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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

By : Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley
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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

By: Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley

Overview of this book

Clip 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.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)

Chapter 16: Using Clip Studio Paint to Color Your Manga

In this chapter, we will take the color selecting skills that we learned in the previous chapter and use them to start coloring our comics. Here are the topics that we will cover in this chapter:

  • Using Reference Layers
  • Creating Flats using the Bucket Fill and Pen tools
  • Exploring Layer Blending Modes
  • Creating Colored Line Art

We are going to look at how to use reference layers and start exploring ways to add colors without having mishaps such as overflooding areas you want to color. Then we will learn what layer blending modes are and the benefit of using them, with rich visual references. Finally, we will learn how to change the colors in line art. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to handle digital coloring easily and effectively, which means you can expand your range of color expressions.

Let's jump into the wonderful world of color!