Quickly Changing Rough Sketch Colors

This is the rough sketch. It's in black, but leaving it this way makes it inconvenient for creating line art.

At that moment, you can instantly change it to blue by clicking the "Layer Color" icon in the Layer Property. By clicking the paint bucket icon directly below the Layer Color icon, you can also change it to a color other than blue.

Even after changing to blue, if the rough sketch still seems too dark, lower its opacity to make it lighter.

Save Time Using Vector Layers!

Using vector layers, you can instantly erase lines that extend beyond boundaries. Let's find out how to use them in detail.

Create a vector layer by clicking the "Create Vector Layer" icon indicated in the image below the Layer window.

If you create a vector layer and while drawing, there are lines that extend beyond boundaries as shown,

select the "For vector (vector)" eraser within the eraser tool and erase them. As an additional tip, using a smaller eraser size, like in the GIF above, reduces the chance of accidentally erasing lines other than the one you intend to erase.

Save Time Using Multiple Layers!

Even when using vector layers, if there are many fine lines, overlapping parts can be erased together. Therefore, by creating multiple layers and intentionally drawing even the parts that will not be visible, then erasing, you can draw natural lines while quickly erasing lines that extend beyond boundaries.

Since it's easy for the number of layers to increase and become unmanageable, it's a good idea to merge layers by clicking the "Merge Down" icon after erasing all the extended parts.

Lastly, I tend to divide the line art into sections such as hair, body, and clothing. The reason for this is:

It makes it easy to quickly change the color of only the desired part when you start coloring. In the image above, I used the clipping function on the layer below,

but you can also change it by selecting the main color in the Operation tool.

 

 

 

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