goopy-amethyst:

jaxjoenes:

modmad:

lucky you I drew a sort of half-baked guide on beak faces a while ago for my patreon supporters! I figure it’s been long enough since I posted it there for me to put it up here- all this is just how I do it, it’s not like I’ve been taught how to!

fyi I draw little how to guides like this as part of the 20 dollar reward tier, and I do take requests! normally I leave these just on patreon but I get this kind of ask a lot! so here you go 

aw man @maggie-wittington this sounds right up ur alley

@lesbiantopaz

thewittyarsonist:

elecmon:

extremelyharpoonedwhale:

end-of-homestuck-gigapause:

octolox:

mutisija:

mutisija:

i feel bad for people who use sai but dont know about stabilizer, transparent brushes and clipping groups

this is where you find stabilizer:

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i personally prefer to use S-4 for default drawing and S-7 when i need to draw really long smooth lines. this is what it does:

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this is where you find transparent brush:

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when you enable it, you can use your currently selected brush as eraser. this is what it does:

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this is where you find clipping group:

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you have to have at least two layers, the base layer and the one for the colors. when you draw on the layer with little red bar on side, the stuff you put on the layer appears only on top of the things you have on the base layer. the effect is p much same as preserving opacity except you dont change anything about the base layer and you can still use layer textures and effects. this is what it does:

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reblog this to save a life

THANK YOU SO MUCH

i dont use Sai but i know most of you guys do so!!

@thewittyarsonist

I was already using stabilizer but CLIPPING!!!!!

white-aster:

toasttbutt:

tarudce22:

toasttbutt:

toasttbutt:

toasttbutt:

So my professor lent me this hard tip brush pen thing and thats what i used for the old lighthouse keep dude drawing and guys

Its the best pen ive ever inked with bc im so shakey with inking but this pen made it so easy and it has line variation

And he said i could keep it

*VIBRATES EXCITEDLY*

LIKE BEANS THIS IS ALL FROM THE ONE PEN

IM CRYING

THIS IS THE PEN, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT BRAND IT IS BC I CAN’t READ THE LABEL.

My professor said it got it from Jet Pens online? Ill ask him the brand tommarrow

He said they were fairly cheap! :0

Its a Zebra disposable brush pen.

Here’s the link to them on that website: https://www.jetpens.com/Zebra-Disposable-Brush-Pen-Super-Fine/pd/2309

YOU ARE A BLESSING OMH THANK YOU ❤

And they’re like 2 dollars guys this is the best pen ive ever owned in my life

AND ITS WATER PROOF I PUT SOME WATER ON SOEM LINES AND IT DIDNT BLEED GUYS THESE PENS

I have used these pens!  They are, indeed, awesome.  Very good for drawing outlines and then using watercolors over.  One of these, a water brush, and a tiny set of watercolor pans and you have an awesomely portable art kit.  Like so (though that one has a different black brush pen).