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Description At last, I finally found time to make a CG tutorial.

I'd just put "CG tutorial" as title, but I feared people might think I meant Code Geass. XD *lol*


I hope it will be helpful and cause people to draw Vampire Knight fanarts. XD

I tried to make it usable by people on Paint Tool SAI or on Photoshop.

It's not "The Method" as there's no such thing. It's just a bunch of things I do that hopefully you may find helpful or handy.


Does anyone knows how to have a thumbnail that's a different image? D:
I made a cute little pic for the thumbnail, and well, it's only letting me pick one file. XD;;


Edit: AUGH. I spent so long proofreading this thing, and now I take one look at it and it's infested with typos still! T___T

Edit 2: In case you don't know the two softwares, here's what they are: SAI ( [link] / [link] ) and Photoshop ( [link] ).
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Comments: 277

ttbaby9 [2015-02-21 19:35:40 +0000 UTC]

Nice! And so adorable :3

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Raz-Manga [2014-09-03 16:00:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you. good tutorial.

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EmperorNeuro [2014-01-17 03:31:20 +0000 UTC]

I have a feeling this is going to be massively helpful.

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TheSparklyRealm [2013-08-26 21:50:42 +0000 UTC]

Very nice.

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pinkdog004 [2013-07-24 02:30:12 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing and was really helpful!

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pengguchan [2012-09-21 06:47:13 +0000 UTC]

i don't understand the master/slave part. can someone explain me about it?

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raikilo8 [2012-08-26 22:34:11 +0000 UTC]

This helped a LOT ^w^ thanks!

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Aegizt [2012-07-29 05:36:56 +0000 UTC]

thank for tutorial...

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Tessa-nekochan [2012-07-24 00:33:33 +0000 UTC]

Is there a way to get it set to english in a way? I am fooling around with it but I still can't do much...>>

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Michca [2012-06-21 23:19:16 +0000 UTC]

crud I have neither SAI or PS DX I wanna do that shortcut with PS = )3= I only have GIMP (since it's free ||D) Do you think you can give me some advice on that

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InsaneNekoCutie In reply to Michca [2012-08-01 00:02:36 +0000 UTC]

You can download a free version of PaintToolSAI. I have it and I love using it ^^

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Michca In reply to InsaneNekoCutie [2012-08-02 07:23:12 +0000 UTC]

I recently found it as well! Thank you for telling me though1 ^O^

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InsaneNekoCutie In reply to Michca [2012-08-02 08:59:34 +0000 UTC]

Yep!~ ^-^

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crazeyfwend8 [2012-05-01 08:38:06 +0000 UTC]

ooh, this is very helpful. Thank you so much

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iAmPesukone [2012-04-04 08:48:41 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh. So it's by tweaking greyscale lines that you get them so narrow-looking. I thought there was some way to make black marker lines narrower than they are on paper.

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DeaValkyria [2012-03-30 21:46:46 +0000 UTC]

Whoo ... I didn't read it whole - but after I looked at this I finally am able to understand how to shade!! THANKS A LOT!

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XxHaneyshxX [2012-03-11 05:32:14 +0000 UTC]

>v< sooo cool~,,thanks for doing this tuto,,,
love yuuki so much,,n kaname too,,ish hot *_*
um,,btw,,can i ask u,,
how can u make your brush pointy on the edge? for sai? or photoshop,,
my brush edge point,ish so ugly~

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Mearu-Chan [2012-02-02 19:28:21 +0000 UTC]

ME HAS A QUESTION!!
do you use a tablet? o3o

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watashisukidesu In reply to Mearu-Chan [2012-03-02 14:09:44 +0000 UTC]

yep I this she does and it is probably pen pressured tablet

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Mearu-Chan In reply to watashisukidesu [2012-03-02 14:59:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks o3o

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NihonOtaku4eva In reply to Mearu-Chan [2012-02-28 08:32:52 +0000 UTC]

ikr! It's so amazing it can't possibly be done on a computer!

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Nightfang013 [2012-01-19 10:26:57 +0000 UTC]

cool man...

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popsigirl [2011-11-26 11:40:03 +0000 UTC]

I love Vampire Knights! Unfortunately, I can't really draw manga to save my life :3 It's a brilliant tutorial, though, it'll help me with the line art I'm colouring at the moment. Although I've done the skin, but I'm really stuck on the hair. I don't have a tablet or photoshop, I use Pixlr.com to colour. How would you recommend I shade the hair?

