fill only inner lines automatically

Jan 20, 20152 min read

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Published: Jan 20, 2015

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ok SO i've seen a few people who use sai find it really tedious to have that neat only-outer-lines-black with only-inner-lines-colored style

here's an example:

so,, i discovered a REALLY easy way to do this a while ago and bc i Love yall im gonna share it

i dont have time to make an image tutorial but heres how u do it 100% automatically !

select the wand
select all background or "outer" areas outside of the main drawing
go to "selection" and click "increment" and repeat until the blue selection area is covering the outer outlines.
go to the "selection" tab and click "invert"
check "preserve opacity" on the outline layer in paint effects
select bucket tool
set it to "transparency (strict)" and transparency difference to 255
click anywhere inside the drawing with the color you want the innermost outlines to be

and then due to having not selected the borders of the drawing, you'll only fill the inner outlines, living the outer outlines their original color

its a LOT easier than doing it manually !! i hope this little tut helped out some of u

you can also use this technique to color your lineart in !