GOOD! You’re getting the idea! Look at that fill. Now remember to hit CONTROL D to deselect all that stuff. You could use the bucket but we’re PROS MY FRIEND Make sure this layer is under the lineart… Nice! Now we’re cooking!! Now make a new layer. This button here! Which does the same thing.

Now, remember how to Invert a Selection? Head to Selection up on the banner (between Layer and Filter, remember) and select it.

I also have to color this don’t I… Here’s what I do. I have this lineart, but it’s boring in all black. HOW TO LOCK YOUR LAYERS AND WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO LOCK THEM If the circle is too thick you can head back to your magic wand…. This INVERTS your selection! Let me tell you, with this little skill you can do a lot of stuff that I’d be happy to outline (most being lazy with coloring).Īnd you have a perfect circle! USE THIS IN SKETCHING! I recently realized that a perfect circle in sketching is amazing…. This will expand your selection by one (1) pixel. Hop up to Selection (that’s up there on the banner toolbar between Layer and Filter)Īnd select Increment. Select your magic wand (my best friend tool) and select the outside of the circle: Using your mouse or track pad, click in place a few times so that it gives you one single solid circle without line pressure Using any pen, but you can also use the lineart pen tool I just gave you, increase the pen size to like… 250 px. I used to use this for lineart but it’s a little too soft for that and doesn’t handle transparency well Always at 4.0 size, as my canvas is always at LEAST 900 pixels in either direction- and usually more than that.Ī soft, fluid tool that I’ve been using forever. Unforgiving with selects/gaps but overall gives a nice clean look. This brush here is my main lineart brush- it’s sharp and solid which I really like.

Looked nice with multiply but was horrible to color in, even with Sai’s amazing select. Before I was using an oil/water brush, which had soft lines. I’m constantly changing how I do lineart. Sure!! Despite Sai being a simple program at first, it has a lot of tricks to it! I learn something new about it all the time!

Paint tool sai 2 lineart brush