How to color your lineart in Krita
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Here are 4 ways to color your line art with Krita.
Option 1 0:58 (coloring with a brush)
Option 2 8:32 (using masks)
Option 3 12:27 (using shape_fill brush)
Option 4 16:05 (using G'MIC filter)
If you'd like to download the line art to try out the coloring methods here is the link:
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Another way you can color your lineart: Make two layers: One lineart, and one paint-layer. Put the paint-layer in a group, but keep the lineart outside the group. Fill all the bounds in the paint-layer inside the lineart with one single color. This paint-layer will be your "base layer".
Now, make a new layer above the base-layer, and there should be an option called "inherit Alpha" on it. Enable it. Now paint whatever color you want, and it shouldn't paint outside the bounds.
It's a very convenient option. XD
+Tushant Mirchandani (Cyan Los) Hi, could you explain what you mean by "Fill all the bounds in the paint-layer inside the lineart with one single color." I'm not sure if I understand it.
Katarzyna Oleska Okay, here's what I mean basically. imgur.com/mIdufBx
Paint your flats as you normally would (as you demonstrated in the video), but keep the layer structure in mind as shown in that image. Then, just besides the "Lock" and "visibility" icon in those layers, and just before "Lock Transparency", there's also "Inherit Alpha" that you can enable for all the layers above the base-layer in the group.
What it does is that it borrows the alpha of the base-layer (and all the layers below that don't have "Inherit Alpha" enabled) and uses it as a quick clipping mask. That way, you can keep painting and shading without having to worry about spillage and edges. :)
Tushant Mirchandani thanks. Very useful
What about changing the color of the lines? Is that possible?
@@KatarzynaOleskaArt hey, how can i have the same lay out krita as yours?
I'm so new to digital. I feel so lost. I still cant even get my line art that clean.
Same here, Just keep using it! you'll feel better in no time, keep watching tortiels
@@caseyco3026 I have been! Lol it's very hit or miss so far. I'm trying to trace old paper and pencil stuff to being digital but I just cant make it feel the same.
@@mjsibylline8418 that's exactly what I'm doing now I have most of everything down I'm just so confused about coloring it in and shading
@@woahdude446 I still haven't colored anything I like D: I am however getting better with the line art finally! I was trying to use much too small a brush. I was treating it like a real pencil where you want the lines as light and thin as possible. I feel like the reverse is true in digital. Big soft brushes for pose work. Then I've been using a thicker pen for line and its really helped. Hopefully it just gets better ^_^
Same 😩 learning the basics is where I'm at sooo many features idk where and how to start...currently trying to figure out the layers and how they work...🙄😭
I got a tablet about six hours ago. Now I know how to colour a thing. Very much appreciated!
This comment is me, today. Haha.
Krita is lightyears ahead of any other coloring application out there, in my opinion...amazed.
What is the tool that you used to color which was like the masking tool and a brush at the same time?
I know this is old and you probably figured it out already but for anyone else its called "Shapes fill" and the image looks like a little chemistry bottle.
A quick way to get to it in the brush presets is to use the drop down menu and select digital.
12:47 The brush name is called a **'Shapes Fill Brush'**, the image is a green, cone shaped, skinny neck flask. You can search for the brush name as 't)_Shapes_Fill'. If you type in the word shape , it will also come up.
Thank You Because She Never Said The Fucking Name Of The Brush.
Was looking for this too, thanks!
Hi kate, this tutorial is superb....I wanted to ask you what brush you used for painting the skin in the first mwthod you explained??? Thanks....really nice drawings there....
I think she used two brushes. The first was probably airbrush, although watercolor looks similar. The second one she said has some texture, so I don't know which one she used...
@@somnyad thanks for the tip....I really dont know much about brushes setttings
Way too much waffle. Less talking, more action.
what brush do you use for lineart?
Hi Pixie, I really use my own brush with some pattern. I choose to use brushes that let me build up the line.
@@KatarzynaOleskaArt would u share your brush presets pls
brush nesuick
As a method for blocking in the lineart it looks easier. For now I am still using photoshop but a mixture of methods will certainly speed things up. Thanks for covering another area I also haven't tried yet.
You're welcome and thank you!
Thank you SOOOO much for this tutorial. It was beyond helpful. I just began digital art and recently bought my very first Wacom. Kept telling myself THERE HAS TO BE AN EASIER WAY lol and then I come across your video and it’s exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again.
