hei guys, I super-bored and don't really know what to do, so I decided to make a digital drawing article. I would make a video but I don't have any software one would use for that, so... I'll just do it like this.
Before we get started, I'd like to introduce the reader to the preferable programs, although I'm sure one could improvise this tutorial into their own program.
The first one I'll use is called paint.net.
Paint.net is pretty much your typical XP MS Paint, but with a few extra features, such as layers, transparency, and some fancy effects. For this, we'll keep it pretty simple and only use the first two of those listed extras.
The other program we'll be using is GIMP 2.6. Other versions of GIMP can be used, of course, but seeing as I am unfamiliar with those, anda may need to improvise on your own.
First off, anda should do a rough sketch of the character anda wish to draw. This can be on paper, atau on the computer.
If you're doing this on computer, then I suggest opening paint.net and sketching on Layer 1 in a light blue, red, any colour except black, because that is what we're going to use for the lineart later on.
On the other hand, if you've sketched on paper, take a foto atau scan that into your computer, and open it with paint.net. Assuming you've used grey leaded pencil for the sketch, it may be a little dark- anda want to have a light sketch, although not so light anda can't see it. If anda go to |Adjustments| |Brightness / Contast| anda can sunting how bright the picture is.
Because I'm lazy, I'm not going to bother posting an image of the sketch, and we're going to alih straight to the lineart.
Once anda have your sketch, add a new layer to your picture. On this new layer, I like to use a size 2 brush to do my lineart. Because I use a mouse, I use the line/curve tool, but for tablet users, anda can improvise with that.
That is my current lineart stage- Although, because this must be a JPEG to muat naik into an article, I had to get rid of the transparency. anda should save it as either a .pdn atau .tiff file to preserve transparency when working.
What I do next, is change my line/curve tool to a size 3 brush, and go around ONLY the outside line of the picture, to silhouette it in. This takes lebih time and you'll need to have some patience to do it, but it makes the picture look a lot cleaner, crisper, and lebih professional.
At this point, anda may also want to padam your sketch layer. This stage should be done solely on the one layer, with a transparent background.
This is what my lineart looks like after I've done that. It looks much nicer, and will make for a much lebih striking image when coloured and finished.
That ends the stage of lineart. So, now, we want to colour it!
But first, you'll need to save your work.
If anda haven't already, padam any unwanted layers and compress the needed ones, until anda have ONLY one layer- Your lineart, on a transparent background.
anda CAN save this as a JPEG, but I prefer not to- JPEG files have horrible quality and it'll make colouring it in a lot harder. Instead, I save it as a .tiff file.
Exit paint.net, get your file, and open it in GIMP.
First things first. I like to start with the background- It makes 'smoothing' the character in much easier later on. Give a light source, atau if anda want to, several. Keep in mind this will effect your shading later on.
To make a background, add a layer, and stack it BEHIND your lineart.
When doing your background, anda may want to download some effect brushes- For this, I used a glow brush for the green, and a grudge brush with low opacity for the white.
And there it is. A quick, easy-to-make, but pretty background. I used a total of three layers for that, and then compressed them into one.
Now that's all well and good... But it could look nicer. So we'll add some foreground lights, on a layer above the lineart. anda can mess with the opacity of the extra lights layer for better effects.
Here it is so far. I used a three different sparklies brushes on a low layer opacity. This layer, as said, is stacked ABOVE the lineart. This will add a nice glow to the picture later on.
Now, we begin the actual colouring itself.
I use the pencil tool to colour in the picture, on a new layer underneath the lineart, but above the background. As I go, I shade using a black airbrush tool set at low opacity, and a lighter shade of the in-use colour for highlights. Add and merge the colour layers as anda go.
A helpful hint for when shading, is to use the Magic Wand tool, aka the Fuzzy Select tool, to choose the area in use before starting.
Once you've finished with colouring and shading, merge all your layers into one, and at long last, save your drawing as a JPEG file. And then it's ready to upload!
