Tablet Lineart Tutorial by kuridoki

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Update: 15th June 2010

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Take note before beginning the tutorial:
1. You must have a tablet. Wacom is a popular and reliable brand for the most part. For beginners, I'd suggest a Bamboo Fun model.

2. For photoshop, only version 7.0 and up has wacom support. For other software, please check [link] to see if yours has the right support.

3. Also, please ensure you have your tablet drivers are installed. If yours is a wacom model you can download them from the wacom homepage at [link]

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I've received quite a number of question regarding my work, one of them being "How DO you do your lineart?" Hopefully, this tutorial will answer that question.

This is a BEGINNER LEVEL TUTORIAL that was done in Photoshop CS, but should work for any version with tablet capabilities. Even if you dont use photoshop, the fundamentals are the same.

Please tell me if it helps, and if I should do a colour tutorial. (I am considering it, but its ALOT of work.)

adam-ant2 Featured By Owner Apr 15, 2017

Can this work with elements?

AlectoDark Featured By Owner Edited May 18, 2016 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks a lot, without this I would never check those settings in ps... you can`t imagine how munch hard time i had before i found this tuto

whitneymorris Featured By Owner Apr 8, 2016 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I just started using a tablet and I'm having a strange issue! My lines aren't tapering off to a point like they should. If you look at this sketch I did recently(fav.me/d9y7ma0), it's really obvious in the hair strokes. The ends look like nibs. I don't get what I'm doing wrong. Someone please help. ;.;

LunarRosesWolf Featured By Owner Jul 24, 2015 Student General Artist

Thank you very much, this helped me a lot

Lunangel07 Featured By Owner Jan 12, 2015 Hobbyist

Thank you very much <33

videogamehunter Featured By Owner Aug 17, 2014

I have a problem. I'm on Step 3 and I don't see other dynamics in my Photoshop.

Sneakykangerooman100 Featured By Owner Aug 14, 2014

Interesting tip working at a high res then downsizing for cleaner line art, thanks!

Animefan-279 Featured By Owner Jul 12, 2014 Hobbyist Writer

Would a laptop tablet screen work as well as a Wacom tablet?

ani67 Featured By Owner Dec 27, 2013 Student Artist

woww.. thnx...it really helped... I just bought my bamboo one

NinjaxSketcheartx Featured By Owner Oct 28, 2013

You see, I'd love to do stuff like this, I just don't have the patience. Thanks for the tutorial anyway

Amaliex Featured By Owner Jul 30, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you so much for this tutorial!!

angelneko88 Featured By Owner Jul 16, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I have to thank you for this great tutorial! I finished my first good piece of tablet work now!
--> angelneko88.deviantart.com/art...

Krizker Featured By Owner Jun 23, 2013

Thanks for the tutorial C: finally I can do the lines with the proper accuracy.

XD003AMO Featured By Owner Jun 12, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh my god soooo helpful!!!

kathrynslee Featured By Owner May 22, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

BTW. what's the best tablet Brand will I buy? ??????

kuridoki Featured By Owner May 26, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I highly recommend Wacom brand tablets. They have tablets for all budgets, and are generally very reliable and well supported. : )

kathrynslee Featured By Owner May 27, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

ahh. i see. thx btw.

thecuteprincess4ever Featured By Owner Apr 29, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Nice tutorial!
I have made a lineart-everyone is free to colour it-[link]

SakiSama Featured By Owner Apr 21, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

In step 3 I made all the thing you said...but my brush preview doesn't look like the one here :c someone can help me?
sry for my english xD

Sarita-MyWorld Featured By Owner Apr 16, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Really helpful, thanks !

But I tried to do lines with different pressures (to do different opacities), but it doesn't work (Step 3)... Maybe because I don't have practise ? I don't have a Wacom tablet but I have Photoshop CS6.

mystical7 Featured By Owner Apr 3, 2013

Please can I have permission to post this tutorial at The DreamEvil Network.Com ? with your name and a link
back to your DA profile? its a fab tut

Shin001 Featured By Owner Mar 14, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

How did you manage to make or pull out the brush figure at (C.) (I'm currently typing and not on drawing mode(using tablet), did you do it or does photoshop have it (preview mode)?

