Showing posts with label PaintTool SAI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PaintTool SAI. Show all posts

Something. I. Did. On a Whim

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What did I just spent a portion of my youth on?
Drawn in PaintTool SAI, animated in Flash.

But I'm still planning on adding more frames to this. Maybe make them turn or talk or something if I can.

It's kind of like frame-to-frame animation. Something new~ something new~

Oh, and I'm not feeling very well today.

*feels like puking* UUGHHH

Play with Highlights!

In in some kind of art slump right now because I can't seem to get myself to work on something I specifically want so lately I've been doodling a lot. Whilst all the doodling, I still try to remember to practice on my colouring and shading. my lineart is still a wreck though. I can't seem to perform as well in SAI as I did in PS
That aside, I found a new activity that is fun to do and can help improve on the shades a bit~
So I made a tutorial! In case I forgot lol

So let's get to it then!

First and foremost!
Sketch
Nothing interesting about this one...
Lining
I decided to give it a bit of the inking. I do miss doing linearts like this. For some reason, no matter the thickness of the point, it'll feel cleanest if I do this type of lineart lol.
I shouldn't have to do a tutorial for that as well, do I?
place a dark colour as the background
It is advisable to choose a colour that has a lighter tone than the lineart (if you are the kind to not use black lines, like me) Although I named it base colour, the colour you choose will also act as a shadow since you will be playing with the highlights.
It will look like this
Now we're moving onto the actual shading!
Let's start!
Choose a lighter tone
This is basically how I choose the colours. See the arrows I drew above? That's the general direction to choose the colours. Likewise, when choosing darker tones, you just move it in the opposite direction. The colour mixer might look different in PS and in SAI but it works just the same way.
First shading
I chose a colour that is nearest to the bg colour for this. Notice how I kind of coloured both characters completely? I wanted to show that their shirts are light coloured. I will be layering on more shades on parts that should have lighter colour or that will definitely be facing the light source. If you squint (or click on the above image to see its full version) you'll see that Hibari's (the guy who's slightly out of frame)shirt is coloured more while his jacket is coloured less. This is because his shirt is of light colour (white) while his jacket is of dark colour (black). Despite it being black, it will still need highlights to show where it faces the light source, right?
The setting for the brush
I let the opacity remain mostly within 20%-40% and use the blur tool a lot. It's not impossible to do the same in PS. Keep the opacity just as that and keep the blur tool at a high opacity (perhaps 50% to 70%)
2nd shading and light source
I'm just showing the general direction of the light source. You don't actually need to draw arrows like that (but if it helps you, go on)
You can see that I've started to define the folds in the clothes. That's why I keep the brushes at low opacity most of the time. It's easier to shape them like that.
3rd shading, more shaping
Around this part, I've also started using a low opacity eraser to define the shadows. I have the erasor at 10% opacity.
final highlighting and shaping
It's okay if you colour outside of the lineart. We'll be cleaning that up next.
Erase unneeded shades
Add shadows
I know I said we'd be playing with highlights but some places do need to be darker. but I only use one dark shade to do his pupils and some more shaping in the folds.
Adjust the colours

And we're done~! That's about it really. It's quite fun actually. I wouldn't mind doing it again lol.
I hope it helps somewhat ^^;

In the End...


Home is where the heart is...

AND THEREFORE I SHALL RETURN HOME, YOU LOT!
GUAHAHAHAHA

In a few hours, we'll be boarding the bus home. I haven't packed the laptop yet! Oh no!
Nor have I done the laundry! Oh noes!
I'll do it in a sec.
Anyway, this is a pointless entry to gloat about how I'll be returning home and all the other university students just finished their break and is already starting a new semester.
WELL BOO HOO
While you people were rolling around at home, we had to face Der Finals!

On an unrelated news,
Oh yay, I got myself a SAI now but I still needs loads of practice.
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Maybe my forte is just Photoshop >.>

Rough Faces Don't Mean Rough Hearts

The other day Rieya-chan and I were out fishing for props for our assignment. It’s a music video for our audio-visual technique subject. Please await it!

Anyway, we found a few stuff for her hair and the like.

These are a few accessories she’ll be wearing. It’s not all. The attire we set up for her just for the video clip is pretty elaborate for two girls with thinning wallets. Haha. But we’re doing fine so far. Nee-san is letting me borrow a lot of her stuff and there has been overwhelming support from a lot of people.

Thank you for all the help and guidance. We’re both just bumbling girls trying to do our best for an assignment and we love what we do. Thank you so much for making it a happy memory for us.
Please continue to support us.

