"Unless you're using mouse,i can't help you there" *SAD ARTIST HOURS*

*Unless your using a mouse then I can't help you with that* Me: *Laughs at using ibis paint and a finger*

“Its time to move on to digital” *cries in poor finger user*

You spend a few hours or minutes on your line art just to realize you drew on the wrong layer

How to make good lineart (based on my opinion) 1. Choose a pen that has opacity or put the opacity of the pen to 80 to 90 percent. ( Basically make it a little bit transparent like a pencil) 2. Put thicker or darker lines to the part where shadows would appear and thinner and lighter lines on parts where light is exposed. Facts: When you sketch with pencil it looks good, but when you put lineart on your piece it looks bad. Its because it doesn't have opacity. In traditional art you just have to follow the steps I said. In digital it would look good with opacity. Tips in your lineart: Your line art doesn't need to be clean, it can be sketchy to add interesting look into it. Adding texture to your pen can make your line art have traditional look or make it appealing. There are artist who doesn't have clean lineart and it has textured look, and it's still appealing. (Sorry for my english)

"unless you're using a mouse, i can't help you there" me: *USES FINGERS*

im confused. it's very hard to do this while im drawing with my f e e t . but awesome easy (definitely not for me) lineart ! thanks for sharing

"How to make your lineart more crispy"

Making the lines thiccer makes my lineart look messy. 💀

You're legit one of my favorite youtubers now. Thank you for this extremely helpful video! You have no idea! I just stopped digital art for a month and when I tried to come back I was always stuck at lineart, like I was forgetting something.. this really helped so so so much. Lastly I'd like to praise your art, it's beautiful (I'm sure you get this a lot) but it is true

To the mouse users: For those who don't know, there's a tool in Paint Tool Sai called "Linework", you can use it, it's a way easier to make lines with this tool. Personally, I like it, I have used it for years before using a tablet

Warm up by redrawing your lines on paper. Me: Presses so hard that the paper dents in, creating a ravine and make it easier.

“Don’t be lazy-“ Me: what if lazy was your only and best talent- Edit: oh- thx for the likes, also it was a joke- I didn’t mean to say a sin-

I am using this technique now because of this video, and it really helps. I have never come across this tip before until this video. Thank you! This is so helpful and adds extra punch to my art!

HELL YEAHHH 4 years later I found this helpful, literally saving my life-

Me: *Doesn't notice a difference in thumbnail at first.* Also Me: "I completely agree."

EEK! Let me save you some time! (The whole framing part) Just select outside of the lineart layer (on the same layer of course) Invert your selection and then and select increment under the selection tab, (which can be modded in the shortcut keys) and keep pressing it until you get your desired outline :D OF COURSE, you need to get the color you desire first before you do any of those steps so: -> Go on the layer of the lineart -> Select outside of the lineart -> Go to Selection and then Invert Selection or just invert ->Choose a color different from your lineart color -> Fill in t (I got a KZfaq Video I'm uploading on the matter)

Tip for Great Lineart: On Clip Studio Paint (the software I use) they have this cool thing when you’re doing lineart, it allows you erase part of a line when it intersects with another line, without hurting anything but what you want to get rid of - First off you have to make a vector layer, and yes, it only works on a vector layer. So, say you want to make a ‘v’ shape, you first draw two lines in an ‘x’, then you go to the eraser tool, go to the box that says ‘vector eraser’, make sure it has a check mark in it, then make sure you’ve selected the second diagram (it looks like a plus sign with only the top line being neon blue). After that, all you have to do is erase the parts of the ‘x’ you want to get rid of (the bottom two lines to make a ‘v’) and you’re done and magically you have a perfect ‘v’ shape with a perfect vertex/point! Hope this helps at least one person doing lineart because honestly it’s the only way I can do clean lines as fast as I do.

Hey, I just wanted to let you know these are great tips! Sometimes I raise an eyebrow at youtube "tutorials" but this was done really well. And great editing!

THANK YOU people always talk about line weight but never care to explain where that weight goes... this is really helpful

The last technique to make the outline thicker is worth my life-long gratitude to you for sharing such wisdom!

Tysm for this video. I'm a beginner digital artist and I didnt know why my drawings always looked a bit off but these tips fixed it and improved my art a lot! Thank you

i know this is an older video but, my goodness, that was great. you explained everything very quickly and efficiently. thank you so much!

something that really help me to understand all this inking process is to not think of it as lines but shadows, then you seek for darker areas (for example here is the chin and neck) then you look up for lighter areas here you add smaller lines, it helps to do small studys with boxes or simple forms adding thin lines on the area of the highlight or the face that is heading the light, and then you add thick lines to the shadow side, where the objet is close to the ground for example.

You're seriously one of the most helpful art channels out there. I understand your tutorials more than any other ones lol, I'm surprised you are so underrated, you deserve more subs

Areas where you need to apply shadow to: -chin -neck -underneath hair bangs -intersecting lines (hair strands, cloth folds)

quick, simple, and super well explained. THANK YOU!!

Ive watched this 2 years ago, and it really improved my art by 200%!! Thank you for this!! Im currently sharing this video to friends who still struggle or dont understand the art in line art.

Wow this is a great tips, thank you! I used to lining so thick in every area (both traditional and digital), but this video gives me enlightenment on how to do it neatly. Really, thx

Thanks for this info! I need to practice more on adding different weights on my lineart and this video was perfect to get started!

I’m glad I stumbled upon this by chance. I like to rush a lot in my work because I’m usually busy at home but I guess I really do gotta take my time drawing if I wanna make it look good :’>

you are so fun to listen to AND very helpful! thanks!!

