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Anonymous asked:

Hi! I'm using medibang paint pro on the PC, and I've recently been working on a bundle of characters who have outfits with scales on them. Lots and lots of fish style scales. So I was hoping if you knew of any easier way than just drawing them individually on the character. Like, is there a way to copy and paste, but change the direction and bend them to fit more naturally on the curvature of the body? Thanks!

Hi Anonymous!

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Have you seen this great video by Astrid saphire showing how to copy and change the shape of an eye? It's a great reference! Check the person's video out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLzASL80YSY

Onwards!

Disclaimer: Hope this will help on your quest! Let's use a fish instead of a person since it's unclear what your clothes per say will look like.

Here's our start. We're going to use the SelectionPen Tool and color the outside of the scale. (Click Select Eraser tool to fix). Next, you're going to CNTRL+C (Command+C for Mac users) and then paste with CNTRL+V (Command+V). This scale will appear on a different layer.

Congrats! You've made another scale! Now the next thing to do is to move it. Select the Move Tool and put it where you like.

Then if you need to change the shape, click Select at the top of the window and then Transform. This will give you a box to change the shape and direction. (Hover over the lines on the box to get an arrow going in a semi circle). After you're finished moving the scale then select Enter.

You may need to copy and paste a new scale with the steps above or use the pen/eraser in between to clean up your lines (just click outside the white to get rid of Selection) but at least they'll be fairly uniform and won't take long tooooooo long to do.

Recommendation: If you want to keep them on separate layers then go for it, but if you'd like the scales to be on one layer, then select Layer at the top of the page (while you're on the layer above the one you'd like to merge to and then select Merge Down. This will merge the scale layer with the one underneath it.

Repeat until you're done!

More info on layers: https://medibangpaint.com/en/use/2015/03/manuals2-2/

Hope this helps!

The MediBang Team

Edit: The scales will be uniform, but it may still take some time to do. If you find a faster way let the MediBang community know!

EDIT: Tip! enteirory says: They could also draw and paint a 5-6 scale clump, then copypaste them over and over and use the free transform and mesh transform tools to make them conform to the contour they want. Will definitely be a lot faster than doing them individually.

Good luck on your scales!

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