How to draw rain

Okay I'll be using SAI for this tutorial but you can probably achieve the same effect w/photoshop.
Heh, I'm making so many drawing threads today :,D

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Wow, thanks! I'll try this out later today c:

Just one question, though. For the lineart rain, what tool did you use? Sorry if you said so already, but I couldn't find it. ;w;

Midna wrote:

Wow, thanks! I'll try this out later today c:

Just one question, though. For the lineart rain, what tool did you use? Sorry if you said so already, but I couldn't find it. ;w;

I used the line tool. Not sure what it's called in your version, but it's called the line tool in mine :J

Makkine wrote:

Midna wrote:

Wow, thanks! I'll try this out later today c:

Just one question, though. For the lineart rain, what tool did you use? Sorry if you said so already, but I couldn't find it. ;w;

I used the line tool. Not sure what it's called in your version, but it's called the line tool in mine :J

It's called that in my version, thanks!

This is very clever. I wonder, do you think it would look worse, better, or basically the same if you were to change the thickness of each "line of rain", shall I say? What I mean is if you made made the edges of each raindrop (which appears as a line) thinner on the top and thicker on the bottom-using the pressure tool- do you think it would look better? (If I'm being unclear, I'll give you a picture to show what I mean, but I'm on my iTouch right now.)

Hop wrote:

This is very clever. I wonder, do you think it would look worse, better, or basically the same if you were to change the thickness of each "line of rain", shall I say? What I mean is if you made made the edges of each raindrop (which appears as a line) thinner on the top and thicker on the bottom-using the pressure tool- do you think it would look better? (If I'm being unclear, I'll give you a picture to show what I mean, but I'm on my iTouch right now.)

Hmnn, I've seen people do that with a really good effect! Personally, I wouldn't do it unless the rain is very, very light rain, because it may look over-rendered?

Really, don't worry about it. It seems like a lot more work when the 50% density eraser takes care of the raindrops' "weight", so to speak. Definitely try it out and if it looks good then show us! ;D

I've always wondered how to get that effect, thank you so much! I really like what you did with the Brightness/Contrast, I would never have thought of that, and it looks brilliant!