I recently watched a new sequel series to my favorite anime of all time - one that I watched back in the early 90’s! - and it’s made me really long for the anime styles that I grew up with. I looked at old articles that I’ve written about how to get a retro look to your art and realized they were quite complex and didn’t need to be! So I decided to revisit it with a simple, three-step process to get a vintage look for your images in Clip Studio Paint.

Coloring specialty surfaces such as shiny crystals can be a struggle, especially if you’re a beginner artist! But with just a few simple tools and layer settings in Clip Studio Paint, making a shiny glittering jewel is a piece of cake! Let’s start coloring!  

The first time you open Clip Studio the interface can be a bit intimidating! However, instead of panicking and closing the program, never to open it again, let’s take a look at all the pieces of the interface and explore just the features you need to know to get started making your first digital sketch in just a few moments! Once you know a few basics then you can start playing with the other tools and looking up tutorials for specific features!

In this article we will cover the following topics: Activating your Update Pass Upgrading CSP to the Latest Version Let’s get to it!

One of the updated features in Clip Studio Paint Version 5 is a new 3D hand model that has tons of new options and is, in my opinion, a lot easier to pose! This week let’s take a look at it and all the new options it offers!

Clip Studio Paint V 5.0 is out, with some pretty awesome features and a lot of improvement to performance as well. But of course I’m always interested in new features, so let’s explore the one I was most excited about this week! In this article we will cover the following topics: Using Smart Shapes Let’s ink!