Hola a todos, aquí les dejo unos pinceles que yo misma cree para SAI2 😍 estos pinceles se ponen en la carpeta scatter. 😀 Si no saben donde se encuentra ponga esto en archivos Documents\SYSTEMAX Software Development\SAIv2\settings\scatter
got this 2 - 3 step cloud tutorial w the brushes i use for em, since someone in stream asked for the brushes but she uses CSP HA HA!! this is for Paint Tool SAI, I don’t use anything else so Idk how to recreate it in another program. If you can, feel free to tack it onto this post too.
Since it’s super fast thought I’d share, make your clouds fluffy and quickly!
If you wanna go even faster, see if u can use just NICE on the separate layer, and then merge it to the sky and then use NICE again to blend the bottoms out. Might work out fer ya, less tools you’ll need too. If you wanna soften edges even more, try using a water tool
P sure these textures are from PTS base but i cant check sorry 0(
Note: the tools do not need to be named NICE and NICE 2 0)
Yo quick question, what drawing app + brushes do you normally use? fking love the jacq applin reaction image btw
I use Clip Studio more often, but from time to time I also use Paint Tool Sai 2. As for brushes, I juggle around a lot of brushes but the current ones I'm using are:
CLIP STUDIO PAINT BRUSHES:
which I got from WolfyTheWitch if I remember correctly, in their twitter they linked a drive for all the brushes they use. Pencil R1 is somewhere in there
It's one of the base brushes CSP comes with. It's in realistic brushes. I usually use it for coloring or simple shading
I think it's Sand Pen in english? It's ID is 1959800. here's the icon from the Asset Store
As of this post, there's a daily log in bonus happening within the asset store and the lowest Free Clippy they give out is 15 so get it while you can!
Then this one, called the Heavy Painted Brush. It's ID is 1902311
And, PAINT TOOL SAI 2
[1] It's from a duplicate of the default Pencil Brush, but with a smooth crayon-like feel [2] Another made from the duplicate of the Pencil Brush, this time grittier and chalkier
Literally just those two.
When I use CSP I just download new shit most of the time but those are one of my favorites. Please feel free to take note of them and try it for yourself! Also thank you! I like it a lot too <3
What is your coloring process? If you don’t mind me asking 🤔
I assume you mean my shading / rendering process. If so it's, a wholeee process alright hahahh,, hhh- It get's a bit complicated when you're talking about rendering specific forms (Skin, hair, fur, clothing, glass/metals, etc.), but the core steps usually remain the same. I've been asked this a lot in the past so I might as well try to go over it extensively now.
Fair warning I'm really bad at explaining things but I'll try to be as detailed and coherent as possible, that being said this might get long so hold on- If you have any questions afterward then please let me know!!
GEEK'S COLORING / RENDERING PROCESS BELOW THE CUT (with photos to follow along)
- I'm gonna be using practice sketches for base reference, the first is for fur / clothing with my Bear!Otto design to start. The second is gonna be for exclusively skin at the very end-
- NOTE: Keep in mind the way I do my rendering is just a mess of combined stuff, but your art program must contain Layer Modes (multiply, overlay, luminosity, shade, etc.) if you're gonna follow step-by-step. The program I'm using is Paint Tool SAI, but there's plenty of other programs that use layer modes just the same!
STEP 1: Flat-colors! (I just used a basic marker brush to fill in, keeping the fur, clothing and extra bit layers separate. His fur is a bit dark but we can make it work subtly.)
STEP 1.5: Coloring the Line-art! (This step is optional, and can come either before OR after shading, but makes your artwork look much softer in the process. A very quick way of doing this if you don't want to do it by hand is as follows:) 1. Flatten all your color layers and copy them, unflatten by hitting undo a few times. 2. Make a new layer above your linework layer and paste those combined colors onto it. 3. Find your blur tool and gently blur all those colors, then clip it to the linework layer below, adjust opacity/saturation as you see fit!
STEP 2: Cel Shading! (Or just the block-shading step, although I combine my cel and blended shading together all in one, I'm separating them for simplicity's sake on this.)