Thanks Kate! Your channel is a great resource for Krita beginners.
kto z polski? XD (btw niezły akcent)
5 years later and newbies like me still appreciate this video :) I love method 3. Thanks!
what’s the name of the brush in method 3?
@@davidmaftei9145 Shapes Fill Brush, the image is a green, cone shaped, skinny neck flask. You can search for the brush name as 't)_Shapes_Fill'. If you type in shape, it will also come up.
I got overwhelmed so I ended up coloring by a large area and erasing so it fits.
This helped me understand G'Mic a bit more cause goodness I was lost. Thankies!
Happy I could help!
Super duper useful and well-explained. Thank you.
You're welcome :)
you just helped me take one more step away from just leaving my drawing after lineart.. have a like and a sub
I never knew about G'MIC Interactive Colorize. I've played around with G'MIC in the past, it's starting to sound like I need to take it seriously.
Great tips! Could you please name the paintbrush you used in the third way you explained? I can't find it anywhere. Thanks!
شكرا جزيلا لك ... thank you very much . The lesson was very useful. I used the program for the first time, to compare it with Photoshop and Illustrator. Thanks again and excuse me for my English
I don't see the shape_fill brush option in my krita. Was it taken off in the latest version or do I have to download the brush from somewhere?
Thank you, it was interesting. And a new for me was Option 3, with shape_fill brush.
About to try Krita, glad I found your channel.
When is TH-cam gotta have a heart button? I more than like this!
Your video was so helpful I going for option 2 the making and I do have a question, do you have a video about shading the drawing?
Hi, For the first option, what kind of brush did you use? When I paint, the color is over lap on each other and created black shadows when I brush the second layer on it. It's not smooth as your painting. For the second options, when I select the area to fill in the color, it block all my drawing lines. Please help. Thanks.
Thank you for your video. It could be help though if you were actually showing which brushes/ tools you are actually using by zooming in on them prior to using them. Otherwise, we see the end result if your work, without knowing how you got there, and won’t be able to do it independently
Thank you so much for the tutorial, also your drawings and color methods are absolutely beautiful. :D
I dunno if you're still active but I was wondering if you could help out. Im having an issue with my line art when I set it to multiply. Basically when I set it, the line art color turns into a much lighter color and I can barely see it up against the background. How do I keep the line art black like yours? Also did you scan your line art and set some mask over that layer or did you draw straight onto the canvas with your tablet? Thank you!
But what If I want to use G'MIC filter but still want to have some colors on different layers?(it's necessary If I want to use color mask tool) Is there an option for that?
Hi. New to Krita here. When I click on G'MIC it says it can't find it's location. Anyone else have this issue
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Love what you are doing! You literally saved me from losing my job... no joke.
how do you do that thing where you make a layer and it's a subset/inside another layer?
and how do you do that thing where, when you paint, it wont physically cross over any lines you have? Like you do to color the face at 5min and your lines don't bleed into the hair at all
What I am curious is how do I change the line art color. The physical line I mean. I am so used to adobe draw just using the basic brush to just press the line to recolor the line to whichever color but that is not the case on krita. Have any way to do that on krita?
5 minutes in and tNice tutorials is 10 tis harder than garageband on my phone
When Im coloring, and I move my brush over an area that I've already colored, with the same color, it layers over it making darker little bits that are a huge pain in the ass. How do I fix this?
either keep the color at full opacity, or play around with your blending options, (normal will keep everything the color you put down, but I haven't messed with overlay, multiply, etc. much so I'm not sure what they all do)
Thx for this tuto, helped me well ;) G'Mic seems not to work fine on Windows7+ though :(
this video helped me SO MUCH. I have been struggling with krita and coloring for two days now (new to the app) and I'm so happy how my drawing came out!
Are u from poland?
Can't you just create a clipping mask layer like in Photoshop?
I am new to Krita, and this is very helpful. Thank you.
I sat here so confiused ... i wanted a tut on how to color the lines of the lineart, not how to color it in... it took me legit 20 min to realize that this is not what I'm looking for xD
This video was very helpful. Thank you so much for showing all these different methods Kate Oleska!
Was searching for a way to change the color of my lines. Badly named video.
Cool thanks. It is still necessary in 2021!
Is that brush ur using isn’t he first method available to download?
Excellent vid! Been struggling with this.
Gabriel Ståhl I'm glad you like it!
Lovely sketches...............😊
Thank You!