Thanks!

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PKFG [2011-11-05 12:38:52 +0000 UTC]

Faz um tutorial em portuguΓͺs?=3

by PK-chan

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Radenkomvis [2011-10-05 11:19:44 +0000 UTC]

nice reference coloring!!!

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JezelleStar [2011-10-03 16:39:20 +0000 UTC]

^_^ This is so helpful! Thanks

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ashash365 [2011-09-13 03:51:30 +0000 UTC]

I love tutorials....it's great that great artists like you are willing to show people how you do what you do we appreciate it!!

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OnCloud-9 [2011-08-27 19:58:25 +0000 UTC]

this is relliii great!, it wouold be even better if u found sum time to make a video version of it

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NovaReeee [2011-08-27 05:00:50 +0000 UTC]

I'm new to CG and I've noticed this from other artists, but how did you get the shaded fringes in the hair pointy like that? I've seen some artists pull it off with one stroke and I'm curious if you know the brush settings to get that effect

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Sagakure In reply to NovaReeee [2011-10-03 22:19:24 +0000 UTC]

I use the basic pencil brush, there's no different settings.

Are you by any chance drawing with a mouse? That would explain your problem. If you are using a tablet, check to see if your pressure sensitivity is on. If it is, it should be pointy (unless you're pressing super hard on the pen.)
If you are using a mouse, use the vector layers instead of the raster layers, that way you can adjust the pointiness of the line after you draw it.

If you're using a tablet and the pressure sensitivity is working, it should be pointy from the start if you draw it pointy, it will act just like drawing with a normal pen/brush/etc. in real life.

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NovaReeee In reply to Sagakure [2011-10-17 00:59:31 +0000 UTC]

Yea I'm using a tablet with pressure on..I think I got it now, thanks!

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celaoxxx [2011-08-11 01:27:45 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

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gerychiakezumi [2011-06-26 03:29:57 +0000 UTC]

Awww you did a wonderful job on yuuki XD so cute

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KimariLz [2011-06-20 15:03:11 +0000 UTC]

nyc tut u have there it really helps! tnx

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ZeroChu [2011-06-09 23:27:50 +0000 UTC]

...
I love you.

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Haru-Akira [2011-04-24 15:46:33 +0000 UTC]

I've always been a noob with photoshop but ur tutorial really helped me! Thank you sooo much!! Pls make more tutorials soon!! o(^_^)o

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DestroyerSting [2011-04-20 07:07:08 +0000 UTC]

wtf there is so many notes @-@

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LittleMissMaiko [2011-04-17 02:21:44 +0000 UTC]

Lol I only came here cuz I saw Vampire Knight in the title>///< And I has a lame line art of Kaname; hohoho; Thanks for the tutorial tho. :3 //VampireKnight all the way

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Tammy-Mm [2011-03-29 17:26:10 +0000 UTC]

COOL TUTORIAL!
not to sound noobish but how on earth do i make tht little qoute thingy after my comment???
I CANT DO IT O.O

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meshugenah89 [2011-03-21 07:40:39 +0000 UTC]

i'm a newcomer to all things photoshop-y, and your tutorial pretty much saved my day! thank you!

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ubhe22 [2011-03-16 14:32:49 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial!

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xSavichan777x [2011-03-13 22:06:29 +0000 UTC]

how did you get your own pallet of colors?

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Emothatsme42 [2011-01-27 00:23:31 +0000 UTC]

Now I really wish I had Paint tool Sai T^T

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sakomagouri [2011-01-17 12:55:38 +0000 UTC]

your tutorial it so good for me >w< thank a lot

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ayers9006 [2011-01-11 04:40:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! This is extremely helpful.

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iWafflezz [2011-01-07 10:18:12 +0000 UTC]

what is cg

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niponsei [2010-12-26 08:10:04 +0000 UTC]

aaaaaawwww >,<
love it !
thankssss

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RockaJelly [2010-12-25 16:45:47 +0000 UTC]

I'm itching to get coloring already!! I just got my very first tablet and I love it, no more drawing with a mouse ) Thanks for this tutorial it's very helpful! And Merry Xmas!! ^u^

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WhatABrunette [2010-12-20 03:49:57 +0000 UTC]

OMG! I NEED TO TELL YOU I LOVE YOU! THIS HELPED ME SOOOO MUCH!

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newcanvas [2010-12-04 08:30:24 +0000 UTC]

omg this helped SO much! Thankss!!

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