57th

February 2024

Tips of the Month

Thank you for your posts!

The themes this time were art with photos, 3D material hierarchies, and drawing sweets. We are now accepting submissions for March's themes and looking forward to your posts!

Out of the Tips posted between February 1 to February 29, 2024, the writers of the following will be rewarded a cash prize or GOLD!

Video Award

US$900
  1. This Tips introduces techniques for using photographs as backgrounds for character illustrations. We highly praise the techniques for drawing on top of a photograph and using blending modes for natural looking shadows between the illustration and photographs. There’s also an easy-to-understand video that explains the work process!

Gold Award

US$700
  1. This tutorial is perfect for those that want to incorporate the 3D drawing figures more in their own comic work flow. It explains how to use the features added from Ver. 2.2 and introduces techniques for solving issues unique to making comics where the same characters are drawn over and over again in the same scene.

Silver Award

US$300
  1. Find out what tools to use and how to use them for drawing sweets here in this Tips. From understanding the shapes of sweets, how to create different textures depending on the type like cinnamon rolls, jellies, donuts, etc., and how to choose the right color, this Tips is packed with helpful content!
  2. Looking for tips to integrate photos as backgrounds for your comic or webtoon projects? TamilVolk shares advice for converting photos to lines and adjusting them to seamlessly blend with your drawings.
  3. Learn how to draw delicious looking delights in this Tips! Find out in detail how to draw shadows that express the curls in ice cream and how to combine Gaussian blur and Blending mode for creating the texture of flan. You’ll learn how to draw cute and appetizing sweets by reading this!
  4. This Tips teaches you how to convert photos into professional backgrounds using Clip Studio Paint. You'll learn how to extract line art and transform your picture into a manga background. Following this tutorial, you can take your story settings to the next level and create perfect backgrounds for your manga or webtoon.
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    This Tips introduces the work process for creating design pieces based on photographs with the iPad version of Clip Studio Paint. From taking photographs to the finishing touches, the work flow is explained in an easy-to-understand manner and can be done all an iPad. The techniques with actual examples were incredibly interesting.
  6. Would you like to learn the basics of using photographs in your illustration? Look no further! Using simple photos such as birds as an example, this tutorial explains the effects of color correction while using animated GIFs. We recommend reading this for those who have a hard time with photo processing features.

Bronze Award

3,000 GOLD

Giving away US$10,000 every month!
Submit your "TIPS of the Month" and earn a reward!

Post your tutorial on our theme of the month and share your art knowledge with Clip Studio Paint users all over the world! Each month, we’ll select the best tutorials our users have to offer, giving away up to US$10,000 in prizes! Winning entries will be selected from tutorials covering the chosen themes on Clip Studio Tips, based on various factors such as novelty, range of use, usefulness, and views.

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