User:TwiDye/Charart Tutorial

Introduction
Hey, it's Twi here with a charart tutorial. Most tutorials are for Pixlr, but, no offense, I do not like Pixlr that much. With that being said, this is a tutorial for GIMP. I do use layers, as I find it easier.

Tools for GIMP
Keep these tools in mind. In order, they are: Fuzzy Select, Color Select, Paint Bucket, Pencil, Paintbrush, Eraser, Airbrush, Blur, Smudge, and the Color Palette.

Solid Colored Cat
1. Use the color select tool, fuzzy select tool, or go to the toolbar on the top and go to Layers>Transparency>Color to Alpha

2. Create a new layer and name it something along the lines of 'Pelt'.

3. Fill in the layer for the pelt.

4. Create another layer for the eye color.

5. Fill the eye in with the color of your choice. I'm obsessed with silver/gray cats with blue eyes.

6. Create a new layer for the shading.

7. Place the shading however you may want to. This is just my way, so there's no need to try to make it look like this.

8. Add the highlights.

9. Gaussian Blur the highlights and shading. Then lower the opacity.

10. After this, (I forgot to screenshot this), use the Fuzzy Select tool and select outside the lineart (on the lineart layer). Go to each other layer and either press: Ctrl+X or go to Edit>Cut.

Finished Product:
<--- Voila. You have a solid colored cat!