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begger4mcgregor — Amanda's Line Art Tutorial
Published: 2006-07-20 10:24:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 214325; Favourites: 5184; Downloads: 30806
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I promised I would make a tutorial. I'm horrible at explaining things, so I think I ended up over compensating and explaining too much, if that makes since. God I'm so afraid this thing won't make any sense to anyone but me. Oh well, what's done is done. I hope this helps everyone who wants to know how I do my line art. Comment here if you have questions/comments/concerns
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Ahhh, this is good, ive been using pen tool for lineart too, (nothing posted yet)
but always had a problem with it looking very weak, never thought of going over it with smaller brushes to thicken up the centre of the line. (if thats actually what you mean in step #10)
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I always go wrong at the anchor points,
all i get is a S line
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OMG!!! I love you!!! I've been looking for a way to do line art forever! All the one's i've been finding have people just doing perfect lines free hand and no matter how hard i try i cannot have a steady hand with my tablet. You're my hero!
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Ohhh I see...Now I get it! I must try it out!
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thanks for the tut 
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Lol this helped allot thanks, I've been wondering forever how to do this
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Great sure of outline, it really helps me alot.
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Is there anyway to do a solid line? like all the way through.
cause with this way it sort of fades out and with step 10 I realise this sort of makes it solid.
But it takes ALOT of time hahaha
I finished doing a hair outline with this method and man.. im so impatient.
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Yep, for a solid line just select the pen tool and right click, click "Stroke Path", and un-check the box that says "Stimulate Pressure". Now anytime you stroke your path it will be a solid non-varied line.
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ahh wicked thanks alot!
xD
Now I have ONE last question.
If I save this and its unfinished.. all the layers are gonna combine arnt they?
I dont have time to finish it right now and I have to close down my laptop..
is there anyway i can save it? or do i have to leave PS open?
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Save as a Photoshop .psd or .pdf file and all your layers will remain separate 
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wicked thanks a lot dude, you've been a great help!!
xox
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Wow. Needed this. Bookmarking...done!
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thanx^^
BTW what's a tablet? is that the one that makes your brush with pressure?
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Because of your tutorial I finally get this thing!
I tried it out and this came out [link]
I hope you make more tutorials!
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Hi i just wanted to ask one question when i finish using the pen tool to my drawing and used to the paint brush to make the strokes half of the drawing is inked thick and the other half is nearly faded i just wanted to know is this normal or am i doing something wrong
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This helped me sooooo much for the lineart for
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I wanted to thank you. Now I will save SO MUCH time doing lineart. Thanks so much, I loved your tutorial!
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I wil SO have to try this way of inking my pictures I got an art trade sketch I can practice on X3
I have to say, this is a very good way to do this! I've been using the pen tool for a while, but my lineart looks very stiff... this actually replicates the traditional way of inking! And if I can get it to work I'll save hundreds on not buying ink XDDD;;
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Well, I tried it...took a while, but I like how it all came out. (even if I don't like how all of the picture came out. xD)
This is the line art. x333
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So I've been just using the brush tool or whatever to go over my sketches via a tablet...lol So I think I may give this a try for some of my older sketches...lol
I'll let you know if it helped. ;D
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Thank you-thank you-thank you for this!!! I knew photoshop had to be easier than retracing all my sketches repeatedly.
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does that work for adobe photoshop elements 7 too?
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Not sure about that, never used it myself. I would say try to follow the tutorial and if you don't have all the options you need then you probably can't do it with elements. *shrug*
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D:
I have elements.
Poo.
Nice tutorial, though.
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Holy frat boys, that was extremely helpful.
Thanks a million!
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OMG!!!! THANKS SOOOOO MUCH!!!! YOU DESERVE A HUG AND A MEDAL!!!! LOL
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Quick question. How big should the sketch be? xp
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im sad T_T adobe photoshop elements 7.0 doesnt have a pen tool :'(
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how do i know when to make it thick and thin on the lines? o.O
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This is so helping <333
I used to use the mouse to outline my art....but looking at your Tutorial REALLY helps 
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can i still do this if i have Adobe photoshop elements 5.0?
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omg thank you soo much for this tutorial!!! ;w; with it i finished this picture and i am SO proud cuz 1. it took me forever to finish XD and 2. the line art looks so smooth and fantastic!!! this is it if you would like to see it
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This is very helpful, but the ends of my lines are not turning out like yours did with the hair. Could you help?
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Never mind, I have gotten it fixed.
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial!
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this is truly THE best line art tutorial ever! I've desperatley tried to get line art to work, but with your detailed help I'll get it done, no matter what! ty!
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T___T tank you very much for this tutorial! I'll use it very soon!
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how long does line art take????Looks like it would take me 5 day.s
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Oh my god I love you! I finally learned how to use the pen tool
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Bookmarking! Thank you for making this, like...Thankyou! XD
Of course, you've already got, like, a ton of comments saying the same thing, but still. And the overexplaining is good, because you have natural blondes like me who won't get the point otherwise.
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It worked! Oh thank you I've been stressing over this for a while now.
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great tutorial! d:
it helped aloooot.
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this was very usefull, I still dnt know how to make my brushes wispy like you did....
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line art seems like such a pain
i think i might try it tho.
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i admire your work its wonderful...
i wanted to say thank you so much for this tutorial its so clear and simple to understand i used it on my first lineart , wich is not perfect but i think its good for a first one.again thank you.
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This tutorial has helped me a lot. The cell shading one, too. The two drawings I've submitted use this kind of line art (well, it's not EXACTLY the same, but still). I would have commented ages ago, but I found it before I had a DA account.
But I don't think that the wispy line thing is because you have a tablet plugged in, because Photoshop lets me switch whether it looks like that or just a dot whether I have my tablet plugged in or not. Then again, I have CS3, not 7.
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THANK YOU. For a long time I've been trying to figure out how to use the pen tool, this is by far the easiest and best tutorial on it I've come across. I can finally digitally ink!
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Oh... My god... That... IS... AMAZING!!!!
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