A Quick & Easy Guide by Manny Guevarra

Video Tutorial

Hello, friends! 👋

 

Welcome to another video tutorial! In this tutorial, I'm going to show you one of the best comic-making resources out there: ACON3D! ACON3D is a global webcomic asset platform, and it has tons of high-quality, premium assets that are optimized for webcomic creation in Clip Studio Paint! It has tons of 3D models, brushes, text tools, and more that I'd love to show you.

 

Feel free to watch the quick video tutorial below and draw along as we explore how to make comics twice as fast using ACON3D and Clip Studio Paint!

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Topic Overview

The topics covered in this video include:

 

▶ The Best Comic-Making Resources

▶ ACON3D Assets for Webcomics

▶ Finding the Perfect Models and Brushes

▶ How to Easily License Assets

▶ 3D Models - Characters and Creatures

▶ 3D Model Posing Tips

▶ 3D Models - Sets and Props

▶ SketchUp - A Helpful Tool For 3D Models

▶ How to Navigate 3D Models

▶ Coloring and Editing 3D Models

▶ Instant Color-Correcting Hack

▶ High-Quality Brushes

▶ Benefits of Using ACON3D

▶ Free Assets and Resources

 

***Please note that the video portion of this tutorial was sponsored (though I've been using ACON3D for years beforehand and genuinely recommend trying it out)! So if this was helpful and you want to get ACON3D for free, you can do so through my link here!

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Comic Resources

ACON3D:

3D MODELS/ASSETS USED IN VIDEO:

FREE 3D SOFTWARE:

BONUS: Clip Studio Assets

ACON3D has an entire section devoted to Clip Studio assets - from 3D character models and backgrounds to brushes and text tools! These assets were created and optimized specifically for use in Clip Studio Paint.

To browse Clip Studio assets on ACON3D's website, simply navigate to the [☰ Category menu] > [Clipstudio / 3D Engine]. There, you will be able to choose from: 3D Assets, Pose/Bodies, Brushes/2D Assets, Extras, Bubbles/Frames, and Font/Sounds.

When browsing, select the [Formats 🔽] dropdown to sort by file type. Clip Studio 3D file types include: .clip, .cs3c, .cs3o, .csmc, and .csmo among others:

The file type for Clip Studio brushes is .sut:

In the video, I also show you how to use the free SketchUp desktop app to work with other file types such as .skp and paint over screenshots taken from them in Clip Studio Paint!

Before | After

And that's a wrap! ✨

 

Using ACON3D models and brushes really helped me transform my comic pages - and enables me to do it in half the time! I really hope these tips and resources are able to help you do the same. If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know. Otherwise, happy drawing! 🎨