So if your colour is even slightly grey, it won’t paint anything! It is important that you use black and the binary tool as any other colours will not be recognised, nor will any anti-alias. When it’s open, you should have a screen like this:Īnd with the binary tool in pure black you should draw whatever you want as your brush tip: Then once you’re there you should go to your ‘do-it-yourself’ folder. This will also allow you to save with transparency if you can’t already. It should update your old version when you run it (assuming your copy is legal). In which case, you should go to the site and download the latest version. If you are missing any files, you likely have an older version of SAI. Then when you’re there you should click on Open File Location:Īnd you should be met by a screen like this! I can never remember where it is seeing as I have a netbook and a computer and it’s in a different location for both, so I just go to SAI’s properties: Making new brushes is super simple, you just need to know where to find the files for it!įirst you’ll have to go to your SAI folder. The top is the default circle, and the bottom is a square/line brush. You don’t have to paint everything with the default tips!

I’m sure everyone is aware that you can change the settings of the brush - as in how much it blends and how dilute it is - but not everyone is aware that you can make completely new brushes.

Sai brush settings