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youtube link mentioned in the first panel: youtu.be/A9PIUG2fjcQ

I did a quick sketch last week of a cityscape , and a few people were wondering how I was able to draw it without going through too much trouble, so I redrew the piece and made a little tutorial for it! Obviously this looks very rough as it was meant to be and also because I made it in a real hurry for demonstration purposes, so please excuse some of the ridiculous looking buildings and other illogical appearances. to create more precise cityscapes using this method, simply stop using the brush tool and use line tool/polygonal lasso tool—even using the brush tool and holding down shift is fine—instead to create precise, straight lines. The slower you do this process the more accurate your final piece will be, however the premise of this method is that if you want/need to do it fast, you can.

I hope this is helpful to some of you, and good luck!


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Comments: 168

FaintSilhouette [2016-12-30 07:47:45 +0000 UTC]

I have needed something like this for a very long time. Thank you.

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Cassie-Draws [2016-12-15 13:48:07 +0000 UTC]

Ah! Wow! This is really neat! Thank you~

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YellowLuckyPig [2016-12-04 08:20:09 +0000 UTC]

hmm its almost same like painting except with box. I don't know if I am ready for digital age...too many blue screens and it going black on me. I think I am safe using still for now until comic does change I need digital nightmare's help.

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Iawrence [2015-08-13 00:02:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is awesome!

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MasterVule [2015-05-22 14:46:32 +0000 UTC]

Very interesting!!

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Marichromatic [2015-03-01 05:54:18 +0000 UTC]

I got mind blow, I was so scared of doing perspectives but now I'll do my best to tame that personal demon! Thank you so much!

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Theodoratrollface [2015-02-28 15:37:09 +0000 UTC]

this is very helpful 
Thank you so much !~

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Carbon-Vanilla [2015-02-21 07:40:24 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, this will be SUPER helpful!
Thank you!!

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Kamihanaki [2015-02-13 08:28:55 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Thank you for sharing ^^

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Crudaka [2014-12-23 13:14:20 +0000 UTC]

oh my this is really helpfull! thank you for this!

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RebellingLemming [2014-12-21 12:52:49 +0000 UTC]

GREAT!

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lilisys [2014-11-11 05:30:05 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is brilliant

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holocouseart [2014-11-07 01:54:12 +0000 UTC]

ah yeah what kind of software you use to make your comic / manga? please tell me

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holocouseart [2014-11-07 01:53:12 +0000 UTC]

Damn you're so great i admire also adore you Shilin please teach me how to draw manga like you did SOOO COOL!!!

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Dlkx93 [2014-11-04 21:46:37 +0000 UTC]

How would you do this on Photoshop CC? the shape tool is different ;w;

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HiddenSpikeTrap [2014-10-22 12:12:55 +0000 UTC]

That...makes it seem so simplistic thank you! A great help!

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demacrado-ensueno [2014-10-11 23:15:14 +0000 UTC]

This is really useful actually, thank you!

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timekept [2014-10-03 13:11:15 +0000 UTC]

i love you.

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navalmode [2014-09-27 11:24:46 +0000 UTC]

This is very useful! thank you !

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AlonsoAlatriste [2014-09-26 16:21:05 +0000 UTC]

nicee very useful tut thanks

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Kenjamin-Art-Design [2014-09-02 21:49:07 +0000 UTC]

I love the little monster attacking down town that you slipped in there

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ithor [2014-08-13 10:31:03 +0000 UTC]

This is pretty simple and useful! Thank you very much

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LittlePink-Mononoke [2014-08-01 15:49:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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SzkArt [2014-07-27 06:46:46 +0000 UTC]

Very cool and helpful. I have been wanting to make city backgrounds now and then, but I found it to be too complicated.

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GreenGargoyle3 [2014-07-26 18:47:48 +0000 UTC]

Extremely helpful!

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junweise [2014-07-15 11:21:11 +0000 UTC]

Holy moly!

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phoebezh [2014-07-10 04:25:26 +0000 UTC]

quite helpful~

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PheiChi [2014-06-30 17:06:17 +0000 UTC]

no way, i could never do it in 15 mins! orz
you're freaking amazing ;A;

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eiken123 [2014-05-16 19:24:55 +0000 UTC]

very helpful!    keep up the good work!

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actualsecretagent [2014-05-04 22:24:49 +0000 UTC]

thankyouthankyouthankyou!   

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InkyPinkyDots [2014-05-02 06:57:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for this! Very useful,I learned a lot.

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shrmcloud [2014-04-26 03:59:14 +0000 UTC]

nice thinkin'!

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Ghostpie [2014-04-24 06:31:42 +0000 UTC]

oh my goodness, thank you!!
I learned a lot and i'll probably get a lot of use out of this!

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Ecl4ira [2014-04-24 01:52:52 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful. Thank you! :>

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Sharkanite [2014-04-22 09:34:56 +0000 UTC]

Very clever, well done

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PPGxPKMxKHR [2014-04-07 01:12:39 +0000 UTC]

the url is blocked...?

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PPGxPKMxKHR In reply to PPGxPKMxKHR [2014-04-07 01:13:04 +0000 UTC]

but great tutorial though : )

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You-Let-Rin-Die [2014-04-06 05:51:58 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful

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runningfreely [2014-04-05 10:33:55 +0000 UTC]

This is so damn cool! Thank you much <3

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Razmere [2014-04-01 17:32:24 +0000 UTC]

The Youtube link to quick easy perspective lines doesn't seem to work. 

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shilin In reply to Razmere [2014-04-01 17:45:31 +0000 UTC]

it's case sensitive

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Razmere In reply to shilin [2014-04-01 17:55:05 +0000 UTC]

I know, I typed it just like it was printed in the first panel but it told me the vid is no longer available. 

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shilin In reply to Razmere [2014-04-01 19:51:42 +0000 UTC]

youtu.be/A9PIUG2fjcQ , you must've typed it wrong

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Razmere In reply to shilin [2014-04-01 20:44:44 +0000 UTC]

I guess so  

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Mezmere [2014-04-01 02:16:17 +0000 UTC]

This is extremely helpful, thank you!!

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greyorm [2014-03-31 06:40:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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observart [2014-03-31 06:29:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you !!! <3

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Kirite [2014-03-30 07:33:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!  Saves me so much time I can't even ;u;

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Flariachan [2014-03-29 20:35:44 +0000 UTC]

Ah, this is going to be helpful!

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Tellim-Komachi [2014-03-29 15:25:42 +0000 UTC]

Very helping! Thanks!

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