These tips definitely upgraded my art by a level

Thank you for this. Always been feeling uneasy about my linearts when comparing other drawings as in why some areas are thick, some medium and thin. Was really helpful since im bearly starting to draw and just a beginner. Just bearly found your channel and hope you do more vids in the future :)

Aaahh, I don't know why KZfaq just recommend me this video now and not before when I was looking for videos about this topic (and it was around january, so this video already existed) I absolutely love your video, you can't imagine how much I was asking about this topic and looking for a good and simple advice, lineart is one of the most difficult things starting with digital drawing and get better on it takes so much time that it's very frustrating, and most explanations are very confusing, but your video is so simple and specific and your advises are super good, is exactly what I was looking for and I'm so happy after found it. Thank you, thank you, thank you

I've been drawing for so long and I didn't understand line weight until this video! Thank you so much for the help tips ;w; (the jazz music in the background makes this video so peaceful too)

"Where are the areas that I know that I will be applying shadows" FINALLY THE QUESTION WE'RE ALL BEEN ASKING FOR! subbed

Fricking thank you! I've been wondering how to go about creating better lineart, but couldn't find a video that explained it well enough.

“Unless you’re using Mouse I can’t help you there“ me: cries at phone

Oh my gosh, thank you so much. Everything makes so much more sense now when it comes to lineart. I always just end up using my 0.1 pen for everything and making all lines have the same weight. I'll start practicing with line weight and try those warmups, definitely.

great work! I'll definitely refer back to this video for future work

This is the most helpful lineart tutorial ever

This was entertaining, informative, clear, understandable, I love you and your art so much. Thanks a lot!

I know this video is like 100 billion years old now, but this simple trick has improved my artwork exponentially and I really appreciate you sharing it. Liked, subscribed, and I've already shared this video with some other artists. Good luck out there and thank you again

oh my goshh this is so helpful 😭💕 thank youuu!!!💕💜💜

love your tutorials! they are quick and simple to follow :) subscribed!

This is really simple and helpful. Thank you!

Very useful tutorial, thank you so much 😊

AMAZING tutorial this is very hopeful thank you!

such a helpful video and you make it so clear, thank you so much

I've been looking for a video to help with my line art for so long Thank you for the help!

this helped me out so much thank you!

Quick and simple, and most importantly, easy to understand. Thanks you

This made so much sense!!!

Slick and super informative! Thank you!

This helps a lot, thank you so much!😇

Omg! Thank you so much for this video, it helps me a lot! 😊👍👍👍

This helps so much thank you!

Actually you are the only artist that I clearly understand what are you saying and THANK you for showing me how to use line art, is difficult to find a video that I clearly understand.

Thanks for the tips, preciate it!

Thank you so much, Lillie. I've been going crazy trying to understand how to recreate those tapered lines that you often see in comic book line art. But there were just some gaps in my understanding. You filled them in.

Thank you, great video! The drawing exercises have been very helpful. I've been drawing for a very long time, and I've never engaged in a warm up practice where I simply redraw the same line. Art is a continuous learning process.

Thanks alot!!! This really helped me a lot ❤️

This is exactly what I need! Thank you!

this was extremely helpful, thank you!!!!

Thank you! This video was so helpful!!

Awesome use of Sketchbook Full Colours (for a while I thought I might be the only one to know that series)

Nice tutorial! Thanks for sharing ❤️😊

This made it so much easier to understand!

IDK why but I've never seen a better person explaining something about art this clear like you.. Just like I have mom that great artist 😭😆😆

I'm glad found your video,thank you!

I love how quirky this video was. You really put hard work into it! And I really enjoyed watching thank you so much for making this.

I love you u help me answer all the questions I have THANK U SO VERY MUCH!!!!!

yo this is more help than any of my art teachers I've had in highschool thanks a lot

Awsome tutorial, Super!! Tnx

Oh goodness this *actually* made things way easier to understand for me! Since I draw on a 10" tablet (as in the traditional type, not the art type) I've unconsciously improved on my traces; but the line weight is the thing that I alwahs struggled with, so this really helps! Especially the outline trick, I usually just trace the silhouette with a bigger brush, but its so much work lol

tysm this helped me so much! :D

This helped, I just need improve on my straight lines in the digital app, but this really improved how I use my digital pencil. I don’t shake like I used to but, I gave up (kinda on the thin lines cause it looked messy..but if you zoom out, my drawing looks nice~~Thank you❤️

i love the blues clues esque bg musiC.. thenk u for this

YAAAAAAS you added voice! Your channel grw so much! I can’t wait to see it growing further!

This is very helpful especially the beginning practice I’ve always struggled with my line art always failing

Dang those lines are *_E X T R A T H I C C_*

This is great advice! 😄

seems so simple yet... so necessary.. I don't use the stabilizers in procreate.. except making shapes sometimes. you are lovely for your suggestions tysm

Nice and concise, i like this

Concise and funny. Gosh dang, I was planning on watching 3 art videos today, but I guess you're going to have me watching more. Darn you.

the last tip was rly helpful omy

If only my computer didn't lag everytime I do a stroke. I not only have to redo my line if it's not smooth, bit also if it lags.

thank youu most of the tutorials i found only talked about warming up and had no techniques in them

Very helpful, Thanks!

Thank you, this video helped me a lot :)

Very nice video, very helpful!

Love the pen drop at the end Boom!

Real straightforward and simple. I'll have to try it. c:

Thank you for sharing ❤

Now this is the content I subscribed for. (Top notch editing though.)

Thanks for this great info

Helpful, thank you!

Awesome video, thanks for making it :)

great video, thank you for making this a short 5 minutes instead of wasting my time