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gunsweat In reply to Pastelgoldfish [2017-01-17 18:08:26 +0000 UTC]

thank you! <33

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megathiccy In reply to Peacepaint [2016-12-15 18:56:28 +0000 UTC]

To do the white outline, here's what I do: (I use SAI)
Use the wand to select (Transparency: Strict) on All Image, then go up to the Selection menu and increment the selection a few times. Make a new layer under everything, then fill the selection, (I use control+F) then you have your basic outline. You might have to fix up a couple parts, but especially if you draw with a fairly high resolution it should look fine. If your image has some transparent parts, (like clothing that's not at full opacity) you can get rid of the extra white underneath by hiding the new layer with the white outlines, selecting all of the normal drawing again, unhiding the white and filling with transparency.

I'm far from an expert but that's how I usually get outlines. Gunsweat also seems to use a dropshadow to make the image have an illusion of depth (something I should try in my own work) which would work in much the same way but you would increment a much larger amount and erase part of it on the side light is coming from.
Like I said, I'm far from an expert, but I hope this helps. 

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Peacepaint In reply to megathiccy [2016-12-15 22:17:05 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you so much for the detailed explanation! This helps a lot!  
I have tried the selection increment tool, but it seems to make the selection very pixelated and doesn't look good at all. I'm not sure if there's anything I can do to fix that, but if I have to go over it with a pen or something I might as well just do it by hand? Do you understand what I mean by pixel? It looks rough when the actual drawing is smooth.

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megathiccy In reply to Peacepaint [2016-12-15 23:08:21 +0000 UTC]

How big is your canvas? You don't seem to be drawing anything that needs a small canvas size. 
I used this technique for black outlines in this drawing: vampirizian.deviantart.com/art…
and it looks fine except for some of the points of the hair. You can go over those small areas with a brush.
Having a large canvas size will help. I don't know what you use, I use at least two thousand pixels in each dimension for a full illustration.
Also, do you have anti-aliasing turned on on your wand select? that makes the selections much, much better. I think that might be your problem. I made a really crappy example to show the difference between anti-aliased and non anti-aliased selections.. sta.sh/0ffpua4pkif

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Peacepaint In reply to megathiccy [2016-12-18 19:09:32 +0000 UTC]

I think that may definitely be the problem. The non-anti-aliasing one looks like my problem. I will try turning it on and see what happens. Thank you once again for such a detailed, helpful explanation! 

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megathiccy In reply to Peacepaint [2016-12-18 19:45:47 +0000 UTC]

No problem! I hope it works out for you!

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gunsweat In reply to Peacepaint [2016-12-09 23:45:17 +0000 UTC]

Depends on what programme you use :3

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Peacepaint In reply to gunsweat [2016-12-10 07:20:49 +0000 UTC]

I use Paint Tool SAI, and I use GIMP for some extras. 

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gunsweat In reply to Peacepaint [2016-12-10 18:33:58 +0000 UTC]

well i do it in photoshop?? sooo im not sure if i can help you

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Peacepaint In reply to gunsweat [2016-12-10 19:22:48 +0000 UTC]

Ah, that's alright. ^^ Just thought I'd ask!

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gunsweat In reply to gardenvvall [2016-10-16 13:45:30 +0000 UTC]

thank u!!

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gardenvvall In reply to gunsweat [2016-10-16 15:57:50 +0000 UTC]

No problem! ^w^

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gunsweat In reply to soofireanon [2016-10-13 17:17:34 +0000 UTC]

thanks man!!

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gunsweat In reply to ughj [2016-10-13 17:17:03 +0000 UTC]

THANK U MAN <33
srsly it means a lot from u!! :3

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gunsweat In reply to Kikonoeii [2016-10-13 17:16:47 +0000 UTC]

thanks!!

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gunsweat In reply to ikimuri [2016-10-12 18:17:42 +0000 UTC]

thank u so much !! ;w;

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