And here we have the finished product of your hard work!
Hope this tutorial helped, and if you've got any further soalan as to how I work, feel free to ask.
Before we get started, I'd like to introduce the reader to the preferable programs, although I'm sure one could improvise this tutorial into their own program.
The first one I'll use is called paint.net.
Paint.net is pretty much your typical XP MS Paint, but with a few extra features, such as layers, transparency, and some fancy effects. For this, we'll keep it pretty simple and only use the first two of those listed extras.
The other program we'll be using is GIMP 2.6. Other versions of GIMP can be used, of course, but seeing as I am unfamiliar with those, anda may need to improvise on your own.
First off, anda should do a rough sketch of the character anda wish to draw. This can be on paper, atau on the computer.
If you're doing this on computer, then I suggest opening paint.net and sketching on Layer 1 in a light blue, red, any colour except black, because that is what we're going to use for the lineart later on.
On the other hand, if you've sketched on paper, take a foto atau scan that into your computer, and open it with paint.net. Assuming you've used grey leaded pencil for the sketch, it may be a little dark- anda want to have a light sketch, although not so light anda can't see it. If anda go to |Adjustments| |Brightness / Contast| anda can sunting how bright the picture is.
Because I'm lazy, I'm not going to bother posting an image of the sketch, and we're going to alih straight to the lineart.
Once anda have your sketch, add a new layer to your picture. On this new layer, I like to use a size 2 brush to do my lineart. Because I use a mouse, I use the line/curve tool, but for tablet users, anda can improvise with that.
That is my current lineart stage- Although, because this must be a JPEG to muat naik into an article, I had to get rid of the transparency. anda should save it as either a .pdn atau .tiff file to preserve transparency when working.
What I do next, is change my line/curve tool to a size 3 brush, and go around ONLY the outside line of the picture, to silhouette it in. This takes lebih time and you'll need to have some patience to do it, but it makes the picture look a lot cleaner, crisper, and lebih professional.
At this point, anda may also want to padam your sketch layer. This stage should be done solely on the one layer, with a transparent background.
This is what my lineart looks like after I've done that. It looks much nicer, and will make for a much lebih striking image when coloured and finished.
That ends the stage of lineart. So, now, we want to colour it!
But first, you'll need to save your work.
If anda haven't already, padam any unwanted layers and compress the needed ones, until anda have ONLY one layer- Your lineart, on a transparent background.
anda CAN save this as a JPEG, but I prefer not to- JPEG files have horrible quality and it'll make colouring it in a lot harder. Instead, I save it as a .tiff file.
Exit paint.net, get your file, and open it in GIMP.
First things first. I like to start with the background- It makes 'smoothing' the character in much easier later on. Give a light source, atau if anda want to, several. Keep in mind this will effect your shading later on.
To make a background, add a layer, and stack it BEHIND your lineart.
When doing your background, anda may want to download some effect brushes- For this, I used a glow brush for the green, and a grudge brush with low opacity for the white.
And there it is. A quick, easy-to-make, but pretty background. I used a total of three layers for that, and then compressed them into one.
Now that's all well and good... But it could look nicer. So we'll add some foreground lights, on a layer above the lineart. anda can mess with the opacity of the extra lights layer for better effects.
Here it is so far. I used a three different sparklies brushes on a low layer opacity. This layer, as said, is stacked ABOVE the lineart. This will add a nice glow to the picture later on.
Now, we begin the actual colouring itself.
I use the pencil tool to colour in the picture, on a new layer underneath the lineart, but above the background. As I go, I shade using a black airbrush tool set at low opacity, and a lighter shade of the in-use colour for highlights. Add and merge the colour layers as anda go.
A helpful hint for when shading, is to use the Magic Wand tool, aka the Fuzzy Select tool, to choose the area in use before starting.
Once you've finished with colouring and shading, merge all your layers into one, and at long last, save your drawing as a JPEG file. And then it's ready to upload!
