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Clip Studio Paint by Example

By : Ludovico Serra
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Clip Studio Paint by Example

By: Ludovico 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)

Summary

You probably wanted a chapter in which I would teach you about anatomy, composition, or color theory and all that stuff, but the purpose of this book is to teach you how to use a tool. And in that regard, I think I have taught you a little bit in this chapter.

In this chapter, you've learned how to create a proper workspace, for all your needs. Next, you learned how to stimulate your imagination using an "idea" brush, how to refine it with a sketch, and even how to use the new update to create realistic brushes for your paintings.

After this, we branched out. You learned how to create a cartoon illustration with all the necessary steps: inking, flatting, and applying colors. Finally, we learned how to use CSP in our steps to create a painterly illustration.

In the next chapter, we will learn about the main use of CSP, making comics.