so upset that the layers had merged.Β 

Thank you for this tutorial, it was very helpful.

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Felina180 In reply to LencerBlue [2015-03-21 19:21:34 +0000 UTC]

make sure to save it as .sai or .psd Β Document, because only these are going to save the layers

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LencerBlue In reply to Felina180 [2015-09-21 02:27:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for the Reply! I am so sorry for not responding back, the reason why was because I wanted to look back at your answer and save it as .sai or .psd

But I have a new problem. Does it matter what format (sai or psd) i have it on? I always always saved in .sai format so I am insecure with .psd
I moved files around and changed them into folders to organize them but now it won't even save them! I don't know why! It will save them in psd but not in sai format! Could you please help?

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RadRiight [2014-12-12 02:25:04 +0000 UTC]

I downloaded it and I don't have the pen tool

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IntoxicaVampire [2014-01-16 21:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanky you so much!! I just downloaded SAI and i didn't know how to start!! You saved my life! Β 

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helyxx [2013-10-08 17:14:38 +0000 UTC]

this has officially helped me out soooo much!!! thank you

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MusiikNote [2013-09-17 01:08:50 +0000 UTC]

This may seem like a stupid question, but when I hold Ctrl, I dont get the green squares. It just moves the picture. Am I doing something wrong?

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BlackLightningsArt [2013-08-31 16:05:10 +0000 UTC]

How long do u need for the lines when u make them like that? O.O Sure it looks just really awesome, but i think this need much time, i would die 8D

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Elianan In reply to BlackLightningsArt [2013-09-01 11:38:24 +0000 UTC]

When you draw the lines the control points are already made for you, no matter how short or long, the lines for that picture took me about 20 minutes?

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BlackLightningsArt In reply to Elianan [2013-09-01 14:35:29 +0000 UTC]

pfff awesome O.o

xD always when i use the line tool it looks so...nyaaa idk how i can explain it, not so good like urs D8 it looks so, fake-ish and posed :/Β 

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accroon [2013-08-15 18:14:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man, this helps me a lot!

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KaiBrooke [2013-08-06 20:39:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for making this! I had trouble getting my lines smooth on Sai, and now thanks to you that problem is fixed !

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Elianan In reply to KaiBrooke [2013-08-08 08:17:23 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome! ^^<3

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MrPielovesme [2013-06-17 01:19:24 +0000 UTC]

im literally jumping for joy. thanks for teaching me this!!!!!!

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BootyWolf [2013-03-22 01:34:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!

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powerpackedfist [2013-01-22 00:09:59 +0000 UTC]

i face a problem i bought sai from the official site yet i lack a normal pen tool the pen tool only appears in the pen layer but that pen tool sucks i have a tool called legacy pen and another called binary pen but neither are like the regular pen tool any guess why?

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kittenangel116 [2012-11-30 21:39:07 +0000 UTC]

OHGOD. I gave up on doing 'pure' anime-style art because getting the lineart smooth was a nitemare; (/i've been going lineless for quite some time now) but this fixes everything!!!
I LOVE YOU. Thank you so much ;___;

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Elianan In reply to kittenangel116 [2012-12-01 09:51:21 +0000 UTC]

As if you need help your art is amazing! Haha Thankyou so much for the comment! :') <3

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kittenangel116 In reply to Elianan [2012-12-01 22:41:37 +0000 UTC]

Ohno I'm horrible with programs xD so many unused tools I need to learn!
This lovely tutorial made my most recent chibi possible ^__^
Thank you >w< <3
And you're welcome :hugs:

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Felinity [2012-11-16 21:41:12 +0000 UTC]

Man I wish I had found this when I started using SAI. I would have gobbled it up then.
Great tutorial!

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Winkiiie [2012-10-23 02:48:59 +0000 UTC]

Umm do you by any chance know how to get the pen tool?? kinda a dumb question haha but when i downloaded mine it never came with one soooo any advice? Do you think it downloaded but i just havent "put it on there??" Any advice? Thanks

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Elianan In reply to Winkiiie [2012-10-24 23:22:19 +0000 UTC]

Haha when you create a new layer next to that button is another button with a pen nib on it, just press that and that's how you get the pen tool

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Winkiiie In reply to Elianan [2012-10-25 01:38:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow. I feel like a noob. *facepalm* Thanks a bunch!

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Elianan In reply to Winkiiie [2012-10-26 00:52:28 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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suprememetapod [2012-08-27 21:08:14 +0000 UTC]

is there anyway to connect two lines? o:

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pain-benny In reply to suprememetapod [2013-01-26 08:27:32 +0000 UTC]

i may be late but all you need to do is hold ctrl+Shift the click a point in one line and connect it to a point on the other

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Elianan In reply to suprememetapod [2012-08-28 13:44:58 +0000 UTC]

Not that I know of, sorry!