[ When shading I use both the Multiply & Overlay layer modes as bases (for multiply I'd use lighter, dull pastels, while for overlay I'd use darker, more saturated colors. Combining them both can give a little bit more realism when doing the lighting effects later on. It all depends on the colors beneath and the effect you want to achieve with whatever atmosphere the artwork is showing! I NEVER go straight black/white for colors, especially while shading, it's literal hell and won't look good, imo. ]
STEP 2.5: Blended Shading! (Same process as Cel Shading except you're gonna get into the nooks and crannies and blend it out! Define where the darkest parts are and fade it using a blending brush and opacity, keep in mind I use multiple layers for this step and stack it a lot, but it's up to personal preference how far you want to go with it. Use both Multiply / Overlay for this bit and experiment with different warm / cool shades!)
STEP 3: Base Highlights! (Using Overlay and a light color to accompany, add some basic shapes of light from whatever direction it's coming from on your piece. Always keep in mind the general location of prominent light, minor sources can be added on after. Blending can be used at this stage, which is what I did for the fur tufts.)
STEP 3.5: Final Highlights / Details! (Now for the fancy shit [part 1]! Keep in mind it's incredibly easy to go overboard with this step and it's entirely up to preference! I usually try to keep it pulled back a bit but for the sake of this example I'm going all out- I basically just added more detail to the fur, highlights on the nose / eye / glasses / girdle using Overlay & Lumi+Shade, and added in shadows & highlighted bits I might've missed.)
STEP 4: Mess Around with Colors / Layer Modes! (Fancy shit [part 2]! Experiment with different color combinations to set different moods for your piece! I tend to lean more towards the oranges / reds / purples, but that's just my personal preference. Light obstruction, rim lighting, anything and everything- Go fucking buck-wild LOL
References for certain lightings can come in really handy too!!!)
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That's it for the basics, but here's an extra tidbit for how I do skin specifically:
1+2: Same process as above, cel shading and blended over it with warm but pale pastel pinks / oranges. This can work with any skin tone, I don't suggest using cool colors for base shading as it can make the skin look kinda,, dead-
3: That being said I'm using cool colors for the overlay part- It works well for getting the darker areas and for creases / eyebags usually.
For darker skin tones I tilt more towards purple rather than blue.
4: Final details, coloring the linework and adding highlights. (I added a lot more blush than I normally do but yeah that's up to you lmao)
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Hope this gave enough insight on how I generally do my stuff, not a strict guideline or anything but there's the basics as best as I could explain :^) Have any questions? Please let me know!
Hey! So I'm so curious as to what program you use for your digital art! I just love the texture that the brushes have, I'm sorry if you've gotten this question hundreds of times 😬
Hello! I use Paint tool SAI as my main program and Photoshop as my secondary/editing program (sometimes I use clip studio as well)
but MAINLY I use SAI :D
This is my lineart brush (an edited crayon brush, I love it SM, textured brushed are the BEST aaaaa)
but I shade with a regular airbrush x'DDD
if you're referring to my "watercolour" look then it's a mix between the lineart brush above (SAI) and a watercolour brush from PS, check the linked post for more info
Lastly, I suggest checking out my speed paints if you want to see how I draw with these brushes :D
mind sharing your brush settings? the coloring on those lancer drawings is really pleasing :0
aaa thank you!! Sorry I didn’t reply earlier! >There really isn’t anything special about them? x’D
I’m constantly changing how I colour and my tools, but for the Lancer drawing, in particular I just filled in the colour normally, then used the airbrush tool to shade :D I keep on changing the ‘tip’ & density of the brush while shading, it helps to make it closer to what I want? (also instead of using the erased I always just turn the brush to “transparent” by clicking the checkered thingie between the colours)
you can check out the speed drawing if you want? maybe it’s useful?? (i linked it so it’d skip straight to the shading part)
Hello!! Is it alright if I ask what brush you use? And I love your art so much!!! 🥺
heyo!! aaaa thank you so much 😭 this is more information than you asked for but here are the brushes and colouring methods I use for the most part~ (this is on paint tool sai version 2 btw)
I use these brushes for both character and background drawings! I normally have the paper 01 brush texture on 0 but turn it up to about 30-50% when painting clouds, trees etc. hope this helps and thank you sm for the ask!!
ellievsbear
jacobvanloon
blakekathryn
areudirty
kianamaiart
yousharknotpass
kaledo-art
