How to Draw Tutorials and Online Courses
This might come as a surprise, but you can actually use Photoshop brushes in Clip Studio Paint and I’m going to explain how! When I first started to use Clip Studio I was rather sad I couldn’t find a lot of brushes for it nor use the ones I used in Photoshop. It’s not like …
You might’ve heard about Contour Drawing before. In fact, you’ve probably already done it without knowing! It is a very simple exercise, that includes several different techniques, such as blind contour, cross contour and even gesture drawing! What is Contour Drawing then? Contour Drawing is an exercise where the artist focuses on drawing the outline …
If you ever wondered what is an orthographic drawing (also called an orthographic projection) and never quite figured it out, you’ve come to the right place! An orthographic drawing is quite different from an isometric drawing, but they are related! I’ll explain that further below. What is an orthographic drawing? An orthographic drawing or orthographic …
Learning what a value drawing is and how to use one will be very important to grow as an artist and to learn new and different techniques. I remember learning and working a lot with it in school and other drawing classes. With it, we can have a better understanding of how to create depth …
If you want to improve your artwork quickly, you must learn what is a light box and why you should use one for drawing! The light box is also called a light table when the entire surface is used and is very useful for tracing drawings. What is a light box for in drawing? A …
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 …
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! …
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. …
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 …
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 …
