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Clip Studio Paint by Example

By : Serra
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Clip Studio Paint by Example

By: Serra

Overview of this book

Clip Studio Paint is powerful art software that can help you create artistic work with its in-built material organizer, 3D integration, and group work features. It also provides other features that can speed up the workflow of illustrators, concept artists, and comic artists. With Clip Studio Paint by Example, you’ll learn how to use CSP effectively for a wide variety of artistic purposes. The book starts by helping you create the right workspace for concept art, illustration, and comics. You’ll create a brush, set up a canvas, and develop an auto-auction. Along with covering how to work with CS Modeler that comes bundled with CSP, this book shows you how to import and rig characters easily. You’ll then create reusable changeable scenes and a 3D human character in Blender before exploring concept art, illustrations, comics, and how to create your own portfolio. The book features a glossary with brief explanations of all the main CSP functions. The focus of the book is not on drawing or painting but on helping you enhance your artistic skills using Clip Studio Paint to create an impressive portfolio. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to use the impressive capabilities of CSP to create beautiful digital art in a productive way.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Portfolio creation and introduction

A portfolio is your main weapon when you want to be hired. No jobs ask for your age or your study titles while applying; they only want a strong portfolio that shows you're a good fit for the project. This means that even if you didn't go to art school or university, you can still be hired. Bear in mind that I'm not saying that studying is useless, as studying art history and seeing how previous artists worked is a huge bonus in your education as an artist, but it's not essential to go to art school, so maybe an Atelier mentorship could be more useful on a practical level.

In this chapter, I will teach you how to use CSP to create a portfolio. Just bear in mind that if, for example, an editor at Marvel says that they want a portfolio in a precise way, their requests supersede whatever I say. In other words, my job here is not to teach you how to create a definitive portfolio that will get you hired; for that, you need to research...