another amazing tool for drawing and painting
Previously, for my work i mostly used Adobe photoshop.
But some time ago i started to use Clip studio paint. Step by step, researching this software, i found some really interesting and unique features, that let me speed up my workflow and make it more effective.
Because originally the program was for drawing anime and manga, I haven't found much tutorials on solving problems i need to solve (concept development, casual, game illustration).
So after spending some time learning and using it, want to summarize and share my experience.
In this course i will show a process of creating 4 illustration from start to finish , explaining what tools i'm using and some specific moments.
I tried to demonstrate different variation of processes (traditional sketching approach, sketching on 3D base, 3D figure), and show, that the software is suits for creation different kinds of graphics (vector style, casual style objects, environments, industrial style sketch and render)
Important to note!
1. I don't explain each and every button in software. Only those that i need in my process
2. This is not an illustration or digital painting introduction course. I won't explain any basics of form construction, lighting, compostition etc., only explain what buttons to push. If we take building a house as an example, i wil speak about how to use saw, hammer, axe. But i don't speak about architecture theory, interior design etc.
3. My english
the course have 50 videos in total. 21 of them are lecture videos, the rest are demos
All demos are presented in two versions- speedup, and normal speed
you can buy clip studio on their official website
there are sales often, you can buy even cheaper. Its lifetime license.
for this particular course pro version is enough.
will speed up their workflow and make it more efficient
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I'm an illustrator based in Tomsk, Siberia (Russia). i started my drawing path with graffiti, back in 2006. Since then i switched to doing illustration using computer. First i worked mostly for advertising and web. Now- to game industry. Very interested in concept art side. Always trying to learn new things, and analyse those already existing. Apart from that, more...
The beginning is hard and a bit tiring. For me its really too much comparison between photoshop and clip studion. In the first lessons I learned more things i didn't know about photoshop. I thought about to stop the course but then I gave it a chance...
The following lessons were better, the view really on clip studio and not at the comparison to another programm. Clip studio has a lot of functions and I think the basic of important functions are explained well. For people who never work with it or don't use photoshop for finishing correction, there are some function I miss for explanation, like changing the saturation or hue.
I learned some new things I didn't know before. Someone who never worked with the programm will find here a base about the function, but be ready to get a lot useless information about what's not possible with photoshop ;) and some functions are exlpained more the once, other just get scratched without really an explanation.
I missed the subtitles, because it's sometimes hard to follow the spoken words.
My conclusion:
1. the information are not bad, the concept are well in the basic but sometimes poorly implemented
2 the "teacher" is sometime difficult with his explanations, definitly someone who normaly not teaching
3. there are a lot useless information and i miss at the other hand some useful things
Mostly an overview of the available tools and a quick demonstration of how they work but its very easy to get lost when the instructor begins drawing or painting, as there is a large labyrinth of menus and sub-menus that can become disorientating which makes it hard to follow along unless you frequently pause the replay parts of the video. The audio quality could also stand to be a bit better, this really makes me feel the lack of subtitles. Sometimes its a bit hard to make out what's being said when I'm not listing through earphones due to a noticeable reverb in the audio. Overall, this provides a quick rundown of the tools CSP has to offer, but anything deeper than that tends to be passed over pretty quickly.
Teacher is very knowledgable but bad at explaining. Started from the setup video. I'm not expecting an explanation of every setting or feature of the program, but at least try to explain what settings are adjusted and why. The first few settings it seemed like he tried to explain but then he just gave up and started saying "ok click this box, and then this one, then go here and turn this on." This is made worse by the fact that there is no comment section for each video where users could at least try to help explain to each other what's happening. The creator isn't very articulate with English and therefore not good at explaining some of the more complex or subtle features. For instance when talking about perspective rulers, it sounded like he was saying vention points. I thought he was trying to say vantage points until I looked up another resource on perspectives and learned about vanishing points. He spends so long explaining basic things and will repeat the explanations multiple times like how to use the vector brush and vector erasor for lines, but then he will give a rushed explanation of something very complicated without explaining the purpose of what he's doing. Like when he explained how to automate the fill process for different layers I had no idea why he was filling all the layers with white. It's great that he shows how to use hotkeys but I wish he wouldn't use them so much because it just makes it even more difficult to follow what he's doing. Sometimes it seems like he his just winging it and doesn't really have a planned explanation, he just hopes that he can convey the lesson by just tinkering and fiddling, but it's not ideal. He needs to plan out the spoken explanation as well, ideally with subtitles, instead of relying purely on visual demonstration. His pronunciation off at times and his accent is thick, but he speaks very quickly. Clearly he is comfortable speaking english but that doesn't mean he's easy to understand.
this is awesome and easy to understand.
Amazing tutorial. Simply the best! Thank you.
All was great!
Easy to understand
The course doesn't focus on illustration actually, but this is one of the best "Clip Studio Bible" that I came across. Lots and lots of tips on how to properly and easily user Clip Studio Paint for illustration.
Fine. Thankss
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Jey D.
YES.
The breakdowns of how he uses the programs and the differences of photoshop and Clip, made me remember why I bought Clip. I Just defaulted back to shop because I was already used to it. I actually want see what else he has.