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Complete Guides For Beginners

All my Complete Guides for Beginner Artists to learn. If you’re lost, start here!

Gesture Drawing VS Figure Drawing (What Is It, Differences)

by DonCorgi
Gesture Drawing VS Figure Drawing cover

When drawing the human body, you might have heard about some terms like “gesture drawing” and “figure drawing”. But what exactly are they? And what are the differences between gesture drawing and figure drawing? Simply put, Figure Drawing is a term used to refer to any and every drawing of the human body. Gesture Drawing …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners Tags Drawing Anatomy, Drawing Basics

What Is A Reference Drawing In Art? And How To Use It!

by DonCorgi

Something beginner artists always struggle with is drawing what’s on their own minds. It never comes out exactly as we imagined it! And that’s normal. We first need to learn the basics. You learn and become better at art by drawing from references. But what is a reference drawing? Simply put, it’s a drawing you …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners, Tips and Tricks Tags Drawing Basics

What Size Drawing Tablet Should You Buy? Tablet Buying Guide

by DonCorgi
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If you’re looking to buy your first drawing tablet or want to upgrade to a different size, you might be wondering: what size should my drawing tablet be? In general, the best drawing tablet size for smaller laptop screens is up to 6.5″. For larger screens up to 19″, you should get a drawing tablet …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners, Tools and Resources Tags Drawing Tablet

How To Draw Cartoons On Your Computer For Beginners!

by DonCorgi
How To Draw Cartoons On Your Computer For Beginners - Including drawing tips and software that you need!

If you want to know how to draw cartoons on your computer but don’t know what you need or where to start, I’m here to help you! I’ll include here the best drawing software that you need, the drawing tablets that I recommend and additional tips and guides to help you get started! Here’s what …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners Tags Drawing Basics, Drawing Tablet

How To Use Vector Layers In Clip Studio Paint

by DonCorgi
How To Use Vector Layers In Clip Studio Paint - Complete Guide!

Vector layers in Clip Studio Paint are very good to use, so I really recommend anyone to use them. If you tend to draw line art, it is especially important to draw them in a vector layer, this way you can edit them easily and there are also settings that you can use to help …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners Tags Clip Studio Paint

What Is Still Life Drawing And Why Do It! (+ Examples And Ideas)

by DonCorgi
What Is A Still Life Drawing And Painting - Work on your compositions and drawing skills!

Still Life Drawing and Painting is very important to practice and learn. Even though it’s something I don’t do as much today, it was definitely part of my learning as an artist. It’s a great way to improve our drawings and style and I’m going to be talking and showing a lot of examples to …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners Tags Drawing Basics, Drawing Ideas

How To Rotate, Move And Flip The Canvas In Clip Studio Paint

by DonCorgi
How To Rotate And Move The Canvas In Clip Studio Paint- Easy Guide With Shortcuts!

You can very easily rotate, invert, flip, zoom and others in Clip Studio Paint. These are very useful tools and actions that I almost subconsciously do all the time. I zoom in and out to add details or to see how the whole illustration looks from a distance. I pan around my work a lot! …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners, Tips and Tricks Tags Clip Studio Paint

How To Make A Grid In Clip Studio Paint Easily!

by DonCorgi
How To Make A Grid In Clip Studio Paint - Simple And Easy Guide on CSP / Manga Studio 5 EX

Some artists like to make a grid in Clip Studio Paint to better organize their composition. After thumbnailing for a bit and choosing a final sketch, it feels good to have a grid, so we can nail everything down as we want! It is especially useful to have an Isometric Grid if you’re using perspective. …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners Tags Clip Studio Paint

How To Install And Use Materials In Clip Studio Paint

by DonCorgi
How To Install And Use Materials In Clip Studio Paint - Complete guide to use materials in clip studio paint!

You can use and install materials in Clip Studio Paint. You can find brushes, textures, color sets, gradient sets, and even animations! There are a lot to choose from in their Assets app and I do recommend you to use it, in case you’re feeling like trying and experimenting with new things. I like to …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners, Tips and Tricks Tags Clip Studio Paint

How To Free Transform In Clip Studio Paint (Step By Step)

by DonCorgi
How To Free Transform In Clip Studio Paint - Complete guide to skew, distort, scale and more in Manga Studio / CSP!

Free Transform in Clip Studio Paint is very simple. With it, you can scale your image, rotate it, flip your selection horizontally or vertically and even distort it a bit! I don’t use it for very complex actions, but I still use the Free Transform mode a lot! Constantly I need to make small selections …

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Categories Complete Guides For Beginners, Tips and Tricks Tags Clip Studio Paint
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