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Mello people!!

I took notice on how some folks don't know how to color non transparent bases around here

They end up somtimes having "rat holes" (which are small uncolored parts) or looking lineless/shadeless

Which there's nothing wrong with, especially the lineless and shadeless part, everyone has their own style they prefer!

But I bet some of you would like to have their base art look more solid and not have to finagle with it so much, so that it looks like how they want

But how can ya do that you ask?

Fear not!

For I have made a little tutorial on how to for Ibispaintx☆

Passing down the knowledge I got from DianaTHEchicken on Amino (and the tips I learned over the years on my own)

1. First, you import the base of your choosing!

I'll be using my HiveWing Medowhawk as my example

2. Now, you go and open up the layers, add one below your base, click on the bases layer, then press where it says "Normal"

3. This opens a menu on Blending Mode

4. Now pick the Multiply option

5. Go back down to your color layer below and presto, it colors without messing with the the lines or shading!

(The reason it is below the base is because on top makes it uh... come out like this lol)

"But Thumper!

What about when it gets outside the lines? Erasing it is SO annoying and tedious!"

6. Well, that's when we go look at the side (for phone users you'll be clicking the pen on the bottom) and click the "Magic Wand" icon

This brings up a tiny menu that says "Gap Recognition" and it is pre-selected on "Add", which you want, and moving lines around the canvas and base appear

Now that on its own lets you color behind the base without touching the color you put, or the base

10. But to color without anything going outside the lines, you click the boxes that have two arrows next to them

This is the first part!

Here is the second part of the tutorial☆

Alrighty, at the request of @moondrift-the-icenight , here is a third part to the tutorial, specifically going over how to make wings transparent!

I'll be using a HiveWing as the subject again, as it's their wings that are the most whack to work with

1. I recommend putting your wing color layer above your body color layer, as not only will it help you customize the wings more, it'll also let any of the body behind the wing show through!

2. Now, you actually have two methods you can do for their wing transparency:

The Pen Way is to take the pen of your choice, and lower the opacity of it by 50% or lower.

Now, you color all in the wings until it covers them up!

(How it will look coloring all over)

This method does have a couple downsides:

You cannot use the bucket tool to make it quicker, as it doesn't really take opacity into consideration.

There is an opacity setting for it, but it does not do anything other than be a bucket with a different name (my guess is that it's bugged, I'll experiment further to see how it all works)

But for now, this is what happens when you do bucket

You also have to color the wings in one go, or else the opacity will build up and make the color solid instead of transparent

(An example on how that looks, it is purple to better show it. It does make a cool effect, so I also suggest playing with it. Experimentation is the way of art!)

And making markings is more difficult, sometimes requiring another layer depending how complex they are, as you'll end up doing a LOT of erasing

(Here is two examples of markings. If you would like, you can also merge the pattern layer down, with the arrow pointing down to the double lines, once you are done, like I had down for Meadowhawk, but it is not needed)

Now, the second method is the Layer Way, where you color the wings with 100% pen opacity, but then lower the opacity of the layer itself

This one is much easier, as it lets you go ham on the wings without any worry of build up from your pen, or having to spend a while with it and can instead use the bucket

Rejoice!

The one downside to this method is that you can absolutely not have it all on one layer, as it's the layer that makes it's see through, so it will make the body colors desaturated and funky (unless you want a desaturated and funky character lol)

All and all, I'd recommend the Layer Way to beginners and such, as it is a lot less finicky than pen

Though I also recommend experimenting! See which way ya like more and such, cause there's no wrong way to do art☆

Oh, and as a little side note, the wings for the rest of the dragons (except NightWing because of their wing pattern) work perfectly fine with solid color wings or 50% opacity wings

And that concludes this tutorial! If any of you have questions, ask away! I will answer the best I can.

Have a good day/night where ya are, and take care🎉