1. Correct Line Width Filter

Prepare the material and paste it onto the canvas.

Select the layer where the material is drawn, then go to Filter > Correct Line > Correct Line Width.

 

 

Select 'Thin at specified width' and change the value to make the outline thinner.

Conversely, select 'Thicken at specified width' and change the value to make the outline thicker.

Note:

This function seems to only apply to colors adjacent to transparent areas.

Lines enclosed by fills cannot have their width changed with this function.

It works well if you first go to Edit > Convert Luminance to Opacity.

If you want to keep the fill, proceed to 2.

2. Illustration Tone Filter

By selecting Filter > Effect > Illustration Tone, you can also adjust lines enclosed by fills.

You can also extract only colors or only lines (borders only).

This can also be done with materials containing three or more colors.

Note: Tiled materials cannot have filters applied until they have been rasterized.

Also, materials with a monochrome expression color cannot have filters applied. Please convert them to color.

3. Tonalization

If the material has three or more color information, such as color or grayscale, it can be tonized using the effects in the Layer Property palette.

 

 

There are many tone materials available in ASSETS, but matching the line count (＝line roughness) will help them blend in more easily.

Hatching Style

By changing the line count and mesh settings, you can create a hatching style or use registered pattern designs.

Pseudo Color Halftone

Furthermore, by rasterizing a tonized material and then applying Filter > Effect > Chromatic Aberration (Color Shift) filter, you can create an effect similar to a color halftone.

 

 

4. Blur

Try blurring the rasterized material using Filter > Gaussian Blur.

 

 

Blur + Tonalization

By combining this with tonalization, you can achieve a stippling-like expression with blurred edges, more so than with regular tonalization.

5. Tonal Correction Layer

By using tonal correction layers, you can add effects without destroying the original data.

You can add them by going to Layer > New Tonal Correction Layer, or by right-clicking in the Layer palette.

Let's explain with an example where colors have been applied.

Using a gradient map allows for various color changes.

Choosing 'Sepia' will give it a sepia tone.

 

 

Choosing 'Spectrum' changed it to a modern color tone.

Once the gradient map layer is deleted, try creating a Posterization layer.

The color gradients separated, giving a crisp impression.

Furthermore, recreating the gradient map produced a texture like an old printed material.

 

 

If you want to apply corrections only to the fill or only to the material, it's a good idea to use 'Clip to Layer Below.'

 

 

6. Transform

You can add perspective by going to Edit > Transform > Free Transform, or using the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+T.

I integrated the material created in 5 into a single layer and tried transforming it.

You can make it into a signboard or align it with the background.

Making it look like fabric with the Wave filter

Also, you can add a wavy distortion using Filter > Transform > Wave.

If you clip it to a character's clothing and place it directly, it will look like a material pasted on, but adding distortion might make it blend in like actual fabric.

Conclusion + Materials Used

CLIP STUDIO PAINT comes with many useful features by default, so please try experimenting with various things.

Thank you for reading.