What's the best way to take a pencil sketch, and "fill

im not expert on this but i think a tool called vector tool and using stabilizers

i would also be interested in hearing about this if anyone has ideas on it. usually i keep the original pencil lines if they are nice enough, or go over them in pen.i usually do a few cleanup runs before being done with the pencil/inked line, then scan in and just darkening the pencil lines with the level adjust to be solid black.my scanner makes the resolution of the picture very large so then i re-size the pixels to lower which makes them look like a solid line again.. then converting it to a multiply layer and making all the filling in under the multiply layer.

>>2709643
Actually, the original of this is full body and is over 200mb because I used the highest setting on our scanner. The one I'm editing is only 500kb :p

File: Head Color.png (788KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

788KB, 1280x720px

>>2709603
So here's what I got after a couple hours with GIMP and using the Path, Blur, and Colorize tools. Probably a better way, but I have no idea what I'm doing :p

just paint it then put the linework on the top layer and set the layer to "multiply" lol

>>2709603
Use vector, modify the width throughout to make it more natural, then apply a good brush to it. It's a pain in the ass to do, but it'll work out

>>2709603
Gimp is pretty useless for this, as it doesn't allow you to draw vectors the simple way. Krita had direct support for drawing lines and all kinds of curves without something as awkward as the path tool.

As for black outlines and coloring this in general, look at some books about digital colorisation. E.g. "キャラクターをつくろう!CG彩色テクニック 3 改訂版" or "moe bishoujo chara no tsukuri kata."

If you're using a tablet, getting used to SAI is a pretty good idea, pen tool's boss for line work :) Good luck on your journey, OP, look up Steve Huston on youtube if you want to learn how to draw heads.