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posted by MephilesTheDark
Hey guys, I super-bored and don't really know what to do, so I decided to make a digital drawing article. I would make a video but I don't have any software one would use for that, so... I'll just do it like this.

Before we get started, I'd like to introduce the reader to the preferable programs, although I'm sure one could improvise this tutorial into their own program.

The first one I'll use is called paint.net.

Paint.net is pretty much your typical XP MS Paint, but with a few extra features, such as layers, transparency, and some fancy effects. For this, we'll keep it pretty simple and only use the first two of those listed extras.

The other program we'll be using is GIMP 2.6. Other versions of GIMP can be used, of course, but seeing as I am unfamiliar with those, you may need to improvise on your own.

First off, you should do a rough sketch of the character you wish to draw. This can be on paper, or on the computer.

If you're doing this on computer, then I suggest opening paint.net and sketching on Layer 1 in a light blue, red, any colour except black, because that is what we're going to use for the lineart later on.

On the other hand, if you've sketched on paper, take a photo or scan that into your computer, and open it with paint.net. Assuming you've used grey leaded pencil for the sketch, it may be a little dark- You want to have a light sketch, although not so light you can't see it. If you go to |Adjustments| |Brightness / Contast| you can edit how bright the picture is.

Because I'm lazy, I'm not going to bother posting an image of the sketch, and we're going to move straight to the lineart.

Once you have your sketch, add a new layer to your picture. On this new layer, I like to use a size 2 brush to do my lineart. Because I use a mouse, I use the line/curve tool, but for tablet users, you can improvise with that.



That is my current lineart stage- Although, because this must be a JPEG to upload into an article, I had to get rid of the transparency. You should save it as either a .pdn or .tiff file to preserve transparency when working.

What I do next, is change my line/curve tool to a size 3 brush, and go around ONLY the outside line of the picture, to silhouette it in. This takes more time and you'll need to have some patience to do it, but it makes the picture look a lot cleaner, crisper, and more professional.

At this point, you may also want to delete your sketch layer. This stage should be done solely on the one layer, with a transparent background.



This is what my lineart looks like after I've done that. It looks much nicer, and will make for a much more striking image when coloured and finished.

That ends the stage of lineart. So, now, we want to colour it!

But first, you'll need to save your work.

If you haven't already, delete any unwanted layers and compress the needed ones, until you have ONLY one layer- Your lineart, on a transparent background.

You CAN save this as a JPEG, but I prefer not to- JPEG files have horrible quality and it'll make colouring it in a lot harder. Instead, I save it as a .tiff file.

Exit paint.net, get your file, and open it in GIMP.

First things first. I like to start with the background- It makes 'smoothing' the character in much easier later on. Give a light source, or if you want to, several. Keep in mind this will effect your shading later on.

To make a background, add a layer, and stack it BEHIND your lineart.

When doing your background, you may want to download some effect brushes- For this, I used a glow brush for the green, and a grudge brush with low opacity for the white.



And there it is. A quick, easy-to-make, but pretty background. I used a total of three layers for that, and then compressed them into one.

Now that's all well and good... But it could look nicer. So we'll add some foreground lights, on a layer above the lineart. You can mess with the opacity of the extra lights layer for better effects.



Here it is so far. I used a three different sparklies brushes on a low layer opacity. This layer, as said, is stacked ABOVE the lineart. This will add a nice glow to the picture later on.

Now, we begin the actual colouring itself.

I use the pencil tool to colour in the picture, on a new layer underneath the lineart, but above the background. As I go, I shade using a black airbrush tool set at low opacity, and a lighter shade of the in-use colour for highlights. Add and merge the colour layers as you go.

A helpful hint for when shading, is to use the Magic Wand tool, aka the Fuzzy Select tool, to choose the area in use before starting.

Once you've finished with colouring and shading, merge all your layers into one, and at long last, save your drawing as a JPEG file. And then it's ready to upload!



And here we have the finished product of your hard work!