It's late af but Ima watch tNice tutorials and buy soft soft tmrow get to work
Fill brush (option three) is a dope idea. Thank you for the video! :)
+Wayne Parker Glad I could help! :)
very confuse tutorial. not brief, did not find helpful.
My line art gets covered when itry the last method
Yeah... She didn't mention how to deal with that. I might lower the opacity and then after I was done, put the line art on top of the color layer and raise the opacity back up.
It may be helpful to read the Krita docs about "Colorize Mask". It seems to be a more recent feature that's quite convenient.
There is also a docs guide on stuff like "Flat Coloring" which has been pretty handy for me
Option three is not at all clear. It looks very interesting though.
How are you even able to use colors? Everything I try, everything is just coming out as gray, white, and black
Which part do you mean. Have you checked your color profile? Go to image>image properties and check it. If it's grayscale and not RGB, then that's the problem.
Does Krita have a color picker tool? I could not find one.
Can you only have one layer be multiplied? Because that is what my krita is doing to me rn. It will only let me have one layer be multiplied so if I have multiple grayscale layers I can only paint with non overlapping overlay on one layer.
Cassandra, not sure if I understand correctly. What do you mean that you "can only paint with non overlapping overlay on one layer."? I use multiple layers on krita without a problem. It is a bit less efficient the more layers you have - unlike a photoshop which in that particular matter performs better - but generally krita allows for multiple layers to be used.
Thank you so much :) It was so much helpful !!
Hi, what is the name of the brush that if your favorite in option 3?
You have the best tutorials. Thanks!
+Shakespeare Aw, thank you so much!
I tried using gmic but it crashed right after pressing colorize interactive... any tips?
+Anaiah Reyes Hmm... I have no idea what could cause it. You could try to ask pros. Go to Krita.org irc channel. These people created Krita, they might be able to help.
Thanks!!!!! This helped me a lot:33
How do you color the actual lineart? Like instead of having black lines for everything
Press the checked box of the linear layer, that locks in the lines only existing. You can't draw anything else but color those previous lines when it's on. Then choose whatever colors you want to color the line art. Just press the checked box again to allow yourself to draw on that layer again freely.
I'm interested in using the the shape fill tool in the description, but I can't find it anywhere in krita nor can I find it online. Is it a setting, an add on, or is it no longer supported in krita?
When I say "shape fill tool", I'm specifically referring to the "shape-fill brush".
I did method two until you showed me the third method and fourth method
video Speed changer is a lifesaver
Don't get me wrong, I like the video :)
That's just direct selections tools. Does Krita not have masks like Photoshop? I legit can't find ANYTHING about masking except a clipping masks. But that's not what I'm looking for.
I have a lot of love for this video, thank
What brush are you using for your outline? I'm trying to learn what brushes to use for the different things..
Hi Yasmin. I am using a custom brush that I made. But it really is more important what feels good for you. I like sketching with brushes that have texture and I can build up the line (as opposed to ink brushes where one stroke is 100% opacity). Try experimenting. I keep saying I will make a tutorial on brushes and I will as soon as I find a bit of time!
How do you sketch line it and then add a layer to final line it
I tNice tutorialnk i'm gonna stick to gaming...
How can i find the third option, you doesnt show how to find it
One thing I learned working in Gimp was that you can set tools to go behind. So, on the third method you could set the tool to put down paint behind other paint layers. So you could also do the face, then do the hair and have the hair go behind the other colour without effecting it making the paint seamless.
Really? That's interesting. I have to admit I never really explored gimp but that's because I couldn't get used to the layout and overall feel..
Katarzyna Oleska Well, Gimp was the first graphics program I ever used, so I'm a bit more used to it than many I suppose. However, its also available in Krita under brush modes. I had to do some hunting with 2.9, but, if you scroll through the different modes, you'll find it. (sorry, I forget where I found it originally) I think it was "Miscl" but, I'm not totally sure.
However, I've found this to be very useful as I cant quickly butt colours together with no artefacts left over.
So sad that G Mic isn’t exist in iOS version of krita
Very good instruction. Thanks
jeszcze nie pracowałem na Krita, spróbuje dzięki.Mam wrażenie że używasz myszki do rysowania? Czy tylko do wypełniania ? : ]
+Adam Happyman Myszki używałam tylko przy g'mic. Cała reszta to tablet :)
i am so incredibly confused as to how to color your lineart without covering it! what do you guys do?
Hi Katie. I create separate layers. Top one for lineart and bottom one(s) for color.
