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posted by [personal profile] allegro at 02:08pm on 03/12/2008 under ,
I made friends with PaintTool SAI recced by [livejournal.com profile] _nodrama101_



The Good:
→ The response time is FAST. It's way easier to doodle here using the Pen Tool. It felt like doodling on paper with with a handy Undo. :Db
→ You can CTRL Z; Undo a lot, unlike Photoshop who limits me to 1 Ctrl-Z undo; go to HISTORY for the rest.
→ It has a Pen/Brush-ish SELECT TOOL. (O o O) I don't know how to use it though...
→ Playing with opacity is very easy. Perfect for those who love working with layers.
→ I LOVE THE PEN TOOL.

The Not-so-Good:
→ Where the heck do I get pre-set Swatches? I have to go to the color Wheel or the mixer.
→ Pressing Del rotates the canvas. It doesn't make sense to me. Del button is for deleting!
→ Only 2 Adjustment layers(PS); Filters (SAI): 1) Hue-Saturation and 2) Brightness-Contrast

SAI IS FANTASTIC. I love doodling here! As for coloring, the lack of preset swatches turn me off


One of the more decent doodles I made. Ciel was "completed" in 15 minutes. :O




I want those really neat lines you see in the manga (seems the answer is PS Pen Tool), but I'm too lazy, so I used the SAI pen tool. I think I'm doodling ciel because I only have to draw 1 eye, haha. And yes, I'm having a Black Butler overdose.

Sometimes, I don't even know what I'm doodling. I just doodle without a picture in my head. (-_-);


♦ The [livejournal.com profile] hetalia community is one hell of an inspiring place. I mean I would have never tried drawing doodling on pc had I not seen the art here. They art spam! ALAVET xD

[livejournal.com profile] joey_fraser is an inspiring person. ♥

♦ Someone gave me a Sony Ericsson phone. It's OLD. Both expandable and internal memories are pathetic, but the audio is decent. Now I pimsleur on my way to work. I get a lot of odd looks because I can't help but mumble stuff, but I DON'T CARE nyahaha~~

[livejournal.com profile] kokoro_chan93 (tot); m sorry I keep forgetting. Will totally post before the week is up

♦ Anyone noticed The Smiley Moon?
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posted by [identity profile] dumbimps.livejournal.com at 07:19am on 03/12/2008
Ehhh, you've only discovered SAI just now?! IT'S AWESOME ♥♥♥, but I still have to resort to Photoshop for touch-ups and whatnot. Have you tried coloring with it yet..?!?! *__*

As for the swatches issue, I don't know if there's any way to download/upload preset swatches. I'm sure you know your colors well enough to make your own set! (Or you can manually copy your Photoshop swatch over, but that will take some time :'D)

Hetalia's not the only fandom that art spamming, but it's definitely been crazy lately.
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 11:57am on 03/12/2008
Hahaha, SAI has been sitting on my desktop because back then, I was annoyed with SAI no swatches. When I doodled on PS, it looked retarded and ugly, so I er..tried SAI. And my doodles look fine xD. I haven't colored in SAI. Will try that later.

am planning to cheat: open the untreated colorings I've got and use the eyedropper tool. mwaheeheh I'm too lazy to make my swatches.

Hetalia's not the only fandom that art spamming, but it's definitely been crazy lately

True, true! The announcement for the upcoming anime gave it a boost of crazy. xD The oofuri comms must be as active as this. @_@
 
posted by [identity profile] zoesque.livejournal.com at 07:30am on 03/12/2008
KUROSHITSUJIIIIIIII
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 08:25pm on 03/12/2008
Image
 
posted by [identity profile] zoesque.livejournal.com at 08:31pm on 03/12/2008
AHAHHAHHAAH A+++

god keigo would totally get along with ciel. they are both -- uh, they are both the way they are. :|
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 08:38pm on 03/12/2008
Truly.

I just noticed today that they have these $$, bossy attitudes, smirks and insighty look. Though, I have yet to see Atobe in a dress...
 
posted by [identity profile] zoesque.livejournal.com at 09:05pm on 03/12/2008
I'm pretty sure doujinshi has you covered for the dress requirement, yo.

