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Learn Clip Studio Paint

You're reading from   Learn Clip Studio Paint A beginner's guide to creating compelling comics and manga art

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564978
Length 556 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Authors (2):
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Liz Staley Liz Staley
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Inko Ai Takita Inko Ai Takita
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Image Gallery of Manga and Illustrations Created by Clip Studio Paint 2. Chapter 2: Installing Clip Studio Paint Pro and Interface Basics FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Pages and Panels to Shape Manga 4. Chapter 4: Introducing Clip Studio Paint Brushes 5. Chapter 5: Penciling: Layer and Layer Property Palettes 6. Chapter 6: Erasers, Selections, and the Sub View Palette 7. Chapter 7: Using Text and Balloon Tools 8. Chapter 8: Getting Started with Inking Tools 9. Chapter 9: Inking Special Effects 10. Chapter 10: Vector Layers and the Material Palette 11. Chapter 11: Creating Your Own Sound Effects 12. Chapter 12: Making Layer Masks and Screentones 13. Chapter 13: All About Rulers 14. Chapter 14: Using 3D Figures and Objects 15. Chapter 15: Color Palette 16. Chapter 16: Using Clip Studio Paint to Color Your Manga 17. Chapter 17: Auto Actions and Your Workflow 18. Chapter 18: Exploring the Clip Studio Assets and Animation 19. Chapter 19: Exporting, Printing, and Uploading Your Manga 20. Chapter 20: Finding Your Own Manga Look 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Manga gallery

Manga is different from one-off illustrations because it contains sequential images to tell a story. Hence, there are some special methods that only exist in Manga, comics, and graphic novels; for example, panels to express time passing, and speech balloons to express characters' voices. CSP is made for this particular media, and it makes manga artists' lives much easier when they can employ these methods.

Manga panels

The following diagram shows examples of manga panels. Details of how to create panels can be found in Chapter 3, Pages and Panels to Shape Manga:

Figure 1.5 – Examples of different styles of panels

Manga creation process

Manga creation involves several stages, including panel sketching, inking, coloring (if it's a color manga), adding tones and effects, and finally adding text. You can learn how to add text and speech balloons in Chapter 7, Using Text and Balloon Tools:

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