1.INTRO

HI THERE IM FOXY72REVIEWS, YOU,VE PROBABLY SEEN ME, ON YOUTUBE, WELL IM HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT CLIP STUDIO, AND HOW THIS PROGRAM, CAN HELP YOU, IN COMIC ART, WITH A FEW TIPS TO HELP YOU, WITH YOUR COMIC BOOK JOURNEY,

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TIP NO. 1 CLIP STUDIO

CLIP STUDIO HAS A VAST AMOUT OF TOOLS, TO BEING YOUR ART TO LIFE, IT MAY SEEM OVERWHELMING, AT FRIST, BUT WHAT HELP, ME IS TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME, LEARN ONE THING AT A TIME, AND SOON, IT WELL ALL START COMEING EASY,AND IN NO, TIME AT ALL YOU BE USEING IT LIKE A PRO, LIKE TRADITONAL ART FORM, DIGITAL ART FORM IS JUST AOTHER WAY TO MAKE ART, JUST LOOK AT THE PROGRAM AS A ART TOOL,TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR ART,

CLIP STUDIO ALSO HAS CLIP STUDIO ASSET STORE WERE YOU CAN FIND, ASSET LIKE 3D-MODELS, PENS, BRUSHS, COLOR PALETTES, ECT… AND FREE AND PAID FOR ASSETS, TO HELP YOU FIND THE RIGHT ART TOOLS FOR THE JOB,

THEY ASLO HAVE CLIP STUDIO TIPS, WHERE YOU CAN TYPE IN ANY,THING YOU WHAT TO LEARN ABOUT, FROM HOW TO DRAW, PERSPECTIVE, LIGHT AND SHADOW, FIGURE DRAWING, ECT… JUST TO NAME A FEW, THAT CAN HELP YOU OUT A LOT NOT JUST WITH ART BUT HOW TO DO IT IN CLIP STUDIO, OH AND IT,S FREE TOO, AND ON YOUTUBE, CLIP STUDIO ASLO HAS A OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL, AND THEY ARE ALSO MANY OTHER HOW TO VIDEOS ON CLIP STUDIO BY ARTIST ON YOUTUBE SO YOU CAN LEARN, HOW COOL IS THAT,

TIP NO.2 COMIC BOOK PANELS

NOW THEN, LET,S LEARN HOW TO MAKE COMIC BOOK PANELS, IN CLIP STUDIO, IT,S EASY TO DO AND CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF TIME,

OPEN UP CLIP STUDIO

CLICK ON THE PANELFRAME BORDER ICON,

THEN CLICK ON RECTANGLE FRAME,

THEN CLICK ON YOU CANVAS, WHERE YOU WANT TO START FROM, AND DRAGGING YOUR MOUSE TO WHERE YOU WANT IT TO END, AND LET GO THE MOUSE BUTTON, AND JUST LIKE THAT YOU MADE A COMIC PANEL IN CLIP STUDIO,

AND CONTINUE THAT STEP, TO MAKE MORE,

EACH PANEL LAYER IS A SEPARATE LAYER, SO WHEN YOU DRAW, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LAYER, YOU WANT TO DRAW CLICK ON IN THE LAYER PALETTE,

TIP NO.3 MAKING CHARACTER COLOR PALETTES

NOW HOW ABOUT COLORING YOUR CHARACTERS, NOW GOING THOUGH AND FIND THE SAME COLOR EACH TIME CAN BE A TIME CONSUMING, BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU CAN SKIP ALL THAT, AND MAKE IT, SIMPLE, HERE,S YET OTHER THING I LIKE ABOUT CLIP STUDIO AND HOW IT SAVE ME TIME ON COMIC COLORING, YOU CAN MAKE YOU OWN CUSTOM COLOR PALETTE, FOR YOU CHARACTER, SO YOU HAVE ALL THE COLORS FOR THE JOB IN ONE PALETTE,

NOW TO MAKE ARE OWN COLOR PALETTE, FOR ARE CHARCTER, BACKGOUNDS, HOUSE, ECT… YOU FRIST CLICK ON THE EDIT COLOR SET WRENCH TOOL ICON,

THEN THE EDIT COLOR SETS WELL APPEAR ON SCREEN,

CLICK ON CREATE NEW SET,

THEN TYPE IN THE NAME OF YOUR CHACTER, SO YOU WELL BE ABLE TO FIND IT LATER, IN YOUR COLORING PROCESS, I NAME THIS ONE BLUE, THEN AFTER YOU NAME THE COLOR SET, CLICK OK,

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NOW YOUR COLOR SET WELL LOOK LIKE THIS, IT,S REDAY NOW FOR YOU TO ADD THE COLORS,

NOW I UP LOAD A COLUD PHOTO, THAT I GOT OFF THE ASSET STORE, NOW BEFORE WE USE THE EYE DROPER, YOU CAN USE THIS WAY BUT I HAVE A EASY WAY TO GET THE COLOR YOU WANT, IN THE PHOTO, BY TRUNING IT INTO PIXELS, AND GETING THE RIGHT COLOR YOU WANT FROM THE PHOTO,

