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Published: 2010-08-27 11:07:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 5497; Favourites: 154; Downloads: 148
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Not a very good tutorial tho
and sorry about the large file >_>
But yeah, this is the how I do stuff -thingy I promised I'd make. I ended up using this Imitation Len pic, because I had saved a bunch of different versions of it :3
I'll have to note tho, that I don't always paint in the same way >_>
Anyway, see here for explanation:
Like always, this picture was done in Easy PaintTool SAI and Photoshop CS2.
Painting was done in SAI and textures and other effects were done in Photoshop.
Tools used in SAI: Pen, Brush and Water in various sizes
Tools used in Photoshop: Layer effects overlay and multiply, and Levels.
All of the textures used were done by me.
1. Sketch + some basic colors.
2. Same as 1., but colors + sketch darkened with levels in Photoshop.
3. More painting done.
4. Same as 3. basicly, but this time I added blue layer set on Multiply on top of the paint layer and erased the areas I wanted to show as highlights.
5. Cleaning up... Darkened the color by duplicating the paint layer (at this point I usually have all the paint layers merged) and setting the second layer on multiply. Len thumb goes missing here >_>
6. Finishing touches... messed with the brightness in Levels, added layer and some sparkly spots all over ahaha. As you can see, there are a lot of layers on this final stage - but only a few are in use. The un-used layers are stuff I tried but that didn't look good. Like texture and stuff haha :,D
And that's about it. Not very interesting OTL
Anyway, I'll be happy to try and answer any question you might have. I made this pic a while ago tho, so I'm not sure if I remember how I did everything >_>
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Thank you very much, it was helpful and made more sense now. I'll try testing with the modes to see what can i get. Yeah it looks a little complicated at first but sooner or later I've to learn it. Thanks again and have a wonderful New Year. We'll in touch
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No problem, I'm always happy to help if I can
Have fun experimenting! :,D
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Okay i loved it, really. This is just an amazing drawing. I just have this problem with overlay and multiply because i don't know exactly how to use them....I recently learned how to use the lineart in Sai but when it comes with others tools ( and Photoshop) I messed up everything u.u....some advice or ideas for learn this? Because tutorials are usually made in yt for 3D works and photography ._.
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Thank you ^^
Hmm, I'm not sure what you mean? Overlay and multiply are layer settings. You can change them in the drop menu titled Mode in SAI (it says normal by default, but when you click it you get other options). In photoshop you can change the mode in the Layers window, it's a drop menu that just says Normal in the top of it. Sorry, not sure if that was helpful at all, but if you can specify your problem a bit, I can try and give a better answer
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Oh thanks for the tip(I didn't know how to search for it in SAI), but I mean, how it helps me to improve the drawing?. I don't know the exactly function of them...also this made your work more natural like the step 6? because I'm totally confused, sorry if i'm bein a pain! Otherwise, your tutorial is really good, it made the process looks easy
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Ahh, I see. Hmm. I think I've seen the descriptions of each mode somewhere, but you can probably find out just by trying them out. To be honest, when I'm working on a picture, I tend to just go trough the list until I find something that looks good to me. Tho, the layer modes only work when there are other layers under the one your changing the mode to. Like in this drawing, the layer mode is changed on a layer holding a texture, and the actual paint layer is just under that and doesn't change. The layer mode used is called Overlay. It kind of makes light parts lighter and dark parts darker (tho, I guess it's not really that easy ahaha) and gives the pic this glowy look.
In any case, there isn't just one way to do digital art. And there's always control-z, so it's safe to try different things :3
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WHOA I USE PAINT TOOL SAI BUT NOT LIKE THAT THANKS FOR THE TECHNIQUE
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oh yea btw what does multiply mean? i dont get that
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Multiply is a layer mode: [link] :3
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yes i do know that but what does that do?
:/
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oh, I see.
I don't really know how to explain it in English, sorry.
