Workhorse brush 101
43rd
November, 2022
Tips of the Month
The themes this time were Brush and Pen Customization 101 and Flat design Illustration. We are now accepting submissions for December's themes and looking forward to your posts!
Out of the Tips posted between Nov 1, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022, the writers of the following will be rewarded a cash prize or GOLD!
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Video Award
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Digital brushes can enhance your drawing with just a few personalized settings. In this tutorial, you will learn how to customize various key brush settