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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

By : Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley
Book Image

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)

Finding and keeping your original color palettes

Manga doesn't always have to be black and white or multicolored. When we use color for our manga, color combinations work like a trademark for a company for readers to recognize your work instantly. It is possible to show the uniqueness of the color palette we use!

In this section, we are going to learn how to decide on effective colors. By the end, we will have some ideas of how we can use colors in our manga. We don't need to worry about creating palettes when drawing one-off illustrations, but in the situation of drawing 30 or more pages of manga in color, you definitely need a palette to keep color consistency! Readers will be confused if every time the main character appears their skin tone and clothing are in different colors—that is inconsistent. And of course, we want to save time going back and forth between pages to find the right color. If you want a reminder of what a color palette is, go to Chapter 15...