This beginner-friendly colored-guide to Clip Studio Paint, by award-winning artist Inko Ai Takita, equips you with all the essential tools to tell your own manga story and develop your digital drawing skills.

Key Features

• A comprehensive guide by an award-winning artist for creating manga and comics digitally
• Explore essential drawing, inking, and coloring techniques to create captivating characters and stories that pop off the page
• Take your first steps into animation with Clip Studio Paint, and learn how to bring your artwork to life

Book Description

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.

This 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 the skills required to achieve your goals.

What you will learn

• Organize layers to make your artwork easy to edit
• Customize tools and brushes to draw compelling characters
• Implement inking and coloring techniques in your art
• Craft engaging comic panel layouts
• Employ layer masks and screentones for professional results
• Use 3D models to learn poses for your characters
• Explore animation basics to bring your artwork to life
• Leverage Clip Studio Paint’s vast library of assets
• Export your creations for various platforms, including print and web

Who this book is for

If you’re just starting out as a digital artist or want to switch to Clip Studio Paint from a different graphics software package, then this book is for you. While this book is designed for those with no prior knowledge of digital art, intermediate-level users looking to explore the unique features of Clip Studio Paint will also find this book useful.

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. Penciling: Layer and Layer Property Palettes
4. Introducing Clip Studio Paint Brushes
5. Pages and Panels to Shape Manga
6. Erasers, Selections, and the Sub View Palette
7. Using Text and Balloon Tools
8. Getting Started with Inking Tools
9. Material Palette and Inking Special Effects
10. Exploring Vector Layers
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 Clip Studio Assets and Animations
19. Exporting, Printing, and Uploading Your Manga