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well go ahed with your language just tell me wut the language is and ill try to translate it
^^
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Lol, unless you're fluent in Finnish, I think you'll have a better luck just searching for it on google. Multiply in SAI works the same way as it does in Photoshop, so you should find the answer by searching that. Or just try it out to see what it does~
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well hmm... try your best i think i can find out....
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Awesome! I'm very interested in the way artists color and work but finally, I see a tut that involves SAI
Your colors are nice and vivid and the way you work is fabulous!~
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Thank you very much ^^
If you're looking for SAI tutorials, there's a bunch at [link]
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Oh, awesome!~ Thank you
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Sorry, this was done a while ago so I don't remember for sure, but they should be listed in the description~
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wow...this is actually very helpful....thank you for up loading this!
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no problem
glad to hear it was useful ;3;
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:> I personally like how it looks in step 5. I'll try out this way of working with sai.
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Ahh, I liked the brighters colours better myself
Feel free to ask, if you want me to clear something up! ^^
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Saaks noi suomeks? Yritän nimittäin opetella värittämää koneella.
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Hmm, jaa, katsotaanpas
Tässä tulee selitys:
Kuten aina, tämä kuva on tehty Easy PaintTool SAI ja Photoshop CS2 -ohjelmistoilla. Varsinainen maalaus on tehty SAIlla ja tekstuurit ja muut efektit puolestaan Photoshopilla.
SAIssa käytetyt työkalut: Pen, Brush, Water eri kokoisina
Photoshopissa käytetyt työkalut: Tasoefektit overlay ja multiply sekä levels
(käyttämäni ohjelmat ovat siis englanninkielisiä, enkä ole ihan varma mitä nuo ovat suomeksi, siksi en kääntänyt niitä.)
Kaikki käytetyt tekstuurit ovat minun tekemiäni.
1. Luonnos + jotain pohjaväritystä.
2. Sama kuin 1., mutta värejä ja luonnosta on tummennettu levels työkalulla Photoshopissa.
3. Lisää maalausta.
4. Sama kuin 3., mutta tällä kertaa olen lisännyt maalaustason päälle tason sinistä multiply-asetuksella, ja olen pyyhkinyt siitä pois ne kohdat joita haluan korostaa.
5. Kuvan siistimistä... Värien tummentamista kopioimalla maalaustaso uudelle tasolle joka on asetettu tilaan multiply (tässä vaiheessa ennen kopioimista uudelle tasolle olen yleensä yhdistänyt kaikki maalaustasot yhdeksi tasoksi).
6. Viimeistelyä... Kirkastin värejä levels-työkalulla ja lisäsin kuvaan kirkkaita pisteitä.
Tässä viimeisessä vaiheessa näkyy, että kuvassa on aika monta eri tasoa, mutta vain muutama niistä on käytössä. Loput tasoista ovat erilaisia kokeiluja siitä mikä saattaisi toimia.
Siinäpä tuota. Tämä kyllä varmaan vaatii vähän pohjaa ainakin Photoshopin käytössä, mutta kysele ihmeessä jos jokin kohta ei auennut!
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Seems a bit like how I paint; scribble a lot, hope things work out.
Of course I hope that doesn't come off sounding offensive
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Damn, you discovered my secret
But yeah, that's about it. Sometimes I do have a clear idea where I'm going for, but most of the time not >_>
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Whoa, I learned something! XD
Very interesting, thank you for sharing your skills~
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Haha, that's good to hear!
No problem XD
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I love seeing the process artists go through for their works - this was cool to see. This has always been one of my fave pics from you.
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I like seeing that too! It's always fun to see how different artists work, very inspiring ^^
Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it ^^
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wow that's so over the top super crazy extremme i lovez it
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your welcome
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Wow! This looks so helpful! I'll have to try this some time since I'm just a newb at digital art!
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Have fun!
if you have anything to ask about digital art, I'd be happy to help if I can ^^
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Thank you so much! Yeah, I have a lot to learn about digital art! orz
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In the last one?
Usually I only paint on one or two layers :3
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Thank you
It shouldn't be that difficult, I'm just really bad at explaining >_>
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teehee, I use Paint.Net, sow, I dont understand this at all
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