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Learn Clip Studio Paint

Learn Clip Studio Paint

By : Takita, Liz Staley
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Learn Clip Studio Paint

Learn Clip Studio Paint

By: Takita, Liz Staley

Overview of this book

Ever dreamed of creating your own manga art or comic books? Learn Clip Studio Paint, Fourth Edition is your roadmap to becoming a digital artist! This beginner-friendly guide takes you on a step-by-step journey of digital illustration. You’ll get to grips with one of the essential features of digital illustration, layering, as you go through the process of penciling and inking your art. If you’re interested in creating a webtoon graphic novel or web comic, you’ll be happy to learn about comic-making essentials such as panels, sound effects, and speech bubbles In this edition, you’ll learn artistic techniques alongside Clip Studio Paint features, including a new focus on how to bring your artwork to life with proportions and perspective. You’ll learn how to draw characters with various brushes and brush customizations, as well as exploring coloring methods and rulers to make your stories pop. The edition also dives into exciting new features like using 3D models to draw poses and the basics of creating animations Packed with clear instructions and illustrated examples, this book is your one-stop shop for learning Clip Studio Paint. If you dream of creating your own manga art or comics, this guide equips you with skills to achieve your goals!
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Image Gallery of Manga and Illustrations Created by Clip Studio Paint
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Other Books You May Enjoy
21
Index

Using Layer Color to prepare a sketch for inks

We’re going to wrap up this chapter by learning about one way that Clip Studio Paint solves a common digital art problem. Those of you reading this book who have done digital art in the past might be familiar with the following scenario.

You finalize your sketch and create a layer for your final inks. You ink for a bit and then realize that something in the sketch needs to be changed. You switch back to the sketch layer and make the correction, then continue inking. It isn’t until you finish inking that you realize you never switched back to your ink layer, and now you have your inks on the same layer as the pencil sketch and must start over.

This is an extremely frustrating and common problem when working with digital layers. Thankfully, the makers of Clip Studio Paint have given us a feature that makes this a thing of the past. Sure, you could prevent this by locking the sketch layer so that no changes can be made...

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