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This beginner-friendly colored-guide to Clip Studio Paint equips you with all the essential tools to tell your own manga story and develop your digital drawing skills.
Key Features:
- An illustrated guide by an award-winning artist for creating manga art and comic books digitally
- Explore essential drawing, inking, and coloring techniques to create captivating characters and stories that pop off the page
- Take your first steps into animation with Clip Studio Paint to add movement to your artwork
Book Description:
Ever dreamed of creating your own manga art or comic books? Learn Clip Studio Paint, Fourth Edition is your roadmap to becoming a digital artist! This beginner-friendly guide takes you on a step-by-step journey of digital illustration. You'll get to grips with one of the essential features of digital illustration, layering, as you go through the process of penciling and inking your art. If you're interested in creating a webtoon graphic novel or web comic, you'll be happy to learn about comic-making essentials such as panels, sound effects, and speech bubbles
In this edition, you'll learn artistic techniques alongside Clip Studio Paint features, including a new focus on how to bring your artwork to life with proportions and perspective. You'll learn how to draw characters with various brushes and brush customizations, as well as exploring coloring methods and rulers to make your stories pop. The edition also dives into exciting new features like using 3D models to draw poses and the basics of creating animations
Packed with clear instructions and illustrated examples, this book is your one-stop shop for learning Clip Studio Paint. If you dream of creating your own manga art or comics, this guide equips you with skills to achieve your goals!
What You Will Learn:
- Organize layers to make your artwork easy to edit
- Customize tools and brushes to draw compelling characters
- Implement inking and coloring techniques in your art
- Craft engaging comic panel layouts
- Employ layer masks and screentones for professional results
- Use 3D models to learn poses for your characters
- Explore animation basics to bring your artwork to life
- Leverage Clip Studio Paint's vast library of assets
- Export your creations for various platforms, including print and web
Who this book is for:
If you're just starting out as a digital artist or want to switch to Clip Studio Paint from a different graphics software package, then this book is for you. While this book is designed for those with no prior knowledge of digital art, intermediate-level users looking to explore the unique features of Clip Studio Paint will also find this book useful.
Table of Contents
- Image Gallery of Manga and Illustrations Created by Clip Studio Paint
- Installing Clip Studio Paint Pro and Interface Basics
- Penciling: Layer and Layer Property Palettes
- Introducing Clip Studio Paint Brushes
- Pages and Panels to Shape Manga
- Erasers, Selections, and the Sub View Palette
- Using Text and Balloon Tools
- Getting Started with Inking Tools
- Material Palette and Inking Special Effects
- Exploring Vector Layers
- Creating Your Own Sound Effects
- Making Layer Masks and Screentones
- All About Rulers
- Using 3D Figures and Objects
- Color Palette
- Using Clip Studio Paint to Color Your Manga
- Auto Actions and Your Workflow
- Exploring Clip Studio Assets and Animations
- Exporting, Printing, and Uploading Your Manga
Discover the tools to tell your own manga story with Clip Studio Paint and develop your digital drawing skills
Key FeaturesClip Studio Paint is a versatile digital painting program for creating manga and illustrations, helping artists expand their digital portfolio. This software is packed with tools that make panel laying, speech adding, toning, and editing much easier. This easy-to-follow guide is clearly divided into chapters covering drawing tools, interface customization, and using various visual effects so you can focus on specific techniques in detail one at a time.
Learn Clip Studio Paint is a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to Clip Studio Paint that will have you up to speed in no time. You'll start by experiencing what it's like to create manga digitally and find new ways to shape your drawing. Next, using practical tips and rich visual references, the book shows you how to apply techniques to your creations, giving you the opportunity to expand your range of visual expression. As you advance, you'll explore how to create special effect brushes using an in-depth example, along with discovering how to color, blend, and edit your art digitally. Finally, you'll find out how to print, use the Clip Studio Paint Assets, and learn how to create unique and inspiring art that stands out from the rest.
By the end of this Clip Studio Paint book, you'll have gained a clear understanding of its tools and be able to start telling your own manga story using your improved digital drawing skills.
What you will learnIf you're just starting out as a digital artist or want to switch to Clip Studio Paint from a different graphics software package, then this book is for you. Those with no prior knowledge of digital art or intermediate-level users looking to explore the unique features of Clip Studio Paint will also find this book useful.
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