Learn Clip Studio Paint: A beginner's guide to creating compelling comics and manga art

by Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800561823
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	09/30/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	556
Sales rank:	715,607
File size:	43 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Inko Ai Takita is an award-winning UK-based Japanese manga artist. Her visual works were built from her studies at Kyoto Zokei University of Art and Design in Japan and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in the UK. She has delivered manga talks and workshops at Westminster Library, for the Guardian children's books online, and the V&A Museum. Through horror, folklore, and social issues stories, she continues to deliver high-quality manga. Portrait of Violence (New International) won an Independent Publisher Book Awards medal in 2018.
Liz Staley is a visual artist and blogger who loves horses, animation, comics, and true crime. She began her digital art journey using Adobe Photoshop and then learned how to use Clip Studio Paint. She currently writes a weekly blog for Graphixly with art and Clip Studio Paint tips. Although she still loves the medium of comics and animation, her personal art now mostly consists of animal portraits that combine education with conservation. Liz loves horses, dogs, horror movies, anime, and learning the Japanese language.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Image Gallery of Manga and Illustrations Created by Clip Studio Paint
2. Installing Clip Studio Paint Pro and Interface Basics
3. Pages and Panels to Shape Manga
4. Introducing Clip Studio Paint Brushes
5. Penciling: Layer and Layer Property Palettes
6. Erasers, Selections, and the Sub View Palette
7. Using Text and Balloon Tools
8. Getting Started with Inking Tools
9. Inking Special Effects
10. Vector Layers and the Material Palette
11. Creating Your Own Sound Effects
12. Making Layer Masks and Screentones
13. All About Rulers
14. Using 3D Figures and Objects
15. Color Palette
16. Using Clip Studio Paint to Color Your Manga
17. Auto Actions and Your Workflow
18. Exploring the Clip Studio Assets and Animation
19. Exporting, Printing and Uploading Your Manga
20. Finding Your Own Manga Look