Hi! I've recently started a new game on Story of Seasons, and in my search for a new bachelor to pursue, I came across your adorable and amazing blog! :)You have inspired me to start a blog of my own, but I don't even know where to begin! I was wondering, how do you draw your pics/edit them/post them? I like to do pencil sketches a lot but am completely clueless when it comes to transferring them to the digital world. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks so much! <3 CompletelyCluelessChloe
Hello and thank you, I’m happy to hear! c’: Hopefully I can be of some help! I’m pretty bad at explaining things, but if there’s anything that I could use to clarify better, let me know!
For the kinds I do now, except for the rare occasion, I do them all through computer- draw them on a small wacom pen and touch on Manga Studio/Clip Studio Paint (the only brushes I use are the G-Pen and watercolor brush, I also play with putting patterns and colors and stuff on overlay or soft light on top of it all, like my favorite to use being this one of a galaxy to give it extra colors). Posting’s the easy part- I either go with a photo post or a text post if the picture is too small and gets destroyed in a photo post (though you have to switch to html editing and find where it says tumblr-full and change full to hires, or else the picture’s size will be blown up).
For anything I start with a pencil and finish digitally, I scan them in with a scanner (300 DPI, I scan them in as TIFF, I think) , make a new layer and either resketch to clean it up or go straight to inking- unless it’s clean enough somehow, then with Paint Tool SAI, I go to the layer tab on the top and hit Luminance to Transparency and it’ll clean up all the white and I can color under it perfectly. c: I hear it is also possible to use a camera if you can manage a pretty neat picture!
It might start a little rough (I know I was super bad with trying anything digital when I started, aha...) but of course the best thing to do is experiment a bit with digital tools and see what works best for you~! I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it!
Good luck, Chloe! Hope you have fun with running your blog! Need any help with anything else, I’ll be glad to do the best I can! :’)