How did you become an artist? I have loved drawing since I was a child, but I never attended art school. For a long time, drawing was simply a hobby that I enjoyed in my free time.However, after becoming a mother, I began noticing so many funny, sweet, and unique moments in my child’s everyday life. I felt that these little moments were too precious not to capture, so I started drawing them...

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.

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Join us watching the webinar recording of Thursday, August 13 at 11am PDT (California Time) with the artist Samuel Cigno. In this Clip Studio Paint webinar, Samuel shows how a simple drawing can transform into an emotional, atmospheric illustration. He guides you through his coloring process, explaining how light, color harmony, and soft transitions create depth, softness, and a dreamy mood...

Back in March of this year, when Clip Studio Paint Version 5.0 first came out, the Smart Shape feature was introduced. I wrote an article about it then and was very impressed with this new feature and the accessibility it added to Clip Studio Paint. Version 5.1.0 has added some new things to Smart Shape and I definitely wanted to check it out. So if you haven’t learned about this feature yet, let’s check it out together! In this article we will cover the following topics: Using Smart Shapes Setting up Smart Shape Shortcuts Let’s get started!

 What do you like best about Clip Studio Paint? What I love most about Clip Studio Paint is its coloring system. I began my artistic journey by working traditionally with ink, brushes, and paper, so moving to digital initially felt frustrating. Everything changed when I discovered Clip Studio Paint. It allows me to draw almost as though I were still working traditionally while giving me access to an incredible variety of brushes, colors, and digital tools.