Introduction.

One of the advantages of Clip Studio Paint is a diversity of decoration brushes

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

In this tutorial I will introduce you some types of them and also show various ways of their usage.

What we will see in the end of this post:

A manga-styled drawing of two characters in fantasy costumes!

Here is a lineart to start with:

[1] Screentone ornament.

You can use decoration tools not only for small details, but also as a base ornament.

In the tool bar open "Decoration" -> "Pattern" or "Clothing" and choose the tool you like.

-if there is no suitable one, look through plenty of materials in the Clip Studio Assets, you can download and install any of them (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)

1. Apply the material on the area you would like to be filled with it.

2. Lessen the opacity.

3. Use "Tone" effect.

To make it look more similar to screentones reduce the number of dots below.

4. Erase unnecessary parts.

 

I used this method to cover some parts of clothing, here is the result:

[2] Adjusting the shape of the object.

You can change the shape of the objects to make them look more dynamic/ to match the perspective.

Below is an example how I changed the shape of ribbons (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)

1.On the new layer paint an estimate shape of an object.

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2.Use selection tool to select the object.

 

3.Click on the menu “Edit”-> “Transform”->”Mesh Transformation”.

A net-like thing will appear.〆(・∀・)

The points are places where you can move the parts of an object.

All you need to do is to change the position of them.

You can change the number of points in the panel (usually) on the left:

Here is how I adjusted the "net" to change the shape of laces:

I also added the same element to neck, sleeves and corset.

[3] Adding decoration details.

Lets decorate the drawing with small details

☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

 

1. "Decoration tools" -> "Hatching"-> "Gauze"brush in white color.

                It is a nice effect to use on black objects! 

2. Adding laces.

"Decoration tools" -> "Clothing"

Asymmetric laces look nice on the edges of clothes (as you can see, i added them to the collar and sleeves).

Then I added symmetric laces on the seams of the clothes.

3. Adding "Braided rope" brush.

Below are two ways of using this tool.

 

To make a button: simply draw a small circle with it (⌒ω⌒)ﾉ

 

Remember: do NOT use a lot of decoration tools on the same costume! or it will look unbalanced. It is better to choose up to 5 and apply them to different parts of clothes.

 

So, costume decoration is done here!

 

I finished the drawing with adding ink, screentones and some color on the background.

Thank you for reading this tutorial(´｡• ω •｡`) hope it was useful.

If you have any questions please leave them in comments or send me a message.