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This tutorial is also available in French: [link]
and in German: [link]


Tons of people asked me to make a tutorial for line art and coloring in photoshop, so here you go~ =3

A few people have requested a Flash drawing tutorial too, so maybe in the future.

This tutorial was made in Photoshop CS2 but it should work as far down as Photoshop 6. All the tools I used are the same in those versions.

Remember, this tutorial shows the way I color. I'd suggest experimenting with this process until you get a result that's nice and easy for you to do. Add more layers of shading, throw in some lighting, go crazy and come up with a style unique to yourself. ^^

To answer questions a lot have been asking:
* I draw with a Wacom Graphire 4 tablet.
* I didn't use the pen tool in any of this. That's...pretty much the point of the tutorial, to get around spending a lot of time on the pen tool. 8D If you don't have a steady hand or your lineart comes out too wobbly, keep practicing. There's nothing more convenient and time saving than a steady hand in drawing.

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~manchauno 3 days ago  New member
I'm going to try this in PhotoShop 7.0 This is all new to me. I've never used software to draw and color.
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~reebok110 Jun 6, 2013  Student Filmographer
The writing on the image is hard to read is there any other place I can get it
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:iconnikorunico-chi:
Mood: Adoration ~nikorunico-chi May 30, 2013  New member Hobbyist General Artist
thanks..t'was a great help.
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:iconavatarthatneverwas:
Wow, thank you so much! I've been attempting lineart and shading but I just couldn't seem to get it but...this is so easy! XD THank you~
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~SonicfanOVERLORD Apr 21, 2013   Digital Artist
Thank you so much! :D
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:iconoussamagosto:
waw Good !!Photoshop
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:iconjames-li:
This TUT is very helpful. But I stuck at the outlines already ^^;.I just got myself an graphic tablet and though I can tell my fineliners goodbye. But its SO hard to do steady outlines with that tablet oO I never thought. The lines are all wobly and shifty and I have troubl following the lines of my actuall sketch T-T.
The rest of this tut I used for coloring only work GREAT ^^ so thank you so much. And Ihope you are right that the hand will become more steady oO
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~deidaratk Mar 12, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Oh that's really cool!!
I don't have a drawing tablet, which it sucks -_-lll
when I use with the mouse it gives me more trouble. That's why I have to do the longer and old school way to do my drawings which it's not perfect but kind of ok ú_ùU
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~krystalfan-2 Mar 5, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Hooray! An easy to understand Photoshop tutorial that anyone can use! :dummy: There's so many tutorials out there for Photoshop that either are too complicated, or make you feel like you're being talked down to. This doesn't do either of these things; it's easy to understand and it seems anyone can pick it up and do it. Thanks for this tutorial!
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~Faunartia Feb 25, 2013  Student General Artist
Looks really helpful, thanks, great tutorial ^.^
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