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Description woot! ive begun to assemble that durn tutorial at last, starting with the way i prepare my lineart before dumping color all over it ^ ^. enjoy! and a disclaimer- by 'i dont like stark', im not saying that i hate all things bold and in your face XD. in fact, i love it! just not in -my- lines ^ ^.

drawn on card stock!
tools-
o.7 mechanical pencil - doesn't repair automobiles
adobe photoshop 7.0 - ... well, nothing quite yet O o;. just lineart preps.
open canvas 4+ - inking

extra notes-
yes, i do use a tablet ^ ^;. its an intous 2, made by wacom. go tablet, go!
aaaand you can go see about open canvas here-
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AugustineGraphix [2011-01-07 01:07:18 +0000 UTC]

well you've shown your inking process but could you please show us what process you use in order to actually color the piece?

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Slunge [2010-08-22 09:05:42 +0000 UTC]

I have a question, when you say you copy+paste the ink layer (when in photoshop)..it doesnt actually allow you to ctr+c. do you mean use ctr+J ? which duplicates the layer into the same position :s

also, if you draw with such a massive canvas, when you scroll out to in order to see the whole picture dont the lines go all fuzzy?

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Slunge In reply to Slunge [2010-08-22 09:08:25 +0000 UTC]

Just realised that was 2 questions sorry. And i have a third aswell ><
can't you use the same blur filter in OpenCanvas? Or is the Photoshop one different?

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inoue23 [2010-08-06 22:16:44 +0000 UTC]

omgg!! thank you!!!!

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CosmicMutt [2010-04-27 03:05:19 +0000 UTC]

awesome~~

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xSagitar [2010-03-28 09:00:28 +0000 UTC]

Your tutorials are very helpful ^^

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Sekrat [2009-06-23 01:56:11 +0000 UTC]

=O the blurring effect~ You did that in PS right? o,o Because I've never seen that function in OpenCanvas...o,o;

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Somatra101 [2008-12-19 21:44:56 +0000 UTC]

wow.You baically redraw the entire thing with pencil?I don't think I could do that...i already had enough problems drawing it.You're awsome.

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Jempower [2008-12-16 09:39:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial i shall try that when i have college next! xD

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Soleil07 [2008-11-15 20:26:38 +0000 UTC]

wow.. i really needed this..

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Cattykit [2008-07-26 18:17:51 +0000 UTC]

how big is your tablet? I'm thinking about getting one. thanks so much for this tutorial! your deviations are amazing!

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LordLouis [2008-06-04 18:31:05 +0000 UTC]

god bless you.

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benjaminapetersen [2008-04-17 05:22:30 +0000 UTC]

very nice. yours is probably my favorite artwork when you going to do the next step (as a tutorial)!

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Watermelooon [2008-04-16 22:55:53 +0000 UTC]

PLEASE make part 2!!!!!!

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ReojiSensay [2008-02-27 04:14:49 +0000 UTC]

Instead of copying and pasting your lines so much, couldn't you just adjust the levels, contrast, or even use the burn tool in Photoshop 7.0?

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dracostarhome [2007-12-05 03:16:58 +0000 UTC]

...? how do you reduce the opacity on a background?

its a good tutorial, but i just don't understand the steps involved.

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Gabbs-xo In reply to dracostarhome [2007-12-25 20:00:59 +0000 UTC]

I think you copy the layer so its not on the backround an then you reduce the opacity? I donno I think i did it once

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dracostarhome In reply to Gabbs-xo [2007-12-25 20:10:49 +0000 UTC]

heehee. thank you.

I got it figured out now. i do appreciate your response back ^_^

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Gabbs-xo In reply to dracostarhome [2007-12-25 20:32:35 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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Rimani [2007-11-19 06:58:54 +0000 UTC]

so that's how u do it...very interesting...wow..

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Kamire-san [2007-11-12 16:14:36 +0000 UTC]

awesome tutorial! I use openCanvas for lineart, too. Now if only I had Photoshop....

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Mystiique [2007-11-09 20:50:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for making this tutorial! It's SO helpful. I never thought of doing it this way, hopefully my art will turn out MUCH better. Thanks a bunch!! <33

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hime--chan [2007-10-20 04:28:13 +0000 UTC]

Omg. I should kiss you. This tut. rules. You really helped me out. x3 I was using the pen tool and it came out horrible each time... but everytime I used my tablet... it still came out all scketchy. x__x;

you are my new God.

