Clip Studio Paint Course: Digital Illustration for Beginners

Master the Clip Studio Paint workspace overview by using the left sub tool area, tool properties, and brush size, then navigate with the right navigator and manage layers for coloring.

Explore clip studio paint's toolset, including g pen, adjust brush size and pressure for varied line weight, and compare textured vs traditional brushes: pencil, pastel, chalk, airbrush, marker.

Learn how to use the color palette and adjust saturation and lightness, then manage layers with new raster layers to color beneath line art and hide or delete layers.

Add a new line art layer, set the rough opacity to about 15%, and draw final lines in black. Delete the rough and block color on a behind-the-stick-man raster layer.

Master coloring basics in Clip Studio Paint by using the fill tool with a reference layer, matching colors with the eyedropper, and refining edges with a hard brush and zoom.

Organize layers into a folder to keep the stick man tidy, then use lasso tools (polyline, rectangle, ellipse) and control T to select and transform, drawing and shading a ball.

Discover shading a sphere with a clipping mask and monochrome layers, using an airbrush to build base, midtone, reflected light, core shadow, highlight, and cast shadow as a value study.

Keep your Clip Studio Paint workspace tidy by organizing layers into renamed folders, using shift-click to select multiple layers, and dropping them into a folder to hide or reveal content.

Explore gradient maps in Clip Studio Paint by applying gradient fills to a stickman, selecting base to secondary hues, and using shading, clipping, and multi-color transitions to color the character.

Explore using blending modes to color characters, adjusting opacity and color to create shadows and light with multiply, overlay, soft light, and vivid light for varied shading.

Render a 3d version of the stickman from part 3 using section 4a techniques to achieve a shaded, dimensional look with clipping masks, yellow light, and blue bounce light.

Explore rendering materials to achieve a metallic, three-dimensional look by layering hard light and multiply effects, clipping mask, and tonal adjustments to sculpt shadows, highlights, and color variation.

learn to build a tree illustration by gathering references, creating a base sketch with a dark red brush, and refining shapes with layers, transforms, and tracing.

Apply tonal correction and hue-saturation tweaks to warm the palette, then build the scene with underpainting and textures. Use gradient maps and a subtle grain to finish the illustration.

In this final chapter, save your work frequently and export as a single layer in jpeg or png, noting jpeg saves smaller size while png supports transparency.

Finish the course with Clip Studio Paint, moving from interface to tools and creating your own illustration. Keep practicing with different subjects, brushes, and colours to refine your workflow.