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@vehemourn

Actually, this was very helpful. I had no idea that's what Multiply actually did on the entire layer :l
I was better with screen, but it still confuses me. I'm trying though!
Thanks for the tip!

General drawing tip:

Try drawing circles against each other in different sizes for cloud sketches. When you color all them in(despite any possibly spaces), you can use them to help with shading too. It also just generally helps imagine the shape.

General art tip:

Check the settings(Image Settings) just in case when you start something new. Made a mistake on that bc it was on the wrong mode :/

General Skin/accent tip:

Yes, you can color on the Clip Shadow layer in the group. Just don't completely change it; you can change the hue though.

General art tip:

Using groups can really help, especially if a layer was set to something other than "normal" and was gonna be used on top of another layer.

Update about Krita:

Krita is currently way better that Gimp -_-

Krita tip:

Krita merges groups and layers a bit differently than Gimp. Just keep the Clip Shadow Layer transparent until you know how to make it look correct, since it kept becoming visible in a weird way for some reason for me.

Helpful links for drawing:


https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2396672
https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3295176/1#post_55662506
https://x6ud.github.io/#/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IQoBr1-c3k
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/616078424044085366/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/616078424052652211/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/616078424052392138/


https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2443702#post_2443702
https://hatoking.com/journal/4352.html

Comic tip To format comic pages every episode--->:

Step1: Make new "Custom Document," width will be 1299 px, Height will be 2067 px

Step 2: turn document color to gray color (makes panels easier to see and you will change it to white when your done), Press "create"

Step 3: When on canvas screen create a new layer called "Panels"

Step 4: On "Panels layer" use rectangular "Select" tool and select areas you want the panels to be located.

Step 5: Once areas selected, there should be some form of an "inversion" tool. This will invert the selections you made to de-access you writing in them. You should not be able to write in your selections on this step, and only able to write on the borders.

Step 6: Once inverted, "color drop" the color White into accessible areas and turn off Selection tool. This created your borders. Move this layer, "Panels," to become the top layer over everything. Every new layer will be made under this and so you never have to draw on top.

Tip: if Difficult to invert or impossible, you may physically draw your borders using a straight line tool or a straight line selection tool. Either way, this layer should stay ON TOP of every thing (maybe except for special effects, etc).

Tip: Here's a list of "Layer effects" and their use:
Alpha Lock: Stops you from drawing on a layer/ that layer from being effected
Mask/ Clipping Mask: Different, but serve the purpose of hiding something in order to help you draw around it or ONLY on it.
Overlay: Lay down a color and it will present as a softer color on top of original.
Color Dodge: Extreme brightening effect, produces "God Rays," very good for lighting and drama but easily overused and picture can quickly become ugly if overused.
Multiply: Multplies applied color by original color AKA makes things much darker, good for automatic shadows but a bit of a beast to use sometimes
Color burn/ Linear Burn: Produces a slightly burned effect by hyper-coloring and crusting the edges
Opacity: effects translucent, More opacity = less transparent, thnk "Opaque"


(My sister wrote this for me, btw)
@Art tips

General Tip:

I'm not very good with memory; Please remember that your settings are correct before doing anything.



*Medibang tip:
Panels can be made by clicking "Layer", then "Add Panel Material".
You can delete panels too by clicking the "Operations Tool" and looking through the options; it looks like a pentagon with a cursor hovering over it.