Clip Studio Paint: A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Art Drawing
Clip Studio Paint is a versatile digital art drawing software available on multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac OS, iPad, iPhone, Galaxy, Android, and Chromebook. It offers a free trial for up to 6 months, making it an ideal choice for artists of all levels.
Getting Started with Clip Studio Paint
When starting a new project, begin with a rough pose sketch of your character. Clip Studio Paint's 3D model feature can be a great asset in helping you with anatomy and pose. Confirm your pose before adding character details to ensure a solid foundation for your artwork.
Sketching and Adding Details
Use a specific brush to draw the lines and add character details after confirming the pose. This will help you achieve a more refined and polished look.
Digital Painting Process for a Rabbit Illustration
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the digital painting process for a rabbit illustration using Clip Studio Paint.
Step 1: Download Assets and Sketch
Download assets from Clip Studio Paint assets, specifically the Year of the Rabbit theme, and create a sketch of the rabbit illustration.
Step 2: Add Flat Colors
Use the Lasso tool to fill in flat colors, typically starting with a low-saturated color as the base color.
Step 3: Add Gradient and Line Work
Use an Airbrush to add a gradient to the base color, change the line color to dark brown, and change the layer mode to Multiply to blend the line work with the base color.
Step 4: Organize Layers and Adjust Colors
Put the sketch and base color in the same folder for easy overall color adjustment. Create a Multiply layer for overall shadow colors and adjust as needed.
Step 5: Add Shadows
Under a blue sky, shadows tend to be more blue. Use a blue color and lower the opacity to create a shadow effect.
Step 6: Add Lighting
Create an Add Blending mode layer for lighting areas, use a dark orange color to paint a slightly top light, and use Overlay to draw ambient light. Spray bright colors around the light area to enhance the effect.
Digital Painting Process
Step 1: Lighting Adjustment
Use the "Tone Curve" to adjust overall lighting, change the blending mode to "Pin Light" to add color not present in the original painting, and apply a "Gradient Map" to further adjust colors.
Step 2: Posterization
Apply "Posterization" to create a unique effect.
Step 3: Touch-up and Refining
Start refining overall details and enjoy the process of touch-up and refining (timelapse mode).
Step 4: Merging Layers
Merge new layers to simplify the painting, and copy the layers before merging to be safe.
Step 5: Adding Background Decorations
Use the "Border Effect" on CSP to add decorations to the background, and create a nice outline when drawing on this layer.
Step 6: Final Adjustments
Use multiple adjustment layers to fine-tune colors, including Curve, Color Balance, Posterizations, and Gradient Map, and reduce transparency of these adjustment layers as needed.
Image Editing Tutorial
Step 1: Adjust Layers and Sharpen Image
Adjust layer modes to find the best effect and sharpen the entire image.
Step 2: Create RGB Effect
Merge visible layers to a new layer, duplicate the new layer three times, and select the top layer and go to Edit > Tonal Correction > Levels Correction.
Step 3: Adjust Color Channels
For Red Channel, go to Green and Blue entries and drag output from right to left. For Green Channel, go to Red and Blue entries and drag output from right to left. For Blue Channel, go to Red and Green entries and drag output from right to left.
Step 4: Blend Layers and Transform
Set blending mode to Lighten, transform the Red layer, and the RGB effect will now be visible.
Step 5: Add Texture (Optional)
Download a noise texture from CSP asset, set the blending mode to Soft Light, and add texture to the art for a nice effect.
Final Result
The finished drawing with the RGB effect and added texture is a stunning example of what can be achieved using Clip Studio Paint.
Conclusion
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