original drawn by weno

i got the real translation by a friend.
this one is a total fail, also its just done 50%
Its even worse because shii added senseless comments that dont have anything to do with whats actually written there.
thanks!

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Aline

over 16 years ago

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"magically create a perfect-looking sketch"

You lost me.

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nanasisan

over 16 years ago

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Better and complete translation. I'm sorry if I got some of the Photoshop terminology wrong, I'm not an artist...

Also I still can't figure out why the "Dodge tool" has such a funny name.

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user 104512

over 16 years ago

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thanks a lot nanasisan.
thats much more detailed.

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Quess

over 16 years ago

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I never thought of doing step #3. Nice idea.

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lol wut

over 16 years ago

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I dont understand "color blending the lines" step.

Doesnt he just erase the lines?

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chriselric

over 16 years ago

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lol_wut said:
I dont understand "color blending the lines" step.
Doesnt he just erase the lines?

I think he starts to blend the color og his lineart to the colors it borders, I.E, the lines aroudn the skin of her leg start to become more like the color of her leg. You see it often in certain style, I believe the art from the artist that did Odin Sphere does that.

Gives everything a sort of hand painted canvas quality to it.

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lol wut

about 16 years ago

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Thanks for the clarification, I tried doing that but it ends up smudgy and low contrast, guess I have to keep trying

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Pepsi

over 15 years ago

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If only coloring that well was as easy as doing as said. But the biggest problem is choosing the right shades, light sources and stuff like that :(

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Coloring. Draw under the layer I drew in step 1. This is the step where the the general color scheme is set.

Using a filter to give it a good feeling. In order to make it look more analog-like, use a filter. Select all → copy merged → paste → Filter: Expression/technique: Edge detection → change layer style to "soft light" → adjust layer transparency to 30-50% After that the picture looks pretty much like this. If you save the above procedure as a macro it'll become much easier.

Create the line drawing, complete. Take a copy of what was created in step 7 (combined) and draw the lines in sai. When you're done, return to Photoshop, take only the line art layer, and adjust by adding hard light or tweaking the colors. I guess some people might think that the part from step 7 to 8 is just a bunch of trickery... At any rate, this completes the picture. Thank you very much for reading!

Hi. My name is Weno. This is my first "making of" tutorial, so I think there's a lot of room for improvement, but I would be very happy if you could read it to the end. The tools I used were Photoshop 7.0 and sai.

Rough sketch. Just draw some sort of sketch. Sometimes I write the concept and so on down as a memo. The pictures shown here have been shrunk, but I always draw the originals using 1024x800 pixels. Personally, this is enough. I think...

Color blending the lines. Draw above the layer from step 1. You may either group it with the lines (or in the recent versions, use a clipping mask) or color while preserving the transparent parts of the lines. At this stage, the image takes more or less its final form.

Adjusting the style. Draw above the layer from step 4. I don't do this very often, but when I want to adjust the colors I create a new layer here. I add light to parts that bother me, use "Hard light" and "Multiplication" and so in, and adjust the colors so that they look good. After this I rely on Photoshop's features a lot...

Drawing the lighter parts. Draw above the layer from step 5. Draw the parts where the light hits using the familiar "Dodge tool". My personal preference is to use cool colors for the opposite side of the main light source, where the reflected light hits. By the way, when using the Dodge tool, don't forget to uncheck "Protect transparent layers" from the layer style dialog (double click the layer thumbnail). This is especially important for people who are used to the tool from Photoshop 5 or earlier.

Cleaning. Drawing above the layer from step 3. Just draw while minding the edges. Also take care of any small corrections in this step.