Hope this tutorial helped, and if you've got any further questions as to how I work, feel free to ask.
Freedom fighters Jaxik the Panda and Lellian the Wolf set off to find Robotnik at Knothole and disable his bots which will ensure safety to all animals.
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Jaxik the Panda and Lellian the Wolf were walking through their village. "It's clean." Jaxik said. He was searching for Robotnik's badniks. "You sure?" Lellian asked. "Pff... No." Jaxik said. "When can we EVER be sure?" Lellian worried. She took a knife out. "SHOW YOURSELVES!" she yelled. "The whole village is empty, it seems." Jaxik said. "Robuttnik is definitely up to something." Lellian turned her head back to Jaxik. "Uh, WHAT did you...
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Character Chart
Character's full name: Ningizzida the Hedgehog.
Reason or meaning of name: Named after the Assirian god of snakes and serpents, unknown why.
Character's nickname: Giz.
Reason for nickname: One of his alleys started calling him that for awhile, but it never
really stuck. Ningizzida prefers his whole name.
Birth date: Unknown.

Physical appearance
Age: Ancient.
How old does he/she appear: 18-22.
Weight: Around 85 lbs.
Height: 3"8
Body build: Slender, sleek, and built for speed and agility over power. Has well develouped
calf muscles.
Shape of face: n/a
Eye color: Blood red, with...
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posted by Puppetmaster111
Diva: K... Since I'm back as the main character... I should tell you about my life and world (cause I have nothing better 2 do!)! Lets start!

1. I have a suck up sister named Emajeen (thank the heavens she is just a fictional charrie).... -_-'
2. I draw... hard.... and my gimp is retarded! -_-
3. I don't wake up until 11:00 in the morning ^_^'!
4. I"M NOT LAZY ALL THE TIME!!!
5. And my nephue thinks I'm related to Shadow the hedgehog... WHEN I'M NOT!!!
6. I think I suck at recoloring... So I stoped doing it as often... and I'm planing on stoping intirly! -_-'
7. I have only two characters I based...
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After math class, Cynthia walked to her boyfriend, Mars.
"How was class?" he asked, "Sucked." answered Cynthia.


After school, Cynthia was walking out the building when all of a sudden, a female hedgehog skateboarded in front of her, both falling down.

"Hey! Watch it punk!" The hedgehog answered dusting off her black jeans.
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Cynthia asked in a concerned tone.

"None of your business thats who!" She exclaimed.
"You must be Darklin, Shadow's sister." The bat admitted, "Yeah your right, but barge in front of me like that you'll be getting stitched up!" Darklin yelled skateboarding away.
posted by Shadow5772
If you don't know who Bethany the hedgehog is, I suggest you read her profile---->link

These are memories Bethany had with Sonic when she was younger. There might be more of these getting posted, so keep your eyes out for them! And, before you ask, Sonic is Bethany's adopted father. That's why, in this story, Bethany called Sonic "Dad".

It was late at night. Sonic and Bethany were fast asleep. Sonic then heard glass breaking and a scream come from Bethany's room. Sonic rushed to her room to see what was wrong, only to find a broken window, a note lying on Bethany's bed, and Bethany missing....
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posted by MidnaTikal8223
Name:Salena Raqque Nagato
Age:19
Physical Apperence:Dark Pink-Red hair, with a light pink body
Species:Hedgebat
Occupation:The keyboard guitauir(pretty much a guiair in any shape, with buttons) for Star SOS
Friends:Anna the Hedgehog, Miranda the Echinda, and Kagimi the Cat
Enimes:Dr.Eggmansign
Faveriote color:Black
Faveriote Sign:Peace
Outfits:A black tank, and light pink skirt
Black dress with red hearts
Ride:None
Parents:Alicia Nagoto(Birth Mother), Veronica and James Calico(Adopted
Height:4 ft.
Backstory:Salena had longer hair, but when she was about 3, her birth mother(Alicia)cut it off.Soon, she was taken from her birth family and put into the Calico family.She vowed to be like the good side of her mother as soon as she got there.She has a very scattered romantic past, and three friends(Anna, Kagimi, and Miranda) who were like her sisters her entire life.
Heres my list in characters, i'll need my copy for reminders!