GO TO THE TOP MENU BAR, THEN CLICK ON FILTERS>EFFECTS>MOSAIC…

THEN CLICK OK,

 

 

THEN CLICK ON EYE DROPPER, AND CLICK ON THE COLOR PIXEL, ON THE CANVAS, YOU WANT,

THEN CLICK ON THE ADD COLOR ICON, TO ADD THE COLOR, TO YOUR,LL COLOR PALETTE SET, AND THEN FOR THE NEXT COLOR CLICK ON A EMPTY SQUARE AND IT,S READY FOR THE NEXT COLOR, AND CONTINUE TILL YOU GOT ALL THE COLORS YOU NEED,

AND THEY,S OTHER WAYS TO GET COLOR BY DOWNLOAD COLOR PALETTES FROM THE ASSET STORE, OR GO TO WINDOWS>COLOR WHEEL

OR YOU CAN MIX COLORS, TO MAKE NEW COLORS TOO DO THIS CLICK ON THE BRUSH ICON, THEN CHOOSE THE COLORS YOU WANT TO MIX, THEN CLICK ON BLEND ICON, (OR THE TWO RAIN DROPS) THEN BLEND THE COLORS TOGETHER, THEN CLICK THE EYE DROPPER ICON CLICK ON THE AREA OF COLOR YOU WANT,

COLOR SET ICON,

AND JUST LIKE BEFORE, ADD COLOR ICON AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, YOU VERY OWN CHARACTER COLOR PALETTE SET, OH YEAH, ONE MORE THING, THE BAR THAT SAYS BLUE, CLICK ON THAT BAR, TO SWITCH BETWEEN COLOR SETS, IT,S ALSO ARRANGE IN ALPHABETTE ORDER, SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR,LL COLOR SET A LITTE EASIER,

TIP NO. 4 MAKING SPEECH BALLOONS

OKAY NOW TIME FOR SPEECH BALLOONS, NOW IN CLIP STUDIO, MAKES MAKING SPEECH BALLOONS EASY, AND HERES HOW,

NOW GO TO THE TOOL PALETTE, ON THE FAR LEFT, IT,S THE SIDE BAR WITH ALL YOUR,LL BRUSHES, GO DOWN TO THE SPEECH BALLOON ICON,

THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, CLICK ON IT,

THEN CLICK ON ROUND BALLOON, THEN CLICK ON, THE PART OF YOUR,LL CANVAS, YOU WANT IT, TO START THEN CLICK RELEASE, WHERE YOU WANT IT TO END,

IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SPEECH BALLOON ARROW OR ALSO CALLED POINTER?

IN CLIP STUDIO IT,S KNOW AS THE BALLOON TAIL, CLICK ON THE BALLOON TAIL,

THEN START IT, ON THE BALLOON AND WHERE IT,S PONINT TOO,

THEN DO THE SAME THING NEXT TO IT AND JOIN THE TOO ENDS, AND THERE YOU HAVE A SPEECH BALLOON AND TAIL,

TO CLEAN UP THE SPEECH BALLOON, JUST GO TO TOOL PALETTE, CLICK ON THE ERASER ICON,

THEN IN THE SUB TOOL ERASER, CLICK ON MULTIPLE LAYERS,

THEN CLICK ON A BRUSH SIZE FOR THIS ONE I,LL USE A SIZE 4 THEN ERASE,

AND THAT,S HOW YOU MAKE A SPEECH BALLON IN CLIP STUDIO,

NOW WHAT ABOUT LETTERS ,

 

 

TIP NO.5 COMIC STYLE FONTS

LETTERS IN CLIP STUDIO, NOW THIS I THINK IS SO COOL, IN CLIP STUDIO THEY HAVE DIFFENT FONTS, AND THEY HAVE ONE FOR COMIC BOOKS,

GO TO THE TOOL PALETTE, TEXT ICON THAT,S THE (A ICON) CLICK ON IT, MAKE SURE IN THE TOP SUB TOOL IT,S ON TEXT,

THEN GO TO THE TOP MENU BAR THEN CLICK ON, WINDOWS, THEN CLICK ON SUB TOOL DETAILS,

 

 

THEN THE SUB TOOL DETAILS BOX WILL POP UP, THEN CLICK ON FONT IT WITH HAVE A DROP DOWN MENU APPEAR AND CLICK ON THE FONT YOU WHAT TO USE,

