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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)

Making a broken glass shard brush

By utilizing the features of Clip Studio Paint, we can save time with a brush that will make applying an otherwise tedious-to-achieve special effect a simple affair. We will create a brush that will make shards of broken glass rain down on our images. Follow these steps to create this brush:

  1. Open a blank canvas, preferably at least 300 dpi. You do not need to use the Paper option in this canvas; in fact, we want a transparent background.
  2. Using your preferred drawing tools on an empty layer, draw the outline of several jagged, broken glass shapes. Use black or dark gray for the outlines.
  3. Create a new layer behind the outline layer. In this layer, fill the glass shapes with solid white.
  4. Lower the opacity of the white layer to 50% by using the slider at the top right of the Layer palette.
  5. Merge the outline layer with the 50% transparent white layer by clicking on Layer in the File menu and clicking on Merge visible layers. (Note...