How to use paint tool sai?

[Just_Ice]

1. There are different ways to color your artwork. Specifically, how do you color your artwork to making it look soft and smooth, and not edgy?? Something like this https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...=1&theater If you look closely, the coloring isn't fully colored in the lines. It looks like it has been blended and the color of her face reaches to her hair a little bit.

2. What effects does all the modes do? Additive, Lumo and Shade, etc.

[Sam]

Okay, what the artist did is start off with lineart (hard edges) without any colour. The artist then added a colour layer under the black lineart and did whatever. It's likely that they did a strong base, went over it with a soft brush and the smudged it with a harder brush. Then they made a clipping group above the lineart layer and coloured it in according to the colours around it. They probably went over the lines again after they finished the coloured-coloured lineart. They started flat out with colour and not black and white, there are a small ish range of values. Just try all the colour modes, it'll be fun experimenting. good luck!