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Doing line arts by hand is totally fine. xD And a lot easier. Keep at it, and find a coloring style that you feel comfortable with~

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Oh, yay! I'm glad you found this helpful~ :D Thanks for using the tutorial! ;u;

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Yeah, I think. But I don't do vectors because I don't do many wallpapers. :d

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To make the quality better. Sometimes screen shots are too pixelated to make a good quality wallpaper.

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I'm not sure. :o I just call that drawing the line art. xD I think rendering is tracing over a screenshot/photo/etc to make the quality of the picture better for the use of e-cards and wallpapers.

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I use a lot of layers so if I make a mistake when coloring, I can erase that particular color and not anything else. If I did everything on the same layer, I would end up erasing the line art and other colors along the way.
It's also cleaner to color on a separate layer, because if you use the bucket tool directly on the line art, it leaves a white line around the inside edge of the line art, which doesn't look very clean.

There are people who are really good at doing one-layer pictures, but I can't seem to get the hang of it. xD That's because I have a dependency on the eraser tool... >u>; Doing one-layer digital art usually makes a picture look sort of painted, and often times doesn't have a definite line art.

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You're welcome, and glad it worked out. :D A lot of people do draw the sketch directly with the tablet, but I've always been more comfortable sketching by hand. It's just a matter of preference. :)
Tracing with pen traditionally is often neater, but digital coloring doesn't come out as clean because of the lack of transparency between the lines. There is a way to do this, but it's too confusing to explain in comment form. xD Maybe I'll make a tutorial of it some day.
Good luck with improving your art!! :D

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I think the new version of GIMP has the layers, paths, and more all in one window that usually automatically pops up when you open the program. :) If it doesn't pop up, go to Windows, hover over Dockable Dialogues, and click layers to open the layers window. Do the same thing except click paths to open the paths window, which is used later in the tutorial. :)

Hope this works! This tutorial is a bit old, so I don't know how much it'll match with the new version of GIMP.

@1dev13:

Haha, glad to help. :) I hope it's easy enough to follow.

OoOoO!!! I NEEDED THIS!!! Thank you so much! *Hugs and favorites* Thank you so much for your help~ *Subscribes*

@moonlit dream:

No, It's sort of like layes, but it's AWESOME!!!! I'll post a toutorial (:/) To show how it works!!

@VG GRL 2000:

ARE YOU SERIOUSS??? xDD I don't think paint has layers. Maybe you havea different program.

@moonlit dream:

OMG! I figured how to layer on paint!!!!!

@VG GRL 2000:

Ohh, fire emblem contest? :D I'll go check that out. (I've been avoiding contest worlds lately, so that's why I didn't know about it. x3)

@moonlit dream:

No problem, Hey are you gonna enter my fire emblem contest. I know, this is out of the blue. XD

@VG GRL 2000:

xD thank you.

@moonlit dream:

Awww. That sucks. Well, I'll get paint to like me sooner or later. Still, Nice job on the tutorial. ^w^

@VG GRL 2000:

No, cos paint doesn't have layers. Dx That's one of the most frustrating things about paint. x3

Cool. Nice job so far, but I don't have Grimp. You think this would work on Paint? Probobly not, eh?

@Kaerlyn:

Thank you. ^_^ I used to zoom in that way too. XD I didn't know about it until my sis told me about it. x3

@Remanic:

Thanks. ^_^ (It's gimp)
GAH. Sorry. Dx I've been so crazy lately, that I forgot to put it up. I'll do that now....

*applauds your effort* this must have taken ages! I hope you get many hugs!

This is good ^^ I like your tutorials. Haha, I feel so dense - I never noticed that zoom tool at the bottom of the page before - i'd been zooming the long way round until now... *shakes head* silly me!

Yay moonlit ^-^ you did a great job explaing so far hope to see more PS the pic i decated to you is for the art contest >.<

@fire.freak:

Ohh, Florida. That's riiight. :O I bet it's warm there. xD

@Rageon:

No problem. ^_^ Thanks for reading. ;3

Thanks for the tutorial. So far, your doing a great job at explaining your process.

I've had Gimp2 for a bit now, and I knew some of this, but I wish I had known about the paths sooner.

Thanks again.
-Rageon

i just downloaded gimp2 today. xD

No prob!^w^
I need to learn how to use Gimp2 XDD I did lineart and colored on pic on Gimp2! It looks like crap but I'll post it whenever I have the time. Busy week now that I have to start packing for Florida^ ^;;;

@fire.freak:

It's REALLY small. You have to download in high res. x3

OMG! Gimp2 Tutorial?! *reads*