Niaro's Tips and Tricks Part2 by niaro

Part I:

whoo I'm pooped out

Camellia

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Past tutorials

Paint Process + The Layer Clip and Opacity Lock
Coloring and Blinking Tutorial

I will not answer questions related towards:

Layer and Folders
Clipping Group and Opacity Lock
Pressure Problems or Tablet Error
Where to get these two programs

j-lee-an Featured By Owner Nov 3, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

This is very amazing! I love how you color!!!!
By any chance, do you know how to blur objects in painttool sai to give it more depth?
I have been using my mouse to mess with sai, and I simply have no clue how to do it.

Do you know any tutorials by chance?

Soraax3 Featured By Owner Oct 19, 2014

awesome tutorial, but i just wanted to know what bucket settings do you use in sai? my fills always look wierd near the edges.

VibrantSnow Featured By Owner Oct 11, 2014 Student Digital Artist

\i wish i looked through these earlier, i could've already learnt so much then, none the less, this is awesome, thank you for sharing it

EugeneDineka Featured By Owner Nov 1, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Omg thank you for step 3 ;w;
I always though like damn, these people are so skilled with their hands drawing perfect lines and shit.

Thanks a lot

beaterdavid Featured By Owner Jul 18, 2013 Student General Artist

thank you (bows)

NoizRnel Featured By Owner Jul 1, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

wait I'm a little confused - what's the point of the gaussian blur? awesome tutorial btw, is there one for your chibis? :3

Thanks,
Hardcore Niaro Fan xD

niaro Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2013

to give a slight glow effect and a softer edge on the lineart u v u it's subtle but compare the overlay with and without the blur and you'd see what I mean

thank you!! and no i don't believe so but I color them the same when I shade them! i don't have a uniform style on my chibis so i feel it'd be hard to do a tut on them ;_; thanks tho

NoizRnel Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Got it, I was just wondering about your chibis, since they're adorable!! QwQ

And thanks for replying really fast C: this tutorial helps a lot xD

univeige Featured By Owner May 17, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wonderful tutorial! I love how you colour the eyes. <3

MouHitoriNoBoku Featured By Owner Feb 18, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

woow nice!! very nice!!!!! thank you very much for making the tutorial

Jedi-With-Wings Featured By Owner Nov 12, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Unbelievably helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your techniques.

FireGemini Featured By Owner Apr 20, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

AAAAMZAAZIINGGG
I FINALLY KNOW HOW TO COLOORR LIKEE THAT HOLLY SHIT <3
thnx so much!

chubbeebunnee Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

WHY CAN'T I FOLLOW ALL THIS >:U

alataya Featured By Owner Feb 23, 2012 Student Digital Artist

I...I don't understand how to do the effect thingy D: What peach color? What do you mean "copy it. paste it. Deform it."? D:>
I got how to do the ellipse and everything else I don't understand what you were saying there...

niaro Featured By Owner Feb 23, 2012

I don't know how to explain better than I did but umm the peach color is the pink I used for the circle and copy/paste and deform are all normal terms. I suppose try to read again because I have difficulties seeing where you're having difficulties;

iingo Featured By Owner Jan 1, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

oh now i know how to make a rounded picture nini....you're the best

Dayami-chan Featured By Owner Dec 26, 2011 Hobbyist Writer

Wahh that was so helpful! I'm pretty new to SAI and didn't know you could do so much in the program! It was very easy to understand and I look forward to experimenting with your tips in the future! Great job!

Micheeque Featured By Owner Oct 25, 2011 Student General Artist

thankyou! this help so much!

Kappuke-Ki-Chu Featured By Owner Oct 15, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I colored this using this tutorial. [link] I think I found a new chibi coloring style this one is so easy to do and lovely in a simplistic way.

niaro Featured By Owner Oct 15, 2011

It looks really good *v*! Wow I'm so glad it's easy for you! always think my tutorials won't help people since it's a lot of personal taste etc U v U

rasanime Featured By Owner Sep 17, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Awesome! But--
Why did you do the overlay and blur thing is the end?

niaro Featured By Owner Sep 17, 2011

makes the colors come out a little bit more. it's a bit subtle (:

Raviynbird Featured By Owner Aug 20, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

OMG SO HELPFUL. Thanks for caring about us by making these tutorials!

Kana-Chaan Featured By Owner Aug 19, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

MIURIN Featured By Owner Aug 18, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

^{Help me sooo much ;-; Expecially for changing the lineart's color part. :c ♥}

DeamonicPlauge Featured By Owner Aug 16, 2011 Student Digital Artist

this helped me sooooooooooo much! YOU'RE AWESOME

niaro Featured By Owner Aug 16, 2011

I'm glad it helped!!

lyseeart Featured By Owner Aug 14, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Omg, I never knew how to use Overlay before. xD Thanks for the tips!

niaro Featured By Owner Aug 16, 2011

I'm glad it helps!!

viceman Featured By Owner Aug 12, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

very nice. ^^

izzyannie Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I am so gonna use this QuQb Thank you so much for your tutorialll

niaro Featured By Owner Aug 10, 2011

I'm glad if it helps ;u;

Martael Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011

>3< Thanks for the tips! Love your style!

niaro Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011

Thank you so much! I'm glad it helped you c:

MonochromeDestiny Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

This is really helpful~ <3 Thank you for sharing!

niaro Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011

Thank you ;v; Glad it helped if it did!

MonochromeDestiny Featured By Owner Aug 10, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Of course! C: And anytime!

LemonEpiphany Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011 Student General Artist

Thank you for the tips! <3

niaro Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011

No problem, hope it helps! #u#/

Sheepieh Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011 Digital Artist

_{I was actually looking at this one too.. and I paid for my SAI painter
and a lot of my tools are different than yours D;
I dont under}

niaro Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011

download the new version. If you have the "Addition" layer still, you need to redownload from the english site and obtain the new one. The new one has "Luminosity" layers and such (:

mpdtcastelo Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011 Student

wow thanks

. this is really useful!

niaro Featured By Owner Aug 9, 2011

Hope it helps #u#/ !

mpdtcastelo Featured By Owner Aug 10, 2011 Student

well i actually use photoshop or sometimes sketchbook pro cause i'm using a mac computer but i know i can apply this technique in PS to (cause PS has multiply and that stuff), though i like SAI's tools in coloring better (my sister has it in her laptop).

This'll really help

. i really like your coloring technique :3