Versehgi Featured By Owner Mar 6, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Your messy line explanation gave me hope!
I always wondered how people could do such smooth lines on PS.

Thanks for the tut!!

HeavensAngelGoddess Featured By Owner Jan 22, 2013

I'm gonna try this!

Mortris Featured By Owner Jan 5, 2013

Very helpful. Thank you

OpalescentSky Featured By Owner Nov 17, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you! This is really helpful~

Himura-mako Featured By Owner Oct 22, 2012

Hi, i want to know which size is appropiate to draw in photoshop if i want a good quality-seeing of my work.

sabbatica Featured By Owner Oct 23, 2012 Student Digital Artist

At least 2000 pixels height or width

YlvaLuna Featured By Owner Oct 15, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Thank you~! nice and simple!

Costumy Featured By Owner Oct 2, 2012 Professional Artisan Crafter

Just used this tutorial for drawing the first time with a tablet in PS - worked very well, thank you! .3

bubblefairy03 Featured By Owner Sep 27, 2012

Before I got my tablet, I just used the point-and-click pen tool method for lineart. Then I got my tablet...and realized I didn't know what to do! I ended up still using the pen tool because i was at a loss!
I'm so happy you posted this, it makes so much sense! I can't wait to put it into practice! Hopefully lineart will finally stop being such a hassle for me now!

tenshifish Featured By Owner Jul 22, 2012

Im following ur tutorial but i cant get my lines to be non squiggly and smooth like yours @-@

minnie1234525 Featured By Owner Feb 15, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

it takes practice to get a smooth line

Petalofdreams Featured By Owner Jul 10, 2012 Student General Artist

My father bought me the cheapest Bamboo tablet, without photoshop but it's the same tablet. Im getting it on my birthday. I can't wait!

Thank you for your tut it's going into my faves to look at later!

StrideGum Featured By Owner May 31, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

this is a big help thanks for making it

bibmegu Featured By Owner Apr 11, 2012

how to do that smooth line art? i can't do it right. orz

Heliocathus Featured By Owner Apr 8, 2012 Professional Filmographer

how do you change the DPI?

xEternalSkyx Featured By Owner Jun 22, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Good question....

Heliocathus Featured By Owner Jun 22, 2012 Professional Filmographer

heh...I think its when you open a new image there is the option for the number of pixels per inch (PPI) I think that is the same

xEternalSkyx Featured By Owner Jun 22, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Oh.... thanks!!!

Heliocathus Featured By Owner Apr 7, 2012 Professional Filmographer

I luv you~~~

wierdandfreakyart Featured By Owner Mar 15, 2012 Student General Artist

will it work with an ADESSO in Adobe Photoshop version 7.0.1???

skittlesai Featured By Owner Feb 13, 2012 Student General Artist

how do you make your lineart high resolution?

DayDreamingOtaku Featured By Owner Dec 2, 2012 Hobbyist

If you work with a larger canvas, the amount of DPI/PPI goes up. If you think about it, most larger images you see are a higher quality than a re-sized smaller one, right?

There's also the idea of making the lines sharper, so you can try out a different combination of things that work for you~

FullmetalKiki4ever Featured By Owner Jan 31, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thank you so much. I'm hoping to get my tablet in a few days. And I really wanna make sure I know what I'm doing. Cause I have been trying to draw with my mouse for years and it's finally getting to me. XD

DizDear Featured By Owner Jan 30, 2012

This is really helpful for me! Thanks so much!
And I would love to see a coloring tutorial by you <3

nekooYuui-cHan Featured By Owner Jan 21, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I'm using a G-Pen f509 tablet. It also has pressure sensitivity as its feature, but I can't use the pressure in Photoshop CS5. How come? I tried to search but I just didn't get the answer I want.