/soy/ - Soyjaks

use pixlr editor (the non ai version) its easy and user friendly and you get a chrome extension to get past the limited saves per day

gimp

>>14579129
i've been using the ai version and just deleting my cookies to avoid the limit but i'm mainly wondering how your process goes in general

>>14579144
you literally just click the extension and it frees your saves thats it, the only thing that changes is the theme you have on the website which nophono cares fan bout

>>14579144
also use non-ai version it has more (((FEATURES))) for you to use the ai one is for retarded babies the ai shit doesn't even work /look good half the time

>>14579156
i should've been more clear but i want to know HOW you edit your jaks using the programs you teens mentioned and if i can possibly learn something to improve my own work

Krita/Gimp and you're good to go. Ms paint on Winjeet 11 is also fine, I usually take the template 'jak and add to it on a separate layer(s).

>>14579120 (OP)
use literally anything i switch between gimp krita paint.net all the time

I use affinity

>>14579182
practice basic shading a good trick ive been getting mileage out of is just using the color picker and picking a dark shade to simulate cloth and shade darker areas

Everyone in this thread doesnt know how to 'jak and are nuvariant coalers giving you bad advice, heres what you have to do:
Install krita (its free)
Use 5-6px wide brushes (ALL GEMMY 'JAKS ARE PIXELATED, USE AN ALIASED/PIXELATED BRUSH OR IT WILL LOOK LIKE XITTER BRIMSTONE)
also study other gemmy 'jaks to understand the artstyle o algo

>>14579349
preferably use a cube brush although it depends on what kind of 'jak you are trying to make, most OG jaks used cube brushes but some more recent ones use ball brushes, its your choice ig depending on what style you're going for

i use browser Photopea. its basically stripped down photoshop but still has a lot of image editing tools. my process for making OC usually starts with either something i like and want to parody or an idea i think is funny. then i will map out a general idea of what i want it to look like, then find variants that fit the rolls in said OC. the 'ru has a lot of qualtiy plain variants (thank you h3k) so just look up the tag "template" with what ever variant you want and you will surely find something. from there i will add details and the such to the variant until it matches what i want. for a background you can either go with a handmade one or take a real-life image and blur it.
i know this explantion does sound that indepth but idk i havent really thought about the process that i take when making oc.
if i can give any advice, its just to keep jakking until you find your style and a system you like using to make OC. try to use obscure and niche variants from time to time. make a 'ru account, if only to have a gallery of your works that you can readily access, but dont take to heart what most people on there will say about your OC. if you want genuine feedback, post either on /soy/ or /r/.
everything >>14579349 >>14579358 said is true too, besides the first thing, i make gems actually. aliasing is important mostly if it's a standalone 'jak, but if its part of a wider piece, nobody is going to care too much.

>>14579366
Boy just draw some soywoahjak shit it's not that complicated

>>14579120 (OP)
Photopea
Pencil tool to avoid anti aliasing
4 line width for outlines 3 or 2 for glasses and stubble

gimp is the hint

when i tracejak i do it first in mspaint, up the res of the image because most of the time all the smooth camera anti aliasing makes the image look more high def then it actually is
i trace with the 2nd biggest pen option and a color that is not present in the image (pure black or red or that ms paint purple should do)
when i do make errors from time to time i pick for example the skin color as my second color so i can easily correct with RMB (though sometimes keeping obvious errors like the multiple lines for the head shape so i can in the next step pick the best one)
then when im done tracing i fix some minor mishaps inside of paint.net with anti aliasing off and with the smooth pen option off (rifht next to the anti aliasing option) and do the beard and maybe if the og image didn't have glasses the glasses in that program
so when i do the beards i do the style of combining the close shaved style of wholesomejak beard with more sparse long lines layered on top of it
or if i feel like it just do many brush strokes while having a stroke and making sure the lines are in the direction of the jaw and with random sizes
for extra touch ups i try making the jak look more excited so it doesn't look like it's yawning like some nuvariants or more grotesque depending on if it's like a troonjak
when i don't tracejak i just go off "does this look like forced nuvariant coal or like the old 'jaks we still use?"

get fire alpaca its perfect for 'jakking

I use krita and sometimes gimp

use AI

>>14579120 (OP)
I use ibis paint

I use paint.net and krita, how could you tell?