Cynthia: School beauty, man's lady!, Mars' Girlfriend
Mars: School Bully, Cynthia's boyfriend
Zalara: Popular Girl, Sonic's Cousin
Venom: Silent Girl, reads a lot, has no friends, Rouge's Cousin
Darklin: Goth Girl, never listens, Shadow's sister
Rouge: Pretty Girl, Shadow's Girlfriend
Shadow: Silent Boy, Rouge's Boyfriend
Sonic: Annoying Kid, Zalara's Cousin, Hates Venom
Amy: Annoying as heck kid, likes Sonic
Tikal: Likes Knuckles, Kind kid
Knuckles: Bully wannabe, Wants to be friends with Mars
Death: School Jerk, has no friends
"So, you are wanting me to help find this thing your looking for?" askes Shadow while he listens to Cynthia's orders,"Yes Shadow, its very important, meet me down at my apartments." answers Cynthia hurrying up the phone call.

"Alright, girl, i'll see you." says Shadow as he hangs up."
Cynthia rubs her back before getting up, she remembered the time she injured her back on a mission.
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Shadow was already waiting at Cynthia's door when she opened it.
"Wow, that was fast." she admitted looking at Shadow.
"Well, lets go find this person!" Shadow exclaimed...
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posted by NickleBackFan
There was banging at the door but before Holly could answer it Ghost and Bullet bust though the door. "Hi Holly! Bye Holly!" Bullet said as he ran up stair followed by Ghost. "Uh hi?" Holly said in confusion. Once up stairs Bullet found Rocket's door and knocked on it. Rocket opened the door. "What?" Rocket said while trying to blow his hair out of his face. Both Ghost and Bullet started talking at the same time about diffent things. They breathed and both said. "And that is why we need you to come with us and get Nay-Nay back!" Rocket blinked. "Soooo This alien thing that is on your head has...
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posted by NickleBackFan
Cindy and Susie were walking together. "Hey Cindy." "Yeah?" "Earlier i herad Ghost and Bullet talking about how Denzel looks like this guy named Murderer. Who is that and what up with that name." Susie said. Cindy looked at her and then sorrow came to her eyes. "Murderer.... Murderer?" "Yeah who is he?" "Well he is a guy that... Well kills certen people." Cindy said. Susie stopped. "oh well that explains the name." Cindy stopped too. "Actally that isn't his real name." "Really? What is." Cindy shurged. She strarted to walk again. Susie ran up beside her. "He never told anyone." Cindy said clamly...
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posted by NickleBackFan
"ROCKET!!!!" Called Nay-Nay as she banged out side of his door. Rocket opened it. "What?" He said annoied. "Well one lookies i am all better!" Nay-Nay said in a real cheerful tone. "And two dad said he only asked the Masion Keeper for him stay out for out of the masion for 2 weeks and 2 weeks end tomrrow, you know when we have to go back to school. So you might want to remind him of that so he doesn't turn into dust ok." She said. "Why can't you do that." "Oh that's number three. Sonic called and said him, kat, Cindy, and Ghosty were gonna hang out today so he invited me." Rocket looked at...
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posted by NickleBackFan
Ghost the Hedgehog
Ghost the Hedgehog
Olley blinked once heherad the front door slam. Olley grabbed his phone, put it on his wrist and went down stairs. he stood in front of the door. he wasn't about to let Ghost do this by himself. he put his hand on the door knob. He remembered what ghost, even though he didn't promise anything, Ghost trusts him to do this and stay and be left out on the action. he leaned his head on the door and goaned. "who have cursed thy day" he said softly. he took his hand off the knob and walked over to the couch and tried to think of who he should call.

