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Okay, so this here is basically to show the difference between lines in Easy Paint Tool SAI, and to say that the marker tool is my favorite tool for lining.

Alright, so going backwards we have the pen tool.
The pen tool is very sharp and crisp and excellent for outlining-- but it takes some extreme patience and needs to be neatly done or it looks sloppy. Not my first choice.

Second is the air brush tool-- on 100% density and small diameter or this won't work well. It gives you a solid line, but the line is much softer than pen tool. I also like to do these lines in dark brown-- another softer tone deal. This is my second favorite tool.

And then there is marker tool. Marker tool is an astounding tool, I think. You can't press down hard on it or else it loses its affect, but the marker tool is partially transparent and makes your colours POP. For people like me with messy lines, the marker tool detracts the eye from the slop. The marker tool makes your colours more important than the lines and sometimes even makes it look like you don't have lines at all. My first choice.

Of course you may use different brushes depending on what you are doing-- like you make want the harder lines for thick-lined cartoony things-- but it's always fun to experiment, and I definitely recommend playing with the marker tool if you have never given it a shot.

Description
Okay, so this here is basically to show the difference between lines in Easy Paint Tool SAI, and to say that the marker tool is my favorite tool for lining.

Alright, so going backwards we have the pen tool.
The pen tool is very sharp and crisp and excellent for outlining-- but it takes some extreme patience and needs to be neatly done or it looks sloppy. Not my first choice.

Second is the air brush tool-- on 100% density and small diameter or this won't work well. It gives you a solid line, but the line is much softer than pen tool. I also like to do these lines in dark brown-- another softer tone deal. This is my second favorite tool.

And then there is marker tool. Marker tool is an astounding tool, I think. You can't press down hard on it or else it loses its affect, but the marker tool is partially transparent and makes your colours POP. For people like me with messy lines, the marker tool detracts the eye from the slop. The marker tool makes your colours more important than the lines and sometimes even makes it look like you don't have lines at all. My first choice.

Of course you may use different brushes depending on what you are doing-- like you make want the harder lines for thick-lined cartoony things-- but it's always fun to experiment, and I definitely recommend playing with the marker tool if you have never given it a shot.