This would help me o-o

Yes! I have one! Are you ever gonna color that thing? ; D

Nah, it was just a doodle done for demonstration purposes.

Weeeeeeell. . . how much do you charge for a Doodle~?

Well, I'm not open for more work at the moment, even doodles. I was actually in the middle of another commission when I decided to do this, so I gotta get back to that hahah.

Pffft, epic >XD

I can't believe that line art isn't done with the pen tool, it's so crisp!
How do you do that with the standard pencil tool?

Oh, about that... different versions of SAI call the same tool different names. Yes, it's very confusing. So that is actually the "pen" tool that most people have.

I think they mean the vector layer pen. It's supposed to be crisper, but I always found it annoying that way it tapered the ends of my lines.

Yeah, someone just said the same thing on DA. DERP DERP, GO ME. But uh, yeah I don't like 'em at all. They feel really stiff and unnatural to use. Er, that is, unless I'm drawing straight lines. Then they come in handy.

Ya, same here. It's like, you do a curve and it comes out super square.

Haha, yes, I only use it for straight lines XD

If I ever get SAI I will make sure to try your settings out! :D

Ohh, this looks fun to fiddle around with.

Well I'll never use another setting ever. This brush is far too awesome. Thank you. You have changed my life.

Gonna have to take a shot at this :D
Thankyou for sharing! <3

How big are you drawing? I draw on 3000x3000 canvases or bigger, and I find drawing at such a size helps a lot. Oh, and be sure the DPI is up to 300 :3

I love your filename.

Almost all my files are named like that, hahaha.

Most of mine are sjkldfaskl.png, hurrr.sai, or herpdurrmarf.psd

amazing lines you have =3 tho I have to ask, it's it a bit of a pain to have to switch back and forth between the sizes? I thought with tablets people controlled the size via pressure? sorry if that seems like a dumb question. I ink with the pen tool in ps, so I have no idea how it works by hand

Ah, well it's true I control the exact thickness of the brush with pen pressure --which is the reason I use a 20pt brush for most things-- but I find using a smaller brush for details yields a softer looking result in SAI. Oh, and I'm kind of heavy-handed, so I like to push down more than I actually need to, so using a smaller brush is just easier for detail anyway.

But no, it's not much of a pain, especially since I can use keyboard shortcuts to decrease/increase pen size :3

"But no, it's not much of a pain, especially since I can use keyboard shortcuts to decrease/increase pen size :3"

Wait...YOU CAN DO THIS? :D

Oh hey, it works! Thanks. XD

I don't even use the standard point sizes. :V I just use my pen to change sizes with the slider thingy, which is quick and easy for me

Oh man this is awesome and I'll be sure to use it, but I draw at like ... 800 x 800. Ffff.

Ohmygosh so gorgeous. I love your inks.

Thank you~

I'll have to try this out.

I should try playing with this

Thanks for this!

I've always admired your linework <3

THANK YOU. I'm such a sai / general tablet neophyte this will be helpful C:

I FUCKING LOVE YOU FOR THIS

WE USE SIMILAR SETTINGS, HAHA.

Hnngh the line weights on this are so pretty. ;~;

Squeeeeeedge! My attempts to contact you are failing. Need to talk with you.

Sorry, my notes and email are clogged up to hell in back. I'm slowly sorting through it all 8C

Would it be a bother to have you IM me?

Ah. It looks like you use the eraser to sharpen up quite a bunch of your lines, amirite? :3c

Yup! Uh, I think I did it more here than usual because I wasn't working off a sketch.

A lot of people now is using the SAI, I also start a few days ago, didnt use a lot of memmory (like PS) and some brushers like blur are more easy to use.

daaaaang my stabilizer is at S-3 and if I do it at 15 its like crazy explosion!
Very nice lines though, bold and beautiful compared to my dainty, soft lineart

Sorry if it's been asked, but about how long does it take you to ink a piece? I think your inking is my favourite of anyone's I've ever seen and I'd love to be able to ink similarly sometime, but I'm not good with a tablet yet.

Hmmm... it honestly depends on how horribly anal retentive I want to be, hahah. I think the MINIMUM is probably two hours? Maybe 1.5 if it's something I'm really comfortable with, or if I have a really solid sketch. But, if I'm feeling like a super perfectionist that day, it can take well up to 5 hours.

I am not a fast artist, to say the least ;w;'

Me neither, and then I end up feeling like a loser because people will post amazing stuff and be like "THIS WAS A HALF HOUR DOODLE, MAN IT SUCKS GOSH" and it's like.. way to rub it in! Hah.

That makes me feel a bit better. Inking is the most tedious part for me and will usually take me a very long time. If I had the money, I'd probably just hire an inker to do that part for me, I hate it that bad.

OMFG YOU ROCK THANK YOUshdghajgh;ar

Ever thought about doing a tutorial? Would be sooo awesome!

Freakin Nice.

SAI is awesome~! I loooove it.


and I gotta try those settings~!!

cuz I love your crispy lineart too hahaha

thank you for this :D

"QUAILTY" holy shit. I don't see a pencil in my Sai to check the misspelling lol, is it a custom brush?

