#Paint tool sai curve tool how to#

I've already started filling in areas but what you're going to do is outline areas (with the pen tool) that you drew out in step 9 and fill them with the bucket tool. This will merge the layer o nto your new layer. Select the layer from step 9 and on your keyboard hit the keys 'ctrl' and 'E'. Make a new layer and put it above the base color layer (hair) and below the layer made in the previous step. It helps to choose a light source and imagine where light would shine down on your character and also where light doesn't touch. **I cannot teach you where to place shadow and shading on a drawing because it's not something I'm too good at and usually guess. What this does is that it clips the new layer to the previous one and you can't draw outside that specific color area. Make a new linework layer and set it above the base color (so this one is set above 'hair') and then click 'clipping group', it's circled in red so you can find it. There's plenty of ways to do this, this is a bit more work but I'm picky about how things look.

You can start with any layer you want but I'm starting with the hair. You'll be using this as a guideline as well as something to fill in when it comes time to fill in those areas. Take the pen or curve tool (you can use either) and start drawing out where you want your shadows to be placed. There's p lenty of ways to do this, this is a bit more work but I'm picky about how things look. I recommend choosing a different color like I did (I chose salmon even though the base color is a yellow-orange color) or slightly darker shade. That's fine too, just take your eraser and erase those spots in the respective layers. In this step you also may need to clean colors that got out of the lines. Leaving white spots can sometimes be noticable and it's no fun to see them after you've finished your drawing. It's important that you manually color in these areas, preferably with the pen tool on a small setting. moreД®ven though you've used the selection tool and bucket to fill in areas, there's going to be some tiny spots that haven't been filled in with color. It's important that you manually color in these areas, preferably with the pen to ol on a small setting. It should highlight all the selected area in blue.Дo this with each section until your whole drawing has base colors down.Д®ven though you've used the selection tool and bucket to fill in areas, there's going to be some tiny spots that haven't been filled in with color. Click spots you want to fill with a color, so for example I clicked inside the skirt since that's what I'll be coloring. Go to your line art layer (it's the one I have highlighted) and take the magic wand tool that I have circled in red. It should highlight all the selected area in blue.Дo this with each section until your whole drawing has base colors down.

Go to your line art layer (it's the one I have highlighted) and take the magic wa nd tool that I have circled in red. Make a new layer and name it (you'll have a lot of layers so naming them helps to keep it organized).

#Paint tool sai curve tool how to#

I accidentally already start coloring but here's how to do it.