IN THIS CASE I,LL CHOOSE THE ONE NAMED CLIP STUDIO COMICS,

AND CLICK OK CLOSE THE SUB TOOL DETIAL BOX, AND START TPYING,

I LOVE THE LOOK, OF THIS FONT CASE IT HAS A HANDWRITTEN, AND CLASSIC COMIC BOOK LETTERS STYLE, THAT MAKES A GOOD CHOICE FOR YOUR,LL COMIC, CAUSE IN TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL FOR COMICS, YOU WANT YOUR,LL WORDS AND PICTURES TO BLEND WELL WITH EACH OTHER, TO BE IN HARMONY, TO MAKE IT LOOK APPEALING TO THE EYES TO READ AND TOO LOOK AT,

TIP NO.6 HOW MAKE A COMIC BOOK TITLE STAMP

NOW HOW ABOUT A COMIC BOOK COVER TITLE, IF YOUR,LL MAKEING A COMIC BOOK SERIES, DID YOU KNOW IN CLIP STUDIO, YOU CAN SAVE YOUR,LL TITLE AS A STAMP, SO IT, CAN MAKE MAKING COVERS EASIER, HERE,S HOW….

NOW FOR MY TITLE I,M GOING KEEP IT SIMPLE, BUT YOU CAN DO THIS WITH A DRAWING TOO, FRIST GO TO THE MENU BAR THE CLICK ON EDIT, THEN IN THE DROP DOWN, MENU CLICK ON, REGISTER MATERIALS, THEN IMAGE,

THEN THE MATERIAL PROPERTY BOX WILL OPEN UP,

IN THE MATERIAL NAME, TPYE IN THE NAME OF YOUR,LL MATERIAL, THAT WAY YOU MADE A TAG SO YOU CAN FIND IT LATER, THEN CHOESE WHERE TO SAVE IT, IN THE CHOOSE SAVE LOCATION , CLICK ON ALL MATERIAL FILE,

 

 

THEN YOUR,LL BE MEET BY, THE FILES CLICK ON IMAGE FILE, THEN IN THAT DORP DOWN FILE LINE CLICK ON, BRUSH, THEN CLICK ON OK, AND DONE,

NOW WE CAN LOOK FOR ARE LOGIC OR MATERIAL, IN THE TPYE SEARCH KEYWORD BOX, TPYE IN THE NAME YOU GIVE YOUR,LL LOGIC OR MATERIAL, AND THEN IT WELL, POP UP IN IN MATERIAL: ALL MATERIALS ,THEN WHEN YOU FIND IT, OR ARE READAY TO USE IT, CLICK AND DRAG IT TO CANVAS ,

FOR ME I,LL JUST USE A SIMPLE BACK DROP OF YELLOW, NOW I,LL CLICK AND DRAG TO YOUR,LL CANVAS,

AND THERE YOU GO, THE CAN RESIZE, MOVE IT AROUND, THAT CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF TIME ON COVERS WITH YOUR,LL TITLES, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THINK WITH SPEECH BALLOONS, TOO,

TIP NO. 7 A SIMPLE LOOK AT THE PERSPECTIVE RULER

NOW I,M GOING TO GO, OVER A SIMPLE TAKE ON THE PERSPECTIVE RULER,

TO GET TO THE PERSPECTIVE RULER, GO TO THE MENU BAR> LAYER>RULER/FAME>CREATE PERSPECTIVE RULER,

THEN THE CREATE PERSPECTIVE RULER BOX WILL POP UP, THEN CHOOSE FROM 1,2,3, PONIT PERSPECTIVE, AND CLICK OK,

THE BLUE LINE IS THE HORIZON LINE, THE PURPLE LINE IS THE VANISHING PONIT,

WHEN I USE THE PERSPECTIVE RULER I PREFER TO USE THE STRAIGHT LINE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE IT TO GO TO TOOL PALETTE BAR, CLICK THE LINE ICON, THEN CLICK ON STRAIGHT LINE AND CHOOSE BRUSH SIZE, THEN YOUR,LL READAY TOO DRAW,

WHEN THE PERSPECTIVE RULER IS ON, ALL LINES YOU DRAW WELL GOING, TOO THE VANSISHING OR THE HORIZON LINE, AND OF COURES KNOWING HOW PERSPECTIVE WORKS, WILL HELP YOU OUT A LOT,

8. CONCLUSION

I HAVE SHOW 7 TIPS, TO HELP, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE, IN CLIP STUDIO CAN HELP SPEED UP THE COMIC PROCESS, IT MAKES, MAKING COMICS EASIER, LIKE ANY ART FORM REMEMBER THE FOUR P, IN ART, PATIENCE, PRACTICE, PERSISTENCE, MAKES PERFECTION, JUST TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME AND YOUR,LL REACH YOUR,LL GOAL AT THE TOP OF THAT MOUNTAIN, HOPE THIS HAS HELP YOU ON YOUR,LL ART JOURNEY, KEEP DRAWING, AND BEST WISHES FOXY72REVIEWS,

BONUS TIP, TO HELP PUT YOU IN A GOOD MOOD WHILE DRAWING, PLAY YOUR,LL FAVORITE MUSIC, IT CAN HELP A LOT,