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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)

Tips for inking comic panels

  1. Now that we have some foundational knowledge of inking and inking tools in Clip Studio Paint, let's talk about inking a comic page. These are some general tips, of course, because we could write an entire book just about inking comics (and entire books have, in fact, been written about this!). But for those just starting out, here are some general tips that make the inking process a little easier:

    • Start with the panels that you're most excited about inking. In traditional inking, we would start from the opposite corner of our dominant hand and ink diagonally across the page and down to avoid smearing drying ink, but with digital inks, we don't have to worry about that. Start with whatever panels you wish to ink first and move around the page as you like.
    • Remember to turn on the Layer Color option on any pencil layers before beginning to ink. This ensures that we can easily see where we've inked already and any lines we may have missed, and...