art trick to make your lineart ✨soft + cute✨ #shorts

had a few people asking about how I color my lineart so here's a lil tutorial

[ninka_]

If your someone who is bothered by lots of layers, just setting your lineart layer to alpha lock works the same way!

[samanthajeffers]

When I learned this trick, it felt like a game changer

(Oh wow, thanks for so many likes!)

[nessierose]

I use this trick sometimes, it really does make the whole artwork look more finished

[JeffreyThrash]

I was going to say “I don’t really need this, I want all my lines to be a harsh black like in Studio Trigger’s stuff!” But then I remembered that practically every one of their anime after Kill la Kill uses softer, colored lines, most notably in Promare. Great tip, and it will ensure that if I still use harsh black lines, it will because I want my drawings to look harsh and angular, not because I simply lack experience in using masks to draw colored lines.

SpongeBob Squarepants, particularly the relatively-chill first season, is a great example to me of how carefully colored lines can really add to the feeling of soft cuteness.

[thedusterbin.]

honestly my mind went; "ooo an art trick?" and then "why is does this art style looks like lavender towne" and Then I saw it interesting.

[viovictor]

IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW HER VOICE IS SO CLAMING LIKE BRO SHE'S GONNA BE THE NEXT BOB ROSS

[dolphinman]

Haley: "So you create a clipping mask"
Me: Oh, looks really nice
Haley: "When you put the shading in, it comes together a little more-"
Me:

[vesseldritch]

can we appreciate the fact that snowy is the background music

[mauriyu]

It makes the artwork look more professional in my opinion and really is a game changer

[fluffybunny]

and here i was literally filling my line art with the bucket tool

[cyeayttheratking]

something ive done once or twice was after coloring in my lineart, i took a duplicate of my shading layers and blurred it over the top, i think it looked pretty nice

[dungBeetle]

I somehow never really know where to add that, but I love seeing when people do it! On a side note, this art does indeed look cute, love the style.

[chonkycat]

Oh my goodness, this is 100x better than using the selection layer! Thanks !

[Tabby_CatMeow]

Bro this completely revamped my art style-

[divalea]

Great tip! Learning about clipping/alpha lock made my art so much better.

[xenarthhh]

I love the acoustic Wii music in the background!

[emilymenjivar]

Your voice is so soothing. Thank you for these tips. God bless 💕

[gummwrmz_error]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU 😭
I needed this you’re a lifesaver, btw I love your webcomic 😭💖

[Michaela-ghcc]

Ive always loved painting the lineart like this. It's just so satisfying. My artstyle itself doesn't have a clean lineart, and sometimes theres no lineart at all in some places. So my drawings are usually kind of messy but with the right rendering it looks really cool and im so satisfied! Playing around with colour is so nice, i barely even use black lineart at all.

[cocoacat.pngggg]

I just put the lineart layer to “alpha lock” it’s much MUCH easier