Ghost now thought that putting just a band aid on...
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posted by NickleBackFan
Bullet was glad and a little confussed that a one tailed, red eyed, black fox girl had been the shadow that flew on top of him, not some blood thisty vampire. So now he layed pinned agasint the ground, head siightly lifted by a tree. there still tears in bullet's eyes, he tried to get rid of them but the girl had a good grip on both of his wrists. " okay prank over please get off" he said trying to remain clam. the girl tilted her head."what are you talking about" she said. Bullet looked at her. He knew she wasn't vampire by her voice, it sounded like any 14 year olds voice not a vampire's....
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Bullet The Hedgehog
Bullet The Hedgehog
"life is like water it forms in the hevens comes down to earth and goes back up to the hevens but how do you think it feels not to be part of that cycle? i guess i am about to find out"
Our story begins at a little place i like to call Ghost's house. the time is midnight. there is a ding-dong at the door. ghost opens his eyes and sits up "oh who the heck could that be" he goans as he gets out of bed and walks over to his bed room door and opened and saw olley heading to the door "hey did you want to get the door" olley paused for a second. looked at door then the clock. then he flew behind ghost....
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Note: HEY! Long time no see!! Looks like we have a problem on our hands. Sonic and Myzak only have 3 days to find Eggman, or else they'll be arrested! Will they succeed? And what is Shadow up to? I'm sorry to say that I won't be giving you answers. I'll only be giving you more questions as, "The Misadventures of a Wandering Soul" continues!

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“So, let me get this straight,” Tails was checking Myzak’s vital systems because for now, Myzak was new to the team. “Lil allowed you guys to go to get Eggman like bounty hunters for three days. If you don’t get him in that time, you go to jail....
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Chapter Four




Nick Jesse and Rin were spending the remainder of the day at Jesse’s house with his eight cousins. Just as Nick remembered they were all very energetic. Jesse’s family of cousins was actually composed of Naretains (Jamaicans). Most of them had the accents to prove it, with a few with Faconick accents, Jesse included.

The cousins worked in the same family business, which included music, music videos, armature short films, photography, and even video games for those who knew programming. The business was called R-Y Digital, based on how almost everything was made digitally. It...
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posted by TakTheFox
Well I’m taking college classes and those are taking up a LOT of my writing time. BUT my actual main reason is because of my terrible computer. Not only does it sporadically slow down to snail-length, but it freezes up, and when I turn it off I have to push on the button over and over and over to get it to turn back on again.

The largest problem on the computer is the fact that no matter how many times I’ve scanned my computer, whenever click on a program to start working on whatever, two to ten seconds after selecting the program, it will de-focus on the program, so I have to re-click it,...
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Teleporting is great. It’s fun. You can zip around to different locations and it’s enjoyable for getaways. It can be done through millions of scientific theories, and can save someone’s life in an instant.

Teleporting is so cheap. It makes everything too easy and causes all drama and suspense to evaporate with how quickly someone can just zip to and from locations. It doesn’t make any logical sense and is the replacement of thinking through a problem.


Both of these statements are 100% FALSE! … No just kidding they’re true.

Teleporting has been both the best friend, and issue, to many...
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He knew the word that Emit used to place her under the hypnotic trance. That meant Emit was alive… or one of his followers told Melcro. Rynk was barely conscious at the moment and found herself immobile in what felt like a tight leather suits. It felt like a straight-jacket, but she could see that her arms were at her sides, before the eye-holes were blacked out that is.

“You won’t have to worry about that mean man’s trigger-word anymore,” Melcro informed in a faintly teasing voice. “It isn’t that I don’t approve of the idea, but I certainly don’t approve of other people branding...
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posted by AceRider
Hercula-Draguun Quincy Bonsachei is a 64 year old dragon elder for Central Dragon Raw. When Hercul was at his prime, he was a warrior that had defeated over 1,000,000 people in battle. Through out those years, he met Jilgma and married her 3 years later. They had 3 children: Almaldo (oldest), Drahu (middle), and Xeogon (youngest).

Hercul retired from he warrior status to live on as one of the dragon elders.

Hercul is a very wise dragon with knowledge that no other dragon seems to understand besides his grandson, Drakero. He can be intimidating upon site, but he is actually a kind man. He loves to light incenses in his house, but dislike the taste of cherries.

Despite his age, and not being as good as he was in his prime, Hercul can hold his own in a fight. Like his son Almaldo, and grandson, Drakero, Hercul is freakishly strong. He can bench press up to 20 tons.

(In other words, Hercul don't play)