I wish I used one of those things. I'd probably help you.

Alas, I do not.

Well thats ok. :/

I could show ya how I use the pen tool for my lines sometime if you're interested

I would like that very much. How and where? video?

Next time I've got something to line I'll let you know

Alright, thank oyu

for sai, use the smoothing/stabilizer tool in the top right corner. I usually will use between 15 and s-4, experiment with the line speeds and see which works best for you. also, buy the Onta Brush pack for sai :D

Ok, I'll try that. How do I ink those lines? Manually with another brush or do those lines work with the fill bucket?

manually, i usually use the pencil tool

pencil tool?

the tool on the toolbar that says 'pencil'

I dont have any tutorials, but as someone who has done art for a pretty longs time, you learn by practice ^^
a few tips:
~ start with a pretty large canvas and use either long/smooth, or short/fast strokes to make the lines, try to get it looking as smooth as possible, when you shrink the picture(after you complete it) it should look nice and smooth!
~ for coloring, make use of the select/deselect tools in Sai~ (if you want i can demonstrate sometime ;w; )

every artist has their own style of lining and coloring, the process of finding your own will take time and patience. but you can learn from others along the way X3

If you wish, you can keep in contact with me and when i stream next you can watch, i'll show you some basics(mostly Sai, possibly photoshop) to hopefully help :D

keep in mind im still on my own journey of finding my own style as well! haha

This is pretty helpful. I'd like that very much, if you demonstrated sometime. Do you personally ink manually by using a brush, or is there some way you use the fill bucket?

the way i do my lines is by taking a brush in sai and just making the strokes myself. I do know how to use the pen tool in Photoshop.

Annnddd.. the way i fill in color is amazing simple! i use the selection tool in Sai and select the areas where i need the color, grab the bucket tool and bam, instant, easy color :)
but i sometimes do color manually(with a bush) too, just depends on my mood lol

ok, thank you for your help

You might want to check out  aamp not much activity going on with i,t but they do have a ton of tutorials.

Alright, I'll check it out, thank you

Well, have you seen the line tool in Gimp? Have you tried to use it?

I've tried using line tools before, they're sortof hard and time consuming, I was wondering if there was a simpler alternative.

Well, if you don't mind me asking, what Gimp do you have? Gimp or Gimp 2?

I can't think of any good tutorials off the top of my head, but I'd be happy to help you figure out how to do linework sometime.

Thank you very much

I can't really think of any good tutorials either. I know that  JustineFox have a shading tutorial that might be helpful, But I don't think she has one for neat lineart yet. I usually learn by looking at other people's artwork and watching streams. I'm still trying to master digital art myself XD. I always use the stabilizer tool in SAI and set it to the slowest line speed for my linework and I always do that on my Linework layer so it would come out cleaner because I'm a sloppy drawer, then I outline the inside of the linework with the color I'm using and use the bucket tool to fill it in with the same color. But anyway, that's how I do my linework and inking.

I'll check it out, thank you.