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Han-Ban-Nah [2012-06-16 00:40:23 +0000 UTC]

you're my freaking hero ;w;
you've just saved me a crap-ton of frustration... TTwTT
i love you...

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Elianan In reply to Han-Ban-Nah [2012-06-16 01:08:39 +0000 UTC]

I don't know what to say.. I... I love you too

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Han-Ban-Nah In reply to Elianan [2012-06-16 04:57:34 +0000 UTC]

'tis meant to be!!

we shall make beautiful art babies together!!
or at least you will ;3
oh and...
GORGEOUS ART YOU HAVE MA'AM!

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ksra [2012-03-19 04:46:08 +0000 UTC]

Been staring at this ...all day. Working on a little knuffel - you have no idea how helpful it's been. Thank you for putting it up!

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Elianan In reply to ksra [2012-03-19 05:04:29 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! I'll be turning all of my tutorials into videos at some point this year too, so keep your eye out!

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Threshecutioner [2012-02-04 04:19:59 +0000 UTC]

Anytime I look up something I was lost on, I make sure to let the person who helped me out know I appreciate it. I had no idea how to connect lines and it proved to be a pain in the ass. ctrl+shift drag ftw~ Anyways.. Thanks!

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Elianan In reply to Threshecutioner [2012-02-04 17:27:46 +0000 UTC]

Aw no problem I'm really happy if it helped you in any way at all!
x

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Axel-Rift [2012-01-27 20:57:31 +0000 UTC]

THANX VERY MUCH!!!

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Elianan In reply to Axel-Rift [2012-01-27 21:37:51 +0000 UTC]

No problem haha

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CanisterWhoops [2011-05-29 09:42:21 +0000 UTC]

problem. o-o when i click edit, it does not come up with those edit options. it only comes up with move, delete, deform stroke, connect lines, delete line, angle toggle..

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Elianan In reply to CanisterWhoops [2011-06-01 07:30:48 +0000 UTC]

I'm really not too sure sorry D: I'm not sure why you don't see the same options, are you using an old version?

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CanisterWhoops In reply to Elianan [2011-06-01 09:16:38 +0000 UTC]

Don't believe so. o.O From the look of your sai screenshots, i'm not

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lizjowen [2011-03-29 21:18:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this! I am a sucker when it comes to draw lines and shizzle on the comp, but reading this makes it easier ^^
Thing is, I've noticed that many people use the Ink tool on SAI... But how do you use that if you're in vector mode? >_<"

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Elianan In reply to lizjowen [2011-03-31 00:08:27 +0000 UTC]

Humm not sure what you mean! Lol
You can have multiple layers of both line/vectory tool and the normal drawing tool over/under each other if you want, you're not stuck too using just one type, just make a new layer depending on what you want, hover over the two pages and the one to the left of the 'vectory' layer is the normal inky one

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lizjowen In reply to Elianan [2011-04-01 15:36:52 +0000 UTC]

Oooh okay then! Would I then be able to merge these two layers afterwards, or I can't because they are two different kinds of layers?

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Elianan In reply to lizjowen [2011-04-03 02:38:59 +0000 UTC]

you can merge them afterwards but you wont be able to use your control points on the vectory layer once they're together So make sure you're happy with them before you do

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lizjowen In reply to Elianan [2011-06-24 10:08:24 +0000 UTC]

Oooh thank you so much!

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heena02 [2011-02-23 03:18:43 +0000 UTC]

OMG I canΒ΄t believe this only has so few comments and faves!!!! You have saved my life!!! IΒ΄ve just started using SAI today and IΒ΄m making a lineart from a messy sketch. I wanted to make clean and neat lines, all with the same weight like many popular and awesome people here do, but I was trying to do it with the normal pen and my shaky hand, and of course, the lines werenΒ΄t perfect at all!! And on top of that, I ended with an annoying pain in my hands!

The thing is I still have a lot of lineart left to do, but I wonder if I can transform in some way the normal layer where my lineart is into a vector layer to be able to edit the lines like you showed in this awesome tutorial? Or do I have to redo it all into a new vector layer?

Anyways, thank you sooooooooooo much for this tutorial, I will always use SAI for my lineart!! And now, I think this is the secret that popular artists use to make such neat and clean linearts!!

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Elianan In reply to heena02 [2011-02-23 09:34:21 +0000 UTC]

I wish you could just convert them instantly into lineart Would be fantastic! But you have to do it all by hand You can make as many pen layers as you need though like normal

Glad it helped you hehe <33

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heena02 In reply to Elianan [2011-02-24 04:01:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh, well, thanks for the info anyway!

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littlechildreaper [2010-12-04 08:57:45 +0000 UTC]

This helped me alot, since I lost my tablet and I'm a noob on Sai. Thank you!

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Elianan In reply to littlechildreaper [2010-12-05 09:20:46 +0000 UTC]

No problem! Glad it helped <3

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