Katsuhiro-Miamura is holding a contest over at TegakiE. It's to promote better quality and detail in Tegaki art,
and the ultimate destination is getting our art to the main page (usually through many nominations) but getting there doesn't mean you win.
It helps boost your self-esteem though.
Everyone is encouraged to join. I believe it can help improve our talent and the art we can offer to our community. So to those who have Tegaki, you should join~ It's open for OCs and fanarts and the theme is 'bond'. I know I have very little chance in winning but I still hope to join and just have fun and improve on my art.
So far I've submitted two entries and singled out one to show you a walkthrough of how I did it.
First of all, to those who don't know how TegakiE looks like.
It's this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjas4uWBVDdu9-eRnDMTQcdyrO9Rnys_AYVZzuTG57zQ59RkO7Z4zwEnO5AEB1tv6hFC2wjQieR6fREiSaiYAp9_uYecLmKY1_zB2kwxwhESIGLd7saVl00RYXIKxgMAzTW22bNUpdeyZyL/s400/Tegaki+layout.jpg)
Everything is done on a single layer. You can zoom by right-clicking and zoom in and ctrl+z allows you to undo.
Do you get the basic gist of it?
It used to be really troublesome for me but now I'm smitten over them.
I'm there near 24/7! (exaggeration much)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrFatoFkGR5-qke1AW4TMal9px_fBKNeR0yre3HOgVdmmsqVuG_XJOrgrQeiQVZayqdZAcHfj96QFSTzYwVa4yrDytpi1MaoB_yLMzOuNquOpWdnibw8kPvqDxYyqFIIzC9F2ujRubroA/s400/128490259663-113800.png)
I always have trouble colouring in TegakiE due to the absence of multiple layers so I gave it a few thoughts and finally decided to give it a full outline look.
Thus why I started with the outlines.
First was using a low opacity on gray colours to sketch then I used the darkest gray and thinnest point to lineart. I erased the sketches with the help of zoom and WALA!
I think I should mention at this time that I used littleMinna's TegakiE for this - thus the credit ^^;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yUceRnl6uCI7mM3xkMlaHIUaiX7YeSAiaWrgDBE12KLKwYRRVbIL6utYjqlPr3fLh0jf4P1FEKF7CRG7zr4TyUQm-1UoN2L99EFKcjv_2IcHxq-W0ZZXICj-P71y4372cE4Chop7-TXn/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.0.png)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcAtGQBiJllVryNQfyCihMmXQIIPRcCzTYZokqWd8CtFLUfiUkAqUSdP4y3l6xGYBDXu7DKMpkqf2NBJ0Tps_4rClKSy4Ji0lZeo-HMuS5qz6T9VWwuIjlzixSxKAy22UjP_m_Q2jmuqM/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.1.png)
Next, I linearted the background with colours. It's optional to do this.
OTL My background is so friggid simple -_-;;
Who knew drawing scribbles and calling it Wisteria could work so well?!
*brick'd*
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GqC1Sm4_Ieuw2kJcMHpzwOXmEeq0nwUh97FT8Dl7LDd_PI-UgByKYUf60ontb9V8i0dscOm4CuQICwZ8-cfILkV2R87PG8qt-wAnUJd7zluK8Y3poNTYQWzNK2S2f-Crba3BpmJU98t7/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.2.png)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9zk4NkgnEuV4C1XgIvpLUeS9fsBe7G2-JgpVcYN11K2A6z-E5lQf5xcwjhFmiUoQkRD8_6wr1oFN5nxXnRPyWiAEeqhOvtK2MCA6lAmLHTsLepzNJH1nhFot2IEa49J8AGf5EOe-aacW/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.3.png)
Next I coloured in the background. I used very simple techniques for this seeing as I wanted to emphasize more on the lineart. Most of the colouring contained a main colour and shade colour and mixed together using the lowest opacity
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7-S-E61r80P45M2S3NN2tJBlbzeUz2ypVWeMfska2SNI2rkncJItvXICX-Miwi8c20pTLtUO0bXbxIVgWJTNqD835Z-CguBMzlzhUEegKd_2ophe8mEmOsn5f3yCzaxY3P5k0NqOipCK/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.4.png)
HRE's (the kid) cloak was hell to do since I had to be careful about the amount of strokes. His cloak used four colours - three shades and 1 to darken it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NajcbC5tWTgOiGV12VwquKTsjmEiPKywvRDaGWF0138kKMUigD3wbcWHM2-rc7KcxfT4edgejWx4Sv9jEIMC56wKZCoj1ijLI3tOyY_1Asnu7OaCj-F6Nsc46qg26qh0e9R26kQbphDb/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.5.png)
Colouring in Italy completes it~ His was pretty simple.
It kind of looks like water painting now
...
orz orz orz
I'm not giving up! I want to do better and improve!
.
.
.
.
.
