Digital art: painting anime style/cartoonish portrait [REALLY OLD VIDEO GUYSES!!]

[RKN1223]

I... your awesoem |D I feel so fail

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@RKN1223 don't feel like that! ;n;

[neondinoful]

-watches on da-

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@neondinoful <3

[Veitchick]

I could have sworn for a second that it said, "Ritsu", and I swear, I squealed.. xD

[NavehaNight3388]

if youve improved, you must be amazing. :D

[Labaza101]

cute! what's this song, it's quite pleasant.

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@Labaza101 it's miyavi - dear my love. :]

[Labaza101]

@ArtaCrossingRainbows thnx! ^^

[IshikawaMAY]

17.000 viewer is me :D

[RupertFilbert]

ugh, i love how you colored the eyes and the skin/blush. it is too cute. > <

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@RupertFilbert oh yay! ^^

[Chocominmint]

aoh ////

[LeechanieKremeTche]

@ArtaCrossingRainbows Hey, what program did you use to record? Sorrryy, I'm neww

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@LeechanieKremeTche I think it was Camtasia Studio. But I'm using a Mac now, so I use Screeny or Quicktime Player [yes it records as well].

[tunghoipro]

@LeechanieKremeTche it was Paintool SAI :D

[xXCloudRoxXx]

People say tablet is the best way to draw on PTS...

Are you using mouse or Tablet?

(I'm slow with tablets...sorry)

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@xXCloudRoxXx Tablet of course! :) Wacom Bamboo Fun - it's pretty old, but still works as a charm. Wacom makes the best products, for drawing digitally a tablet is essential. You have to learn how to work with it, but when you grasp it, things go smooth and nice~

[xXCloudRoxXx]

@ArtaCrossingRainbows

You can use tablets with computer? or like a pad touch?..

I'm sorry I want PTS but i can;t draw naturally by myself without it looked too Pixelish or use curves ^_^''.......

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@xXCloudRoxXx Yes, you have to have a tablet and connect it to a computer then draw on it like on paper [just a bit harder].

You shoulg google your questions about tabelets and youtube has a lot of videos on this subject as well. :)

[muuuleee]

Can I ask what song you used in this video?

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@muuuleee Miyavi - dear my love

[SoulResidence1]

i dont think that your neck is THAT bad. Its better then mine hahaa i always draw mine like a giraffe and its just the shoulders that are too small. I know this is an old picture, but still, amazing job! <3

[CakeWalkChampion]

Subbed ;)

[KleineMade]

i think her neck is ok! her hair looks fluffy^^

[SNSDboy131]

kyaa!! i really like the character design! simple and cutes.

[MrJackChileno1991]

well, i think it's pretty good, i'll watch your recent works right away!

[LoLaEco1997]

i think it's nice! :)

[VallentinyHP]

At 2:16 you change the colors. Like.. The lines. How do you do it? D;

I have SAI and Photoshop Elements 7.0 . Is there any possible way I can do the same?

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@VallentinyHP there are various ways actually. it's hard to explain so I know you'd understand, but I'll try. Lets imagine - you have layer with lines only. You make another empty layer on top of it. You right-click on it and try to find something similar to ''make a layer mask'' or ''create clipping mask''. So now that top layer is.. a mask for the lineart layer. You take brush with a colour and paint on that mask layer. The paint will apply only where the lines are.

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@VallentinyHP another way is, in photoshop - select the lineart layer. double click ir or somehow open ''layer styles'', but I dunno is photoshop 0.7 has it. And then find ''colour overlay''. And edit further there~

[WicKey101]

@VallentinyHP In SAI, in the layer with lines I hit "preserve opacity" and color over it (in the same layer). :3

[Gingababe123]

it looks great but you should have made the neck thinner and longer :/

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@Gingababe123 I shouldn't. That's just your preference. There are a million other things I ''should'' change as well then, because one might say that this is too big for them and that is too orange for them and so on. If this was a piece that has it's own rules, for example, a realistic piece, where we know how the nect 'should' look, I'd appreciate your opinion, but here, it's unnecessary.

[Gingababe123]

@ArtaCrossingRainbows i understand what your saying but im just stating my opinion as a fellow anime luver ^_^

i just thought it would have made her look more...elegant sort of with a longer neck but if this drawing is the way you want it fine im not saying " THE NECK IS WRONG!!! SHAME ON YOU @_@" i just think if i had drew this i would have made the neck longer

[otaku6689]

@ArtaCrossingRainbows i agree, its ur work and i think its fine! this is pretty epic! i know how everyone says "oh! you cant draw as good as that blah blah blah!" but seriously, the neck is FINE! and you probably can draw as good as that. lol :/

[Snivy873]

i hate the nose =3=

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@Snivy873 Well, too bad for you, dear.

[shinigamishichiko]

omg, at first the song reminded me of one of Anastasia's xD

[LukaChan12]

I absolutely adore her eyes and how they go with her hair so well! :)

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@LukaChan12 ♥

[sonicgamer98]

whats the name of the song

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@sonicgamer98 miyavi - dear my love. Miyavi is just an epic musician and guitar samurai, hehe. :]

[sasa12ization]

what is the program that you used?

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@sasa12ization SAI and Photoshop.

[ToxicAddictionsV2]

I love this.

Do you use a tablet?

You used several features of SAI that I haven't ever even known about..

If you ever get the chance,

you should make a video on using different features of SAI.

:)

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@ToxicAddictionsV2 Yes I use a tablet. :]

Thank you. ^^

Oh, and which features exactly you saw that you've never used? =D It'd be interesting to know. -u-

[ToxicAddictionsV2]

@ArtaCrossingRainbows

The part at the end, but then I realized that doesn't appear to be SAI at that point. ^^;;

I also don't know how to pick up one thing and move it.

[ToxicAddictionsV2]

@ArtaCrossingRainbows

I just realized the last bit wasn't done in SAI.

The only other thing that I don't know is how to move one object.

I only use a mouse, but I am working up to getting a tablet soon for when I don't have a crummy netbook.

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@ToxicAddictionsV2 I see, well, that picking up thing is quite nice thing, if you mean the part where I moved the eye and tweaked it a bit and well.. I use it a lot I guess. :D

[ItsRainingCoffee]

@PrinceGoldfish You're really dumb, I'm sorry.

[xoxoxoxAubyxoxoxox]

I like it. Ignore people who diss it. They dont have the talent you do :D

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@xoxoxoxAubyxoxoxox Thank you. :) But that's okay, everyone has their own opinion, I just would like that people constructively explain why they feel like something is wrong etc. Or why should something be different. `Cos you know, if there's mistakes, l must learn from them. ^^

[Coffeekinns]

Very soft colour choices :3 Me like. Her shoulders are a bit too narrow though D:

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@Coffeekinns Well, the shoulders were kinda meant that way [nono, not an excuse. :D] like she is a bit sideways, but I totally forgot to work on that later on and focused on the portrait thing. :]

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@Capoyi <3

[RetroZine]

OMG! :D this is talent, absolutely amazing, your shading is awesome...wow! <3

[ArtaCrossingRainbows]

@RetroZine ohh, thank you. =]