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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)

Manga gallery

Manga is different from one-off illustrations because it contains sequential images to tell a story. Hence, there are some special methods that only exist in Manga, comics, and graphic novels; for example, panels to express time passing, and speech balloons to express characters' voices. CSP is made for this particular media, and it makes manga artists' lives much easier when they can employ these methods.

Manga panels

The following diagram shows examples of manga panels. Details of how to create panels can be found in Chapter 3, Pages and Panels to Shape Manga:

Figure 1.5 – Examples of different styles of panels

Manga creation process

Manga creation involves several stages, including panel sketching, inking, coloring (if it's a color manga), adding tones and effects, and finally adding text. You can learn how to add text and speech balloons in Chapter 7, Using Text and Balloon Tools:

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