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Published: 2009-01-09 16:09:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 17532; Favourites: 269; Downloads: 547
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OH GOD IT'S DONE....aaand it's kinda huge oops oh well lawl
This... was annoying to do. So many screenshots, and then finding out I didn't number them right, and arg arg arg.
Tell me if you find any typos. But anyway.This does not cover advanced techniques; it would probably not teach much to people who know how to use digital art programs and make masterpieces from them. This is meant for someone who has literally no idea what to do with a scanned pencil sketch, and doesn't have the money for a tablet or expensive programs like Photoshop. Everything here is touchpad-drawn (my fingers are still thanking me for that), and done using only free software. Maybe it's not the best way, but it's a good place to start for beginners who have no digital art experience, at least.
And the result definitely looks shiny-- this is how I make all my lineart. Well, I sometimes trace with my tablet, but when I get twitchy, I go back to using a mouse.
The Lazy Coloring Tutorial: [link]
Lineart from this tutorial: [link]
...with a necklace that i forgot to add in the sketch and didn't remember until i'd taken all the screenshots |D
Feel free to use and distribute-- just make sure my disclaimer stays on it, and don't claim it as your own!
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darkraixcresselia.deviantart.cā¦ and many more to come.
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finally, one was doesn't require a Tablet! Thank you~!
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This helped a lot but I got lost at the part 2 with the lines... I dont know if you are using a drap pad or what but is there a way to make the lines? Im stuck with a mouse pad and a mouse and I know my drawing will be sloppy if I try v . v... Sorry to bother. I'm using Gimp 2.0
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I find this incredibly helpful. I've been experimenting with different ways to do lineart for a long time now and I'm not happy with any of the results. This seems very promising though 
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Oh dear god it's huge. XD
Thank you, very helpful!
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This is really fantastic, now I can make real lineart!
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Just got Inkscape earlier today after hearing/reading so many ppl say that it's the best freeware for lineart. This tuto simplified this for me (before I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off, trying to figure this thing out.). Added to faves, and will recommend this to any friends using GIMP.
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Thanks so much for this! I've been looking for something to help me learn how to start doing more digital work.
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shit too many words! oh well I'll just figure it out ^^
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Your tutorial is very helpful. Made my pics look a heck of a lot better. =3
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OH YES! I absolutely love this freaking tutorial, mostly because I get so ticked about wanting HUGE versions of my lineart without having to sacrifice quality-- and I absolutely love you for showing this! GAH! INKSCAPE~
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Thank you for the tuturoail! Its a big help! But uhm, do you knwo how to fic your brushes if you accidently delete the ones that come with gimp? I tried redownload/installing it, but they didn't show up. Is there a download link to them?
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i have gimp and im jst a fail beginner ^^
but may i know whats inkscape?
btw ill try this tutorial later
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this confused me D:
i tried to do what it said with left clicking and shift.....
but no line came up, i mean i had to do it over and over just for one line to show
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ooh. i really need to update this for the most recent version of gimp.. they've moved a bunch of stuff around, and i'm having a time adjusting to it after a while without updating.
i'm sorry it confused you. i really will try and make another one soon. i've learned a few new tricks that make it easier. :3
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Love you! ā„
Now time to mess with Gimp. xD
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I actually stumbled onto this method myself a while back, so there's a couple things I do differently that you may want to try.
First off, Gimp's vector rendering is superior to Inkscape's, so I usually end up with better results if I save the pic as a .svg in Inkscape and then open that in GIMP; this really pays off by giving me a vector version of the lineart that I can rasterize at any resolution I want later down the road.
After a bitmap trace in Inkscape, it was also really irritating trying to wrestle with vector lines and the original bitmap all the time until I noticed the lineart selection doesn't encompass the whole bitmap page, so if you just select outside the boundaries of any lines, you'll be selecting the bitmap. This is a good way to see which one you have selected too: with the vector lines selected, the selection box shrinks down to encompass just the lines, but selecting the bitmap, the selection box follows the document guides.
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Thank you! It really has helped me. ^ ^ Though I've had GIMP for a while now, I'm still learning...
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is there any way to do the vector portion on gimp as well?
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i think the vector tools in the gimp itself are rather unwieldy. it is possible to draw something with a tool like pencil, select the lines, and do "selection to path", then go into the "paths" tab and use "trace path" to make an antialiased vector-like trace.. but i find this doesn't work too well for very detailed lines. i greatly prefer inkscape because it's possible to get a completely true-to-the-original vector version of your lines if you leave the "trace" on its defaults.
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darn i was just starting to get used to the gimp, but i guess i will get out of my "box and try something else too
thank you, you've been a great help to me
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lol. it's really not too bad-- you literally only use inkscape to trace what you made in gimp, and inkscape does that automatically. ^^
you're welcome! i'm glad i could help! :3
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Been trying with much irritation to do lineart for a very large image the past couple days, and found this while trying to figure out how you did all of yours. Going see how it works out using some of these methods ^^
Wish me luck, and thanks for making this tutorial! <3
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you're very welcome! let me know how it turns out. c:
also, i've since discovered that leaving the default settings on for tracing in inkscape is much truer to the original lineart-- great if you're using a tablet or don't have too many mistakes/"pointy" curves you want to round out.
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OMG This tutorial is awesome!
Thanx soo much!
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you're welcome! and thanks, i'm glad you like it!
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Sweet, I've finally used this! After some fighting with Inkscape, my vector lineart looks very pretty
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awesome!
yeah, inkscape can be annoying until you establish dominance.
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hehe, thanks.
and yeah. i do lurve my tablet. X3
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Awesome! This is definitely going to come in handy for me and my terrible linearts
Can't wait for the colouring tutorial; I neeeeed it!!! D:
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LOL Sounds funny
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lol, your linearts aren't terrible. goodness, i wouldn't be able to do a thing in flash.
and haha, now i feel like i should start buckling down on that coloring tutorial.
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If I didn't have my tablet, I wouldn't be able to do much in Flash either 
Haha! I can guilt you out of procrastination!
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oh nooooooes. but then i'll feel so guilty, i won't be able to do anything at all! XP
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Aww, drat. There goes my plan
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((phew! that was a close one!))
hahaha, that reminds me.. have you ever seen "harvey birdman: attorney at law"? the episodes where they have birdgirl, she almost always ends up doing those "internal monologue"-type things... but speaking out loud, into a microphone attached to a portable speaker. and she does it like no one can hear her.
so yeah, the thought bubbles reminded me of that.
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thanks!
lol, i'll be working on that next. ^^
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thanks! i'm glad my first tutorial turned out helpful. :3
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