


I use this little chart for starter skin colors:Ġ4. I’m being bold with a lot of the color choices, but it’ll pay off. I’m concerned with just covering the blue of the canvas. On the same layer, I begin to block in colors (over the lines somewhat). All of this is done on the same layer.Ġ3. It looks ridiculous right now and that’s ok. Using a brown or tan color, I draw on some line art.

The color I used is a peachy skin tone.Ġ2.

Above that I begin to block in colors in a shape that resembles what I’m painting. I fill the canvas with a dark, desaturated color. You’d be doing yourself no favors trying it in Photoshop.Ġ1. I decided I want to draw a guy this time, with a smug expression. Basically, it’s a quick way to get started on a painting. This is gonna be a face so I can show the details. Press: (checkboxes) Dens., Size, Blend = “Opacity by Pressure”, “Size by Pressure” (Blend by pressure isn’t available as a setting)Īlso, with Watercolor brushes, the hard/soft edge of a brush is usually an all-or-nothing sort of setting in FA.This was an experiment I ended up liking. Even at a low opacity, brushes can still be pretty opaque, which can yield some undesirable results.) “Density” = “Opacity” (although please note that in FA, opacity with Watercolor brushes is extremely tricky to manage. “Blending” in SAI = “Ease of Mixing Colors” in FA “Stabilizer” (drop down option) = “Correction” (drop down option) In order to edit some of these settings, you usually have to make a new “Watercolor” style brush in FA. SAI has a bunch of brush settings that aren’t available in FireAlpaca, so if you’re at a loss, you have to make due with ingenuity until FA improves with more Brush settings D: (Some settings and effects can be created with the help of a Bitmap, Scatter, or Scatter Watercolor Brush, if you know what effect you’re going for.) Basically for when you see some awesome tutorials and/or brush settings for SAI and you want to try replicating them in FireAlpaca (sort of)