Pen works too, it's the same thing

Oh nevermind I read the comment thread above. I still wish mine said "quailty" lol

this i s very helpfull thank you

What kind of tablet do you use? :B

haha, i have my pressure set to 0. i'm so god damn heavy handed.

wow thanks for this! i might try these settings out :3

OMG!

I love SAI, I just got a copy a few weeks ago, and it rocks my world!

*Grin*

That's really cool. I might have to try softening my brushes and inking thicker. I can always seem to get it traditionally, but I go all funky when I try to do it digital for some reason ):

Is it possible to use these general settings without a tablet and still get the same effect? I would imagine that it would take more time and care with just a mouse to clean up all of the edges, but I think it could be done.

Also, you have removed all doubt that I should make things on bigger scales. I always thought it would make it looks pixelly as it contracted the image, but it seems not to do so.

Very nice tips, thanks!

WOW OKAY I had another look and realized what the Stabilizer is. I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW I've been so frustrated when doing lineart and having to redo strokes. I am going to see if stabilizer helps ;_ ;

I have never touched anything in the advanced settings in my sai, so this should be fun to try XD
always loved your lineart <3

Wow, thanks for sharing! I've always loved the way you lineart, plenty of style to it as well.
I've got one question though, by HUGE canvas size, how big is it? 4000+ px? And like..what size do you usually size it down to? Coz.. 9 pt and 20 pt is quite big indeed.

oh, thanks a bunch! I've been trying to make my lineart less blurry to no avail lately, but this is a huge help~ I may have to fidget with it a bit so it works with my skinny-ass lines tho.

Ohhh, gorgeous inks. Makes me want to try playing around with them some more.

Uhh...I changed my Paint Tool Sai settings to yours...and redrew the dragon you had there...

and the similarity...is errie...http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5784399/ o_O

Thank you SO much for placing this up. <3 My hero. But, I have a question. Are there any other settings you're using that aren't shown? I have SAI pulled up now, and I changed my pen tool settings to the same as you have shown. Still, my lines aren't tapering like yours did. I just wondering, are you using a setting not shown, or a special tablet, or...? owo;; *puzzled*

Tried this, but the brush size just stayed static, Thinking it's my pen settings...but i don't know how to change it.

how big do you prefer your files?
dose it change?

and what do you do to colour the line art? move it into photo shop?

So what exactly does the Stabilizer do? I'm usually set at 3 but when I changed it to 15 it well..I just don't know what it does lol.

This is awesome, thanks for sharing!

Hey there Squeedge, I tried your settings and my tablet worked just fine but then all of the sudden
it stopped. Whenever I draw it wont taper off nicely like your settings allow and I have my Sai
set to your settings right here.

I was wondering if you knew what it could be.

Hm, no, I'm not sure what the problem could be. Do you have the latest drivers for your tablet downloaded? Is "Min Size" set to 0%? Also, your tablet could have less pressure points than mine if it's smaller or something. That's all I can think of ;w;

Yes and yes. I even downloaded the new drivers to be up to date and thats what caused all this!!
I even uninstalled the newer update and went back to the old and it still does not work D''=

I just wanted nice things.

I don't even know how to ink something like that! I have GIMP and I am completely uneducated!

If someone were to work at a smaller size, with of those settings do you think would need to be tweaked to make it look.. not so pixely? :3

Using a smaller brush would probably make it work :V Like a 7 or 9 pixel size brush.

Hey Squeedge, i've a question
How do you do for draw a normal line and them do it thinnest?

Thanks for this tutorial!

Hi! This isn't a software question, but how do you decide how thin/thick lines should be in different parts of your image?

From what I can observe, the 'outer' lines are thicker and lines for inner details (like in the eye) are thinner, and you make them extra thick in some 'shadowed' areas (like under the chin), though this doesn't seem to follow a consistent light source. I also noticed in some of your images, parts of the object closer to the viewer are inked more thickly.

I was just wondering if you have any comments on your thought process of how you decide these things. :D I love your line art so much!!

im not very good at using sai in my opinion, so im a little confused :c

Oh my, lol I was trying out the settings just now. I really like them.
Its really hard to get use to but it feels nice. Also the program is a lot better than sketchbook express, which is what I use.
Thanks for the Tut it really helped.
Also If you can, tell Renard i said "Yo". You both have some really awesome talent.
-Cheers

Ten "This is handy!"s out of 10.

thanks for the settings! I called this settings my inku penu XD for no reason at all XD

Always good to have helpful artist who provide a useful tip here and there. I shall now save this and use it for my own means! Of Making Pretty Pictures. :)

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I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS for posting this. any time i lose my brush settings it's like a godsend to starting to get them back XD

Ahhh, bless you!
This really helps a lot~

Great~

you art is so amazing that im guna try to learn to draw using your art for examples

I book marked this image literally years ago and have finally applied your settings. its amazing.

What's the stroke and pressure stabilization