My Guide To Editing Chara

[Kairi4ever]

I wrote this to help you guys edit chara's like me.

Step 1. First you need to find a good chara picture. Manga pictures work best, to find the, you can go to onemanga.com and go to the Shugo Chara manga and save whatever pictures you want. If you don't see any manga pictures, you can use anime pictures, find those on photobucket.

Make sure your picture has good, dark controur lines, so it will appear as a monochrome.

Step 2. Open the picture you chose in MS Paint. Then go to file, then click "Save As...". Once the little window opens, go to where is says "Save as type:". Then click the chose bar thing next to it. Go down to "Monochrome Bitmap" and click that. A warning thing will pop up, click "Yes". THis will make the picture all one shade of black and white. Don't worry if there are open spots.

Step 3. Fix it up. Make sure all contour lines are connected and there are no "open" spaces in the lines. Do this by using the straight and curvy line tools to connect open spots.

Step 4. Edit it. Make the changes to the picture. Change the hair, the outfit, ect. Use the shape tools and line tools to do this. Erase things you don't want and add things you do.

Step 5. Now that your done with that go back to file and "Save As...". Change the type to 24-bit Bitmap.

Step 6. Color it!! Use all the tools to color it!! Go wild!! If you need help getting a good skin tone, PM me, I'll give you one and tell you who to get the same color.

Step 7. Save it and then upload it on a picture hosting site, like Photobucket.com or Imageshack.us . Then there you go!!

Questions? Comments? Suggestions?

[Shadowia Umaheki]

But make sure you have an account for the hosting site, otherwise it won't work. Oh - and if the pictures don't show when you try to upload them - make sure to have the original folder out, and look at the one you want - and find the matching name and upload it. And if the colors don't work - change the picture's temperature, tint, or saturation to fit it. The right to warm it up, and the left to cool it.

If you want to have a warm picture - choose the right. Cold, the left.

And if you want to put textboxes on there - you can, but you have to be careful how much widen it - because some pictures are a bit cramped than others.

[Kairi4ever]

Good advice and imageshack.us doesn't require an account to upload.

[Shadowia Umaheki]

Oh, but it's still good to know these things. OH and do be careful about some pictures. Some pictures don't work out the way you want them to.

I have some hard times making a repaint on Yoru and Kiseki, but as long as you follow the guide, you'll be okay.

[Kairi4ever]

I already stated that.

[Shadowia Umaheki]

Oh, but... never mind about that comment. Anyway, I know that this guidee will help out everyone who has problems repainting.

[Kairi4ever]

Great! I see it helped Niki, with Luna! I loved Luna!

[Shadowia Umaheki]

Even though the wings could use work, all and all, it's good!

[Kairi4ever]

Yes, but wings are hard.

[Shadowia Umaheki]

Yeah. Wings are probably the hardest thing to make and repaint.