So at the start of the month i had to get my laptop repaired, and it wasn't until last week till I got it back. During that time, i, I had been using a replacement laptop, and when running paint tool sai, I noticed the program was not detecting the pen pressure on the tablet. I tried to find ways to fix it, and it did not work. And when I got my laptop back, I still had the same problem for some reason. So I took it as a signal to finally switch art programs. Fuck you ptsai
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the real basic review of art programs for sprite making (my opinion )
so tha main programs i use for art are KRITA, FIREALPACA, and PAINT TOOL SAI. im still tryin to figure out sai2. they all have pros and cons but this will specifically be abt how they handle ALIASED LINES!! aka "pixel" brushes, aka not anti-aliasing.
EACH PROGRAMS BUILT IN BASIC PIXEL BRUSH:
Krita has a few, but focusing on Pixel Art and Pixel Art Fill
Firealpaca has Dot Tool (can be 1-3 pixels big) and the basic Pen brush with AA turned off
PTSai has Binary Pen (or Legacy Pen)
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PTSai easily has the smoothest binary pen out of these when the algorithm setting is on accurate!! unfortunately the pen has barely any settings compared to other brush types in PTSai.
and when using pixel textures in regular brushes, unless theres a setting im missing, they still act like AA brushes and dont colour evenly.
Otherwise PTSai has a really easy compact UI and easy clipping layers
so its good for basic pixelly art without using fancy brushes.
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FIREALPACA Dot Tool is kinda rough, and when the aliased regular brush is too small then the lines break up and leave gaps. but at bigger sizes its pretty smooth. and a lot of firealpacas brushes can be pixel-ized in a single click!!!!
when this box is unticked then most brushes will no longer anti-alias and will become pixelly!! (the following images are zoomed to 200% to better see the effects)
while the effect shows on basically all brushes, not all are strictly pixelly and still have anti-aliasing pixels on the edges.
but still! a lot of the brushes do become truly pixel brushes, and brushes like the Edge Brush can be really useful for making sprites.
also Firealpaca has easy clipping layers too.
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KRITA Pixel Art brush is pretty smooth, and Pixel Art Fill is probably smoother for ppl with more steady hands lol. and while its ui is a Lot More complicated than the prev two programs (usually requiring a few more steps to do similar things), it has A SHITTON OF BRUSH SETTINGS!! and in those brush settings is the Sharpness setting, which can be used to achieve a similar effect to Firealpacas' Anti-Aliasing box being unticked.
but in my experience it can basically guarantee pixel-ized brushes!!! OBSERVE (again, images are zoomed to 200% to better see the effects):
(there might be a way to have sharpness up but still keep the fish texture. im not sure yet)
this also means pixel texture brushes can apply evenly too
but alas. clipping is a bit more annoying to do in Krita. u gotta rightclick on a layer then select Group > Quick Clipping Group for the easiest clipping layer (maybe theres a better way but idk it yet.)
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ok this is more of a comparison rather than a review. but still. i personally prefer Firealpaca for spriting homestuck style sprites, it just feels tha most natural for me
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Hi hi I just wanted to ask about what brushes you use?? You have such a cute style! Thank you!
i'm sorry I just use the default PTSai brushes 😭 nothing fancy, it's not even Sai2
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Got twitter goin AND i finally got around to using new ver of ptsai, so I doodled a little kolibri. In my old binary style from homestuck/OFF days!
Sorry kolibri, even tho ur not a bird u still have run-ins with windows. :(
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How do you make your text boxes?
Depends, I use blinkies cafe for blinkie boxes in particular. For others, I use Canva, Picsart, or just make it myself. Canva has been particularly helpful but picsart has really good PNGs you can edit.
If you can't find anything the correct size, look on google for "old tech window" or "win 95 pop up" and such to use as reference. you can also look up webcore for other inspirations. Then you just draw it yourself using tools on canva/ibispaint/ptsai/whatever.
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art summary babyyyyy. links to all the post under the cut bc i mostly improved with posing and such
january
february
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october
november
december
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[2021] Romantique portrait
Another study with Paint Tool SAI. Normally I use Procreate but tried to come back to PTSai and loved the result!
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do any of you know where i could grab ptsai 2 from anywhere between 2020-2022..
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chillcat and mothman together for gsgoat! thank you!
side note, my new tablet is not working well with ptsai (which i still use for these emojis), so apologies if this is slightly less quality, im trying my best, lol
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Alberto: So how’s school, guys?
Giulia: Oh it’s great! Right, Luca?
Luca: Well, yeah! But some of the kids have been really mean to me.
Giulia: ... Someone's been bullying you?
Luca: Sort of, but it's not a big deal haha!
*The next day*
Bully: Uh... Do you guys need something?
Alberto and Giulia @ the bully:
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