In this article we will cover the following topics: Layering Materials to Create a Background Two Methods for Adding an Outline around a Character Adding Finishing Touches Let’s make a simple but awesome looking background to finish off our illustration!

In this article we will cover the following topics: Two Ways to Create Harmonious Palettes Color Palette Examples Let’s do some coloring!

In this article we will cover the following topics: Setting Up Your File Making the Magic Window Let’s get drawing

This is one of those projects that comes along where it’s very helpful to know the capabilities of Clip Studio Paint and to be able to think ‘outside the box’ and use each tool to its full advantage to get the right look but also keep any other important qualities for the project - such as being able to resize the image - intact!

Clip Studio Paint Version 5.1.0 has introduced the ability to replace default heads on 3D body models with Head models, allowing for much more customization to create illustrations and comics with these assets. In this article we will cover the following topics: Replacing a Default Head Hiding the Head on a 3D Body Saving a Model as a Material Let’s get started!

The past few weeks we’ve talked about the newest features added in Clip Studio Paint Ver 5.1.0, including the updates to the Smart Shape tool. I’ve been curious about how Smart Shapes could be integrated into a vector layer workflow, and the perfect opportunity to test it out came up! So this week let’s talk about using vector tools, vector layers, and smart shape to speed up a vector workflow.