Sai: Lesson 1: Tools

If you cannot read, or have a slow connection, view step-by-step here: http://amesplace.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=9371367

Sorry for the bluntness, the tutorial took me 3 and a half hours, then I went through and made a whole webpage for it, that "published' to be blank.... so I'm not in the mood to retype all that. So I just slapped them in a gallery folder. I'll fancy up another page later.

Song was made by me in musicshake. Tutorial created by me as well.
I didn't exactly use official terms in here (to my knowledge) but simply terms I'll be referring to the tools by when I proceed in later "lessons."

Hope this helps someone.
Download Sai in English here: http://sai.detstwo.com/sai/

Also, please be sure and check out: http://xis-art-institute.deviantart.com/
This tutorial was made for my viewers, but it also one of the lessons I have planned for my teaching slot there. ;)

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[AshimaKout]

-writes down every single detail, considering I tend to forget-

This was actually very helpful. In part two I think you should make tips for line-art and sketching.

How to make line-art more fluid etc xD!

[KellieWellieBear]

@AshimaKout That is nice idea~ :D

[Cookieluv246]

<3

I wish I had this when I first used sai though I still don't know how to mask or what opacity lock is.

[KellieWellieBear]

@Cookieluv246

<3

Opacity lock seems to be broken. lol

I tried it every way I could think. :\

I even saved to PSD and opened to see if maybe it just locked it for exporting but it just did the same. lol

I'll practice the masking and include that in an advanced lesson if I get the hang of it. :)

[emilytheseacucumber]

i so didnt get my sai off megaupload or anything >_> <_<

[KellieWellieBear]

@emilytheseacucumber I didn't even know they had it there .w.

[MissJiayn]

The words r too small i can't see a tin.I go to the website i can't find anything either

[Ilusienanimations]

Opacity lock works on mine =/ if I just set it on a layer which has something on it, I can colour on that layer and it only colours the bits which already had something on it...

[tubelogicat]

Nice idea you had Kellie. I think these tutorials will be very useful to me. Thanks for the video !!

[HiddenGuardian92]

@KellieWellieBear I also think you should do this too. Also can you please show how you can move a piece of the artwork if you were to animate please.

[emilytheseacucumber]

@KellieWellieBear Someone showed me on DA PIRATING THEIVES

[haliamyx]

you do this AFTER my trail expired