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''This article, originally by [[AGIWiki/Kon-Tiki|Kon-Tiki]]''

''This article, originally by [[AGIWiki/Kon-Tiki|Kon-Tiki]]''

=== Plan the composition ===

=== Plan the composition ===

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First thing you should do is find out what should be on your picture. What should be in the background, what in the foreground, etc. Then comes the first thing you do in Picedit (except for opening it and starting a new pic) is setting the horizon. Draw the line where the horizon should be and remember the Y- coordinate. Then set the vanishing point. The vanishing point is the place where everything tends to disappear in if you draw the lines far enough.

First thing you should do is find out what should be on your picture. What should be in the background, what in the foreground, etc. Then comes the first thing you do in Picedit (except for opening it and starting a new pic) is setting the horizon. Draw the line where the horizon should be and remember the Y- coordinate. Then set the vanishing point. The vanishing point is the place where everything tends to disappear in if you draw the lines far enough.

* The higher the vanishing point, the lower you're standing.

* The higher the vanishing point, the lower you're standing.

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=== Setting up the composition ===

=== Setting up the composition ===

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Second thing that needs to be done, is setting up the composition. Draw boxes where you want everything to be.

Second thing that needs to be done, is setting up the composition. Draw boxes where you want everything to be.

* Try to keep the coordinates and priority lines in mind.

* Try to keep the coordinates and priority lines in mind.

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=== Setting the perspective ===

=== Setting the perspective ===

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This's easy and done really fast. Just draw lines from the corners of the boxes that aren't round surfaces. Make sure not to draw the line that runs through the box, unless the object in it will be transparant. When that's done, draw the lines where the object should stop. Make sure that these lines run exactly the same as the lines a bit further on (like the roof in the example).

This's easy and done really fast. Just draw lines from the corners of the boxes that aren't round surfaces. Make sure not to draw the line that runs through the box, unless the object in it will be transparant. When that's done, draw the lines where the object should stop. Make sure that these lines run exactly the same as the lines a bit further on (like the roof in the example).

* To draw halve/full circles, draw a cross in the middle of the box and draw curves from one point of it to the next using the pen tool. This's a bit tricky and demands lots of exercise. The main idea is to mirror the pixels over the line of the cross.

* To draw halve/full circles, draw a cross in the middle of the box and draw curves from one point of it to the next using the pen tool. This's a bit tricky and demands lots of exercise. The main idea is to mirror the pixels over the line of the cross.

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=== Drawing the outlines ===

=== Drawing the outlines ===

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Now the time's come to draw the actual picture. Draw the lines according to the frame you've set up. Choose the colour you want and don't mind the priorities yet. If you have some curved lines, draw them according to the lines you've set up, but you can stray a bit off. Remember: those black lines're just guidelines. Be sure to draw every line. If a line should be black, draw over it.

Now the time's come to draw the actual picture. Draw the lines according to the frame you've set up. Choose the colour you want and don't mind the priorities yet. If you have some curved lines, draw them according to the lines you've set up, but you can stray a bit off. Remember: those black lines're just guidelines. Be sure to draw every line. If a line should be black, draw over it.

* To change the colour of a half/full circle, go back into the history and change it.

* To change the colour of a half/full circle, go back into the history and change it.

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=== Removing the frame ===

=== Removing the frame ===

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It's best you get rid of those ugly black lines now. Go to the beginning of the history (press 'HOME') and delete (press 'DEL') everything until only the colours remain.

It's best you get rid of those ugly black lines now. Go to the beginning of the history (press 'HOME') and delete (press 'DEL') everything until only the colours remain.

* Be aware if you've changed colours by using the history (f.e. for circles) that you don't delete them too.

* Be aware if you've changed colours by using the history (f.e. for circles) that you don't delete them too.

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=== Adding a Sierra-touch ===

=== Adding a Sierra-touch ===

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This's the moment we've all been waiting for. You're going to add the 'Sierra-touch'. The trick is to use the darker or lighter version of a colour. Draw it a bit from the border and make it a whole. Fill it, then fill the rest. It's as simple as that. Same thing's for shading, but the border colour should be the colour of the shade then and the relief in the shaded part should have the darker version of the not-shaded colour.

This's the moment we've all been waiting for. You're going to add the 'Sierra-touch'. The trick is to use the darker or lighter version of a colour. Draw it a bit from the border and make it a whole. Fill it, then fill the rest. It's as simple as that. Same thing's for shading, but the border colour should be the colour of the shade then and the relief in the shaded part should have the darker version of the not-shaded colour.

* Now it's a good time to save the pic.

* Now it's a good time to save the pic.

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