Sorry, littleMinna
I can't use my TegakiE yet atm ^^;
and the ultimate destination is getting our art to the main page (usually through many nominations) but getting there doesn't mean you win.
It helps boost your self-esteem though.
Everyone is encouraged to join. I believe it can help improve our talent and the art we can offer to our community. So to those who have Tegaki, you should join~ It's open for OCs and fanarts and the theme is 'bond'. I know I have very little chance in winning but I still hope to join and just have fun and improve on my art.
So far I've submitted two entries and singled out one to show you a walkthrough of how I did it.
First of all, to those who don't know how TegakiE looks like.
It's this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjas4uWBVDdu9-eRnDMTQcdyrO9Rnys_AYVZzuTG57zQ59RkO7Z4zwEnO5AEB1tv6hFC2wjQieR6fREiSaiYAp9_uYecLmKY1_zB2kwxwhESIGLd7saVl00RYXIKxgMAzTW22bNUpdeyZyL/s400/Tegaki+layout.jpg)
Everything is done on a single layer. You can zoom by right-clicking and zoom in and ctrl+z allows you to undo.
Do you get the basic gist of it?
It used to be really troublesome for me but now I'm smitten over them.
I'm there near 24/7! (exaggeration much)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrFatoFkGR5-qke1AW4TMal9px_fBKNeR0yre3HOgVdmmsqVuG_XJOrgrQeiQVZayqdZAcHfj96QFSTzYwVa4yrDytpi1MaoB_yLMzOuNquOpWdnibw8kPvqDxYyqFIIzC9F2ujRubroA/s400/128490259663-113800.png)
I always have trouble colouring in TegakiE due to the absence of multiple layers so I gave it a few thoughts and finally decided to give it a full outline look.
Thus why I started with the outlines.
First was using a low opacity on gray colours to sketch then I used the darkest gray and thinnest point to lineart. I erased the sketches with the help of zoom and WALA!
I think I should mention at this time that I used littleMinna's TegakiE for this - thus the credit ^^;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yUceRnl6uCI7mM3xkMlaHIUaiX7YeSAiaWrgDBE12KLKwYRRVbIL6utYjqlPr3fLh0jf4P1FEKF7CRG7zr4TyUQm-1UoN2L99EFKcjv_2IcHxq-W0ZZXICj-P71y4372cE4Chop7-TXn/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.0.png)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcAtGQBiJllVryNQfyCihMmXQIIPRcCzTYZokqWd8CtFLUfiUkAqUSdP4y3l6xGYBDXu7DKMpkqf2NBJ0Tps_4rClKSy4Ji0lZeo-HMuS5qz6T9VWwuIjlzixSxKAy22UjP_m_Q2jmuqM/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.1.png)
Next, I linearted the background with colours. It's optional to do this.
OTL My background is so friggid simple -_-;;
Who knew drawing scribbles and calling it Wisteria could work so well?!
*brick'd*
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GqC1Sm4_Ieuw2kJcMHpzwOXmEeq0nwUh97FT8Dl7LDd_PI-UgByKYUf60ontb9V8i0dscOm4CuQICwZ8-cfILkV2R87PG8qt-wAnUJd7zluK8Y3poNTYQWzNK2S2f-Crba3BpmJU98t7/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.2.png)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9zk4NkgnEuV4C1XgIvpLUeS9fsBe7G2-JgpVcYN11K2A6z-E5lQf5xcwjhFmiUoQkRD8_6wr1oFN5nxXnRPyWiAEeqhOvtK2MCA6lAmLHTsLepzNJH1nhFot2IEa49J8AGf5EOe-aacW/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.3.png)
Next I coloured in the background. I used very simple techniques for this seeing as I wanted to emphasize more on the lineart. Most of the colouring contained a main colour and shade colour and mixed together using the lowest opacity
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7-S-E61r80P45M2S3NN2tJBlbzeUz2ypVWeMfska2SNI2rkncJItvXICX-Miwi8c20pTLtUO0bXbxIVgWJTNqD835Z-CguBMzlzhUEegKd_2ophe8mEmOsn5f3yCzaxY3P5k0NqOipCK/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.4.png)
HRE's (the kid) cloak was hell to do since I had to be careful about the amount of strokes. His cloak used four colours - three shades and 1 to darken it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_NajcbC5tWTgOiGV12VwquKTsjmEiPKywvRDaGWF0138kKMUigD3wbcWHM2-rc7KcxfT4edgejWx4Sv9jEIMC56wKZCoj1ijLI3tOyY_1Asnu7OaCj-F6Nsc46qg26qh0e9R26kQbphDb/s400/TegakiE+attempt+1.5.png)
Colouring in Italy completes it~ His was pretty simple.
It kind of looks like water painting now
...
orz orz orz
I'm not giving up! I want to do better and improve!
.
.
.
.
.
Sorry, littleMinna
I can't use my TegakiE yet atm ^^;