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Minray [2007-09-21 21:28:19 +0000 UTC]

Hy!Excellent tutorial.One thing i got confused with....step 5.
You said you paintbucket the layer that's on top of the original lineart with white color....why to do that step?Unless you're reffering to putting that layer below the ink layer so it can be seen better.

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missfootybabe [2007-09-04 16:55:23 +0000 UTC]

Thats really good ^^ My hand always wanders when i try to ink , i think its just practise

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maria00mirabella [2007-08-29 20:51:10 +0000 UTC]

how do you turn the pen pressure on, i just got a tablet and i cant turn the pen pressure

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kimicatdemon In reply to maria00mirabella [2007-08-29 22:38:04 +0000 UTC]

Just go to tablet options and apply the pen pressure. 83

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maria00mirabella In reply to kimicatdemon [2007-08-30 20:32:14 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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kimicatdemon In reply to maria00mirabella [2007-08-30 21:26:58 +0000 UTC]

No prob! ^^

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maria00mirabella In reply to kimicatdemon [2007-08-31 03:34:19 +0000 UTC]

yay, it worked, thank you so much

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kimicatdemon In reply to maria00mirabella [2007-08-31 03:50:56 +0000 UTC]

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maria00mirabella In reply to kimicatdemon [2007-08-31 04:39:16 +0000 UTC]

hey... the smiley worked

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kimicatdemon In reply to maria00mirabella [2007-09-01 03:58:45 +0000 UTC]

XD

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maria00mirabella In reply to kimicatdemon [2007-08-31 04:38:47 +0000 UTC]

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hellsfallenangle [2007-08-14 18:16:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks you thank you thank you thank you thank you! I needed this so much! I never really knew how to get those neat lines, but now i do! Thank you very much!

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DarkAngelFate [2007-08-10 22:35:21 +0000 UTC]

just checking back at your tutorial for reference, and i was wondering, why dont you do the line art in photoshop? does using canvas4 make a difference and what is it?

thanks if you can help

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Gabbs-xo In reply to DarkAngelFate [2007-12-25 19:59:18 +0000 UTC]

Yeah i was wondering that too.. maybe its cause of the pencil tool

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celticessence [2007-08-10 16:51:17 +0000 UTC]

thanx^^

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RaGazz4 [2007-07-31 11:01:16 +0000 UTC]

this is awesome! thank u!! ^_^

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MotherPaper [2007-07-29 01:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial!!! n_n I was wondering, what size do you use for the pencil in this picture?

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PostmortumRapture [2007-06-20 02:11:45 +0000 UTC]

wait...where's your other tutorial? can't find it

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faldain [2007-06-07 21:30:23 +0000 UTC]

Hi, it might just be because I'm using Photoshop CS2, but when I select everything and paste it twice, it stays the same. The lines don't get stronger or anything. Would you know why it's doing that?

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staticgirl [2007-05-29 18:16:07 +0000 UTC]

I've just been looking through my faves because I wanted to refer someone to this tutorial as I often use this technique. I was amazed to see that I hadn't faved it and I had to search for quarter of an hour before I found it again....

I love this tut and it is so very useful.

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PrincessOfDonutland [2007-05-10 22:26:32 +0000 UTC]

wow
this is impressive
I didn't realize so much work went to the lines alone
no wonder my line work sucks (is lazy with lines)
thank you so much for sharing
I can't wait for part 2~

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AleuWolfe [2007-04-08 17:42:10 +0000 UTC]

You know, if you drag a rule down to both the bottom and right/leftmost edge of your original lineart, wouldn't that make lining the copies up easier? Just a thought, but I don't see why it wouldn't work

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blue-usagi [2007-04-06 21:47:37 +0000 UTC]

just a tip for part 3, you can press ctrl j and it copies the layer....

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blue-usagi In reply to blue-usagi [2007-04-06 21:48:37 +0000 UTC]

err...that's part 5, not 3,

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shan-i [2007-03-26 02:53:06 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for posting this, I have always struggled with lineart!
I do wonder, why ink in Open Canvas and not Photoshop? Is it a personal preference or is it better in general to do the lineart in that program?

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Karinek [2007-03-24 10:02:34 +0000 UTC]

Emm, sorry - maybe this have been asked before, but could you tell me- do you use tablet A4/A5 or A6?

Thx in advance

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Karinek In reply to Karinek [2007-03-24 10:39:12 +0000 UTC]

eeeem... sorry- should be "has been"

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