How?
Basically when you start drawing you have your background layer and the new layer that you're drawing on. (You should not draw on the background layer unless you are drawing the background, drawing objects that are meant to be in front of the background will get tricky). That new layer should be used for line art. Once you've drawn your line art, go to the layers docker and create a new layer, but move the layer so that it is below the line art layer. Once you've done that you can color on the color layer and it will not cover the line art. I hope this wasn't too confusing..
Katarzyna Oleska good that no Grzegorz Brzenszczy Szcykiewic (Współczuje jankesą)
Hi Kate,
Please. How in ways that you use, the paint not hide the line art? I try, but I have difficulty the my paint hides the lines of drawing. My version of Krita is 2.8.5 on Linux distribution.
Thanks. Regards.
W.R.
Ah, no G'Mic in Krita for Macs. Drats.
Super helpful, straightforward, and organized! Lovely time stamps too. I appreciate you don't just jump to the "most useful" methods of coloring, by demonstrating all of the method I can see the pros and cons not to mention the one I would rather go with. G'mic is really neat.
plz help me... when i select the size part in brushes setting .. there is no defference when size in unselected.. what can i do?
Do you have sensitivity properly set up on your tablet? Does it work ok with other programs?
Pozdrowienia z Polski
The 4th method is a nightmare for larger pics... with about 57 nodes, I just gave up (most of them were on the borders between lines, as the color kept pouring over (maybe if I made my lines thicker... too lazy for that, oh well)
Hi! Are Shape fill and G'MIC part of the default package? Or should I download them from somewhere?
Thanks in advance!
I can't like this video enough! Thank you! I'm getting into digital painting and this is a life saver!
when i try to color it the line what i've made is disappear because of the colour what should i do?
do you mean the G'mic method? Watch the video again and look at what I choose for the output. You need to select "lines and color" (2layers). Then at the end you'll have both lineart and color layers. Though color layer will be over linear layer for some reason.
Thank you for showing us and actually showing us the steps. My searching for helpful how to's have mostly been, "I will show you how." Then it is a speed art and no explanation of the steps and tools.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Your video is really helpful, but I still don't know how to fix my mistakes. I'm new to krita and digital art and my main problem is my line art. I watched bunch of tutorials on layers and I try layering, but when it comes to painting and trying to replicate what you did, my lines just disappear when I paint over them. Can you give me advice? I'm a newbie.
If you help,I am a beginner in krita.. I draw but I really do not put the layer of colors, if you have a little time to do a tutorial that shows it easily Or advise me...On a character thanks
These methods are good to go through, but later in Krita 4 they brought the new colorize mask tool which is pretty awesome, and would probably replace the G'Mic method. Still worthwhile for some tips like that brush in method 3 that is a kind of live fill tool that I did not know about. Thanks.
It's kinda funny because I was creating a program for scientific analysis of images for some schoolwork, so now I see the uses of different algorithms in more artistic ways. The 4th example was a classic watershed for approximation of an existing boundary that is not captured in the image. (That is not to say the crators use this algorithm, there may be better/faster ways to do this.)
I'm damaged for life it seems.
what brush did you color the first girls face with?
Is it custom, if so can you make or redirect me to a video on custom brushes?
Thanks.
Hi, I don't have a video on custom brushes unfortunatelly but I beliee that was regular soft brush with a bit of texture
Oh thank you 😁
What tool for 3rd method?
Man do it fast too slow i got bored twice
Szkoda że nie dodajesz napisów. Bo jednak nie wszystko rozumiem. Ale i tak jest super.
Hej Olu, no niestety. W tej chwili tworzenie filmów to dla mnie dodatkowe zajęcie, a tworzenie napisów zajmuje mnóstwo czasu. Mam nadzieję, że mimo to filmy są w miarę zrozumiałe :)
Hiii, what do you think about coloring with gray scale? Ive been using it and its kinda helpful in a way, i would love to hear you thoughts on grayscale. Very nice video, super helpful
GIMP has a "color to alpha/transparency" transformation, possibly Krita does as well. Depending on the workflow and hardware key-bindings, it could be easier or acceptable to draw picking a flat background color and erasing or even making gradients with it, and then copying the whole visible lineart and transforming the background color into transparency. But the proper, disciplined way of doing things works as well, if not better, of course.
Can you teach us how to make the brush your using? :D i've tried using all of the brushes but they don't end up looking how i want them to... :/
anyone tryied the last method on animation ?