Clip Studio Paint Pro/Ex (Manga Studio 5)
What you'll learn
- To use Clip Studio Paint essentials to produce complex art from simple techniques
- Drawing fundamentals focusing on digital drawing using both tablet and mouse
- Digital illustration workflow
- Recording your thoughts through simple crude sketches capturing the essence of an illustration
- Drawing from 3D pose-able reference models
- How to pull direct draw vector lines to produce smooth lines of varying thickness
- Color flatting, coloring, shading, highlighting and shadows
- Creating simple backgrounds from gradients
- Using 3D perspective rulers to draw background architecture
- Finished illustration production and distribution
- Comic book creation and sale on Amazon
- Buy and configure pens and brushes
- Create 2D cell based animation
- Use layer masks
Requirements
- Possess a relatively modern Mac or PC
- Acquire a Clip Studio Paint Pro 30-day free trial license (if not on sale for $29)
- An inexpensive drawing tablet can be useful during the sketching phase
Description
In this course you will learn drawing and painting using Clip Studio Paint Pro or Ex (formerly Manga Studio 5), the most powerful illustration, manga and comic book software available today. Using my simplified techniques, you will learn to draw and paint like you never thought possible. All the way from sketching a basic concept through production and distribution of your finished work, this course will teach you everything you need to know to realize your full artistic potential.
Master Clip Studio Paint, drawing and painting techniques and the digital illustration workflow simply and easily and all in a single course:
o Learn how to purchase and configure pens and brushes
o Learn to draw quick and sloppy sketches using a tablet and stylus
o Use 3D pose-able reference models to draw scenes containing human figures
o Ink your drawing flawlessly using modifiable direct draw vector lines
o Color flat your illustration with the simple click of a mouse
o Add color to increase the realism of your illustration
o Shade and Highlight your artwork to add form and dimension while staying with the lines
o Create simple gradient backgrounds
o Learn to use layer masks to create 3 common effects
o Draw complex 3D architecture using perspective rulers
o Letter, bubble and tail your work with ease
o Produce and distribute your work for free or for sale on Amazon
o Learn how to format and publish comic books
o Learn to perform 2D cell-based animation
Gain experience with Clip Studio Paint's most useful features while learning the fundamental drawing and painting techniques most critical for beginner success.
This course manages to remain all inclusive while focusing on the software features and drawing techniques you need to know to become a superior digital artist. It is intended to teach those new to digital art everything they need to know to produce stunning results within hours.
At the same time, this course is easy to digest and provides a structured learning experience to insure speedy results. Section workshops and projects are provided to demonstrate each technique taught and offer you an opportunity to perform each technique yourself to demonstrate your proficiency with the subject.
I designed this digital art course to be easily understood by absolute beginners. That said, after completing the course you will be fully proficient with Clip Studio Paint and digital art and fully conversant in digital art tools and techniques.
All this sounds expensive, doesn't it? But it's not. Clip Studio Paint can be had for a free 30-day trial ($29 on sale) and an inexpensive drawing tablet is optional. This course supplies the knowledge at a reasonable price.
In this course students will learn the fundamentals of digital art using Clip Studio Paint. Short cuts and simplified techniques are used to streamline the illustration workflow while retaining the quality of your work.
After taking this course you will be a better artist.
So, enroll now to get started. Remember that Udemy provides a 30-day no questions asked money back guarantee that makes your decision a no-brainer.
I hope to see you in the classroom soon,
---Brian
Who this course is for:
- Any student wanting to learn to draw
- Any student interested in digital art
- Any student who's heard about and is curious about Clip Studio Paint
- Anyone wanting to produce and distribute professional quality comic books
- Anyone looking for easy shortcuts available through the use of drawing software
- Anyone interested in creating 2D cell based animation
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Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 5,287 Reviews
- 160,472 Students
- 25 Courses
Hello,
My name is Brian Jackson. I'm the writer of approximately two dozen Amazon books, the publisher of over 100 Amazon books, and a Udemy instructor with almost 30 courses.
Over the last 14 years, since July 2011, I've made over $725,000 online through publishing Amazon Kindle eBooks and Udemy online video training courses.
This is my story...
1 Origins
I was born in Los Angeles, California, in the middle of the last century. I graduated from Humboldt State University amid the redwoods of Northern California. After working for Lockheed Missiles and Space for 14 years as an IBM system programmer and Cisco Systems for 12 years as a test engineer, I retired at 48.
I instantly became bored.
2 Community College
In response to my boredom, I enrolled in Columbia Community College to take writing, art, acting, and statistics classes. I took 24 units over one year and received straight A's.
I was still bored.
3 Writing and Self-publishing
I began writing fiction and nonfiction books and self-publishing them on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords in July 2011. Though I wrote and published several books, my self-publishing business didn’t take off until my wife joined me.
4 My Wife and Author, Melanie Jackson
My wife, Melanie Jackson, was an author who published over two romance novels per year through her New York publisher, Dorchester Press. After publishing 24 novels with Dorchester, the company folded, and Melanie was without a publisher (she wanted to write cozy mysteries anyway).
I convinced Melanie to join me in self-publishing cozy mysteries on Amazon.
5 The Self-publishing Years
For the last 14 years, from July 2011 until now (2/15/2025), my wife and I have written and self-published cozy mysteries. At first, we continued to self-publish on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords, but eventually chose to self-publish exclusively on Amazon. I've self-published well over 100 of my wife’s books on Amazon.
During the last 14 years, from 2011 until now (2/15/2025), my wife and I have made precisely $501,711.89 self-publishing books on Amazon alone.
6 My Wife and I
When I say “my wife and I,” I mean that my wife did the writing, and I helped with the brainstorming, did half the editing, created the book covers, and self-published and marketed my wife’s books. So, my wife had it pretty good while I honed my writing, self-publishing and marketing skills.
After about five years of self-publishing a book every two months, Melanie and I burned out and slowed way, waaayyy, doowwwnnn…
7 Udemy
I began publishing courses on Udemy, Skillshare and multiple other sites in July 2014, focusing on writing, self-publishing and book covers. Within ten weeks, I had published my first 10 Udemy courses. I currently (2/15/2025) publish almost exclusively on Udemy and have almost 30 Udemy courses to my name. I've made precisely $223,176.49 to date and celebrated my 10th anniversary on Udemy last July.
I currently live in Las Vegas, Nevada, with my lovely wife, author Melanie Jackson, and Chloe, the cat.
I'll see you in the classroom,
---Brian