So I drew my character

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Dracius wrote on 2012-12-14 03:42

After having not touched my tablet for a month, somehow this came out:

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The lineless water-abuse version makes him look completely different though
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Enoshima Smoothie wrote on 2012-12-14 04:19

Very cute~ I like the lineless version just a little bit more, but that's personal preference.
Seriously though, nice work.
Murasaki wrote on 2012-12-14 04:37

One of the simple ways I've compromised between lineart-less and lineart is to make the lineart multiple colors. Though I haven't done actual lineart in a while, since most of my stuff's been on one layer lately, but it still gets the idea accross:

[Image: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ld24KCXO1rek492o1_1280.png]

The skin has reddish-brown lines, the coat has really dark brown lines, the shirt has lighter gray lines, etc. It's a bit more work but it shouldn't be too hard. If your lineart is on a separate laer (and it looks like it is) you can just preserve the transparency on the layer and start coloring the lines themselves and see what you like best.
Dracius wrote on 2012-12-14 19:54

Quote from Murasaki;997981:
One of the simple ways I've compromised between lineart-less and lineart is to make the lineart multiple colors. Though I haven't done actual lineart in a while, since most of my stuff's been on one layer lately, but it still gets the idea accross:

[Image: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ld24KCXO1rek492o1_1280.png]

The skin has reddish-brown lines, the coat has really dark brown lines, the shirt has lighter gray lines, etc. It's a bit more work but it shouldn't be too hard. If your lineart is on a separate laer (and it looks like it is) you can just preserve the transparency on the layer and start coloring the lines themselves and see what you like best.

I was reading a tutorial on coloring, and colored lines was on there, but I can never figure out what color the lines should be.
BizarreJuju wrote on 2012-12-14 20:56

Quote from Dracius;998238:
I was reading a tutorial on coloring, and colored lines was on there, but I can never figure out what color the lines should be.

You make the line dark red (since red is like your main color), or color the line according to the color inside it (line around skin= darker than your skin color)
Murasaki wrote on 2012-12-15 00:11

One of the easiest things to do for colored lineart at first is to just eyedrop your darkest shadow, then go a bit darker than what that color is for the lineart.