And here we have the finished product of your hard work!
Hope this tutorial helped, and if you've got any further soalan as to how I work, feel free to ask.
Gender:Female
Personality:reckless, bold, lonely
Meranden (nickname:denny) is a robber who only robs because of a person who talks to her through telepathy, but she doesn't know who is talking to her. All she knows is whenever the person wants something and she refuses to get it, she feels a very sharp pain throughout her body for an unlimited amount of time. She can tell the person she'll get the item through telepathy too. They meet up (though the person is invisible) and she gives the item(s) to the mysterious person and then she's free for a couple months. During that time frame, she enjoys life like a regular person, and always wishes she can meet Sonic the Hedgehog. Only when the mysterious person asks for something, is when she'll gear up with her gadgets and suit. She also has the ability to copy her opponent in any movement atau power. She can do a homing attack and spin dash too like Sonic.
Name:Bunny
Age:21
Cinta interest:Shane(she has a crush on him)
Life:She ran away from her utama at the age of 14. She later met Emily and her friends. Bla bla bla, she later met Shock the dog. Bla bla bla, she later met Shane, bla bla bla. She is afraid of guns.
Other:She lives in the human world[a.k.a my dream world] but later left to Sonic's world. And lives on the Jaguar Islands.
Drinks:No, that's Emily's job.(I'm sorry Emily)
Weapons:Gun,Knife,And that's all.
Looks like:Is a green rabbit.
Clothes:Wears a green short shirt, her pants are Military green. She also wears green sunglasses.
Likes:Sunglasses (more like an obsession), dogs.
Dislikes:Anybody who "kills" sunglasses(long story). Getting hit.
Obsess with:Sunglasses (long story).
Eye color: Green.
Finally I'm done with her bio!
Age:21
Cinta interest:Shane(she has a crush on him)
Life:She ran away from her utama at the age of 14. She later met Emily and her friends. Bla bla bla, she later met Shock the dog. Bla bla bla, she later met Shane, bla bla bla. She is afraid of guns.
Other:She lives in the human world[a.k.a my dream world] but later left to Sonic's world. And lives on the Jaguar Islands.
Drinks:No, that's Emily's job.(I'm sorry Emily)
Weapons:Gun,Knife,And that's all.
Looks like:Is a green rabbit.
Clothes:Wears a green short shirt, her pants are Military green. She also wears green sunglasses.
Likes:Sunglasses (more like an obsession), dogs.
Dislikes:Anybody who "kills" sunglasses(long story). Getting hit.
Obsess with:Sunglasses (long story).
Eye color: Green.
Finally I'm done with her bio!
Written and copyrighted sejak Zane Luxuria Zenon
Loud and obnoxious shrieks of utter terror were unleashed through the walls of the deceased man who was only referred to as The Doctor. It was no surprise for people indigenous to the area, which is a grand total of one. Screams happen all the time, and he despises them. The very person who causes the yelling is the one who hates it, irony at it's finest. His name is Dsy, a teenage boy who has Amnesia and short-term memory loss.
"I hate the loud noises, I fucking told you!"
His angry remark was followed sejak the clanking sound of a cleaver. His generic black clothes were slathered in in blood. He smirked at the decapitated head of yet another victim.
"Another sin for humanity, another strain on my blade."
Loud and obnoxious shrieks of utter terror were unleashed through the walls of the deceased man who was only referred to as The Doctor. It was no surprise for people indigenous to the area, which is a grand total of one. Screams happen all the time, and he despises them. The very person who causes the yelling is the one who hates it, irony at it's finest. His name is Dsy, a teenage boy who has Amnesia and short-term memory loss.
"I hate the loud noises, I fucking told you!"
His angry remark was followed sejak the clanking sound of a cleaver. His generic black clothes were slathered in in blood. He smirked at the decapitated head of yet another victim.
"Another sin for humanity, another strain on my blade."