Well, we’re getting pretty off the beaten path
I’m supposed to know what that means, seriously.

Let’s get back to the subject of this entry.
Because I recently managed to get a sum of money, I wanted so much to spend a portion on a comic. So, I dragged Rieya-chan to Borders bookstore. The feeling of stepping into that place again really lifted my spirits! I love giant bookstores like that

Because the chance of buying a comic is slim nowadays for me, I wanted to buy something that would really entertain me. In the end, between Hoshino Katsura’s D.Gray-man and Sorachi Hideaki’s Gintama, I chose the more humorous one.
A few pages of that volume:

Why am I starting with the last page? Anyway, from this volume of Gintama, I got to see where the heck Kyube poked out of.

Despite Gintama ALWAYS making my arse fall off, it does have its serious and deep moments. It reminds you that Gintoki DOES have a heart under all that laziness.

Read by following the arrow
Okay, this part made me laugh quite hard – and I was in the bus to boot! For people who know nein Japanese, this might bewilder you a bit. Let me try to explain~
I’m still high because I managed to explain this to Rieya-chan.
As a lot of people might know, three in Japanese is san. So, to reply to Gintoki’s persistent questioning, he answers “Shochu san!” which is equivalent to “Shochu, three!” but in Japanese, “Shochu-san” can also be mistaken for “Mr. Shochu”. Get it?


Okay, will shut up now.

I can’t believe you, Kondo…and Danna…
Haaaa~ I still like reading that volume again and again and again…
Ah! But we still haven’t reached the reason for this entry. Yes, we haven’t reached it yet. No, Gintoki has nothing to do with a rough face or a rough heart.

Anyway, after grabbing Gintama off the racks, Rieya-chan asked to see the multimedia department in Borders. We randomly walked around, going through the fiction, non-fiction, photography, music, health, etc. We went through a bunch of racks, okay?
We browsed a bit in the IT section and that was when something hit me. There must be a History section around here!

So I went in search for the history department, somehow managing to lose Rieya-chan a couple of times.
Ah, how heavenly it was when I found it~ There were books about the Thirty Years War (it was so thick!), The Holy Roman Empire (I wanted to cry), the expansion and fall of the Rome Empire (This one was interesting) and lots more books that fans can relate to Hetalia. To my utter happiness, the books were arranged to fit their countries. Like Asians, America, Russia and Classic History. I immediately went to search for UK.

Yeah…let’s leave that to that.

I did get a bit confused though since Iggy’s section was kind of divided into two: The British and The UK. I can’t really remember the difference between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British and England even though the France in Worldface explained it once. Agh…I wish I screencapped it.
Can anyone tell me the difference? Please and thank you.


So – now we get to the main subject of this entry – after having been disappointed at the price of a very interesting book on British people – imagine nyotalia America married and living with England at his house – I went in search of Feliciano’s section. To my utter dismay, the Italy section was on the topmost part of the shelf, right above Ivan – eh, I mean Russia.

I was so depressed! I stood on my tiptoes and I still couldn’t get it! After jumping a few times, I somehow managed to bump rather loudly and noticeably on the shelf. I immediately glanced around to see if there was anyone around. To make it worse, there WAS a guy sitting right behind me! If my face had been any fairer, you could possibly see my blush.

The guy glanced at me weirdly but said nothing. I apologized and sadly backed away from the shelf.
I wanted to cry, seriously! Not only was my most-looked-forward-to book was out of my reach, I had also made a fool of myself! Never before had I been so saddened by my lacking height than that day.

After backing away a few steps, I sadly stared at that book so very out of my reach. Suddenly, the guy’s handphone rang. He answered and stood up before reaching over and plucking the book off the shelf, still talking to his friend.
You can’t believe how shocked I was. I was completely frozen on the spot and barely managed to say thank you to him. The guy walked away after handing me the book.

I’m pretty sure the guy won’t be able to read this but thank you so much! I really enjoyed reading that book!

Yeah, so that’s the reason for this over-written post. If you’ve read to here, thank you. I don’t think I am quite capable of keeping others attention.
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Please await more colourful entries like this!

I So Totally Can Draw Chibi...

...Too!

Ugh...I wonder when I can devote some time to practice this style more.
The details aren't as refined as my other lined arts so I have to work harder
Chibitalia, France's arm (c) Himaruya Hidekazu


I dunno about you...but I like the second one more.
Both done in PaintTool SAI

I can draw chibi...just not that good.
Let's go cry together.
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Tell me how to improve please

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