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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)

Concept art introduction

Concept art is a pretty easy and straightforward job for when you need to put a concept given to you into a visual form. In that definition, there is no limitation in technique or software. So, sometimes you need a high-rendered concept, and other times you can use a simple dual-tone drawing. A good example of this is the Doom Hunter concept seen in the The Art of DOOM: Eternal by Dark Horse Books (2020). Another example is the Early Development section of The Art of The Dragon Prince by Dark Horse Books (2020).

You'll notice that the drawings are a completely different style from the final product, but you can see and read that the main point of those drawings was to put out ideas. This happens because there are various steps in the production stage, with different degrees of visualization of the final rendering. If you're at the early stages of production, some scribbling lines that give a general feeling will do the job. If you're making...