Also would that mean Oshitari is the Sebastian to Atobe's Ciel? Because if so, I will now commence laughing forever.
 
posted by [identity profile] joey-fraser.livejournal.com at 08:43am on 03/12/2008
Those are some fricking awesome lines. *_* ♥ So neat, sooo neat. NO I'M NOT EXAGGERATING. You should see how I ink my stuff--it's so messy. XD";;

I-Inspirational...? How exactly?

I'm not very fond of SAI because I have OC. XD I do agree that it's nice and fast, and I seldom use adjustments as I colour-- I'd just re-save my .oci file as .psd and then open in in PS later-- but the fact that I can't re-position the windows, and that blending is rather tough, is UGH AWFUL. XD (Perhaps it's because I'm not used to it yet, but I still think that among PS, OC, SAI and Painter, OC is best.)

Draw mooooore. ♥
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 12:37pm on 03/12/2008
I don't really get OC. Boggles my mind. At least SAI got a lot easier after 24 hrs? xD I'm still coloring using PS, though :D

How do you ink your line art? The lines are so clean and straight (after xD )


I-Inspirational...?

Drawing half nekkid ppl is inspiring. ♥ Someday, I want to draw nekkid heehee So is telling me to draw more. ♥

Draw mooooore.

will try hard to improove (0 o 0)V
 
posted by [identity profile] joey-fraser.livejournal.com at 12:40am on 04/12/2008
...um. I-I do my lines hi-res. If you zoom aaaall the way in, my lines are actually really messy because I never draw one straight line at one go-- I do my lines bit by bit-- but 'since my CGs are usually done on a higher res and then re-sized afterwards, it's not so bad. *cheating*

H-Huh? When did I ever do that? XD";; Oh well.

Yay~!
 
posted by [identity profile] sapphire-pyro.livejournal.com at 12:28pm on 03/12/2008
hetalia community also made me itch to draw xD

oh such a cute ciel pic xD
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 08:23pm on 03/12/2008
Thanks! I swear Hetalia has mind control thingy...
 
posted by [identity profile] sapphire-pyro.livejournal.com at 05:03am on 05/12/2008
LOL! yeah, I agree xD haha
 
posted by [identity profile] danly.livejournal.com at 01:31pm on 03/12/2008
Hey, that's really good =D And... SAI? XD
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 08:27pm on 03/12/2008
I'm practicing so I can draw nekkid ppl. So far, they look only normal with clothes... O o O

:D Yeah, we call it SAI hehehehe
 
posted by [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_nodrama101_/ at 03:38pm on 03/12/2008
lol, I haven't had a chance to do anything meaningful with the program yet but I'm happy to see that you're putting it to good use. Have you tried Corel Painter? If not, I can upload the program for you. Its like an advanced version of SAI, and the brush options will make you drool all over your keys ^_~
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 08:30pm on 03/12/2008
WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE COREL PAINTER A WHIRL! :DDD Yeah!! YEAH!!! If it's not too much trouble, I'd be happy to gank your upload. =DDD
 
posted by [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_nodrama101_/ at 10:12pm on 03/12/2008
Gank my upload? XDD sounds pervy!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L7OMRIHI

Enjoy!
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 12:54am on 05/12/2008
:) ganking at this moment! Thanks ♥
 
posted by [identity profile] uminohikari.livejournal.com at 09:35pm on 03/12/2008
XDD The little hat is adorable
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 10:26am on 04/12/2008
Tx! Are you reading Kuroshitsuji? *you should you should [insert vigorous nodding]* Ciel always goes out with a hat.
 
posted by [identity profile] uminohikari.livejournal.com at 11:00pm on 04/12/2008
Yep, yep! But your hat was just really cute
 
posted by [identity profile] red-nuht.livejournal.com at 07:00am on 24/01/2009
If you didn't know already most all keyboard short-cuts in SAI can be changed to your own wishes (under Other>Keyboard Short-cuts). You can also manually rotate your canvas by holding down ALT+Space and moving your mouse in the desired location.
As for the color swatches, there is a way to set your own custom ones but as to how one does so, i am unsure of at the moment :/
 
posted by [identity profile] tininess.livejournal.com at 06:22pm on 24/01/2009
oh haiz! 8DDD Thanks for telling me about the rotating trick.8D I guess we still have to manually input the color value and save it. :|

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