Lineart
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Lineart... intro... words escaping me... gah!
[edit] Shi Painter Suggestions
by VisceralVamp - In shi painter, there are two ways, and it depends on whether you want thicker lineart or thin.
If you want thick, you can do your lines in a relatively wide airbrush, on a fairly high opacity, and then shave your lines down with the soft eraser. OR, which I personally think takes more time, is use the pen tool. With a lot of patience.
In just paintbbs, if you have the patience to use its measly two layers, you can actually get amazing lineart with a small watercolor brush on a high opacity. I kid not.
by Noremac - shi painter, pen tool 1 pixel, 50 opacity, and thin with the soft eraser on curve. viola.
by Callypso - On Shi painter I use the pen tool at 2pix at 120-170 opacity, then wittle at the lines with the soft eraser until I'm satisfied.
[edit] Lascaux Sketch Suggestions
by redpanda - With lascaux, you can get smooth lines by lowering the flow to around 30 and keeping the opacity around 200. Turn on anti-alias and keep blend turned off. Then zoom in with a 1 pixel brush and go from there, erasing anything that goes over what you want.
[edit] Other Tips about Lineart
by redpanda - This may not be what you're looking for, but it might be slightly interesting to think about. After a recent conversation I realized that a lot of people view it to be an absolute standard to draw lineart on one layer and then color on a layer below it. That's actually a backwards way of doing things. The forwards way is to draw the lines and then color on top of it. Think about when you're making a painting with real paint. Typically someone will sketch what they're going to draw onto the canvas and then paint over it. Digital art gives more possibilities, because with paint you can't apply the paint under something that is already there but with digital art you can. That doesn't mean you have to though, it just means that you can. Try doing the final lineart last, after coloring things.
remember, not everything has to be outlined and not every line has to be black.
by patienceisoverrated - I usually do the whole pic with a really big brush on near-full opacity, then go back and zoom in really far and thin everything out with an eraser. That way I don't have to use the one pixel brush very much, which is good, 'cause I find you have more control with a big brush.
I don't use oekaki-shi for anything with lines now that lascaux is sexified and smooth, because I HATE the smooth eraser with an all consuming passion usually reserved for brownies and that guy who played Aragorn in the lord of the rings.
