#preserve opacity

[valcairi]

Paint Tool Sai

Preserve opacity:

Clipping Group:

Selection Source:

Note: You have to configure the cube or magic wand with the purpose of selection source 

Bonus

Paint Tool Sai tutorial #2 (How to do a circle) 

[milkandspoons]

hi... how do you do your multi colored lines? ive been tryin to figure out for ages but youres just look so smooth and gosh.

thank you! well, i use Paint Tool Sai when drawing. So, when I’ve got myself a line, i like to press the “preserve opacity” on the layer I’d like to colour

When that’s selected, you can colour the line all you want

For my comics, I like to put an extra layer on top and “clip” it, then go over on the clipped layer with the airbrush, or another soft brush.

creating a softer effect

hope this helps!

[hensa]

I sure do! And for those that dont know, I added a quick little tut on how to do just that. Its super easy! Download Hi-Res (easier to see whats going on up there)

[squiderino]

Look at me, trying to be helpful.

Someone asked this: 

  And I happen to know how to do that, if you use Paint Tool Sai. If you don't, then I have no idea how to help. xD If you use another program, then just ignore the rest of this post. But if you DO use Paint Tool Sai, continue reading~ So when you have your drawing, and your layer looks like this:  

you select "preserve opacity" 

And once you do that, pick another color and use your pen to color on that layer, and you will change the color of only the lines that are already there. 

To go back to normal coloring, unselect "preserve opacity" and everything will go back to normal~ Hope I could help! If you have any other questions, let me know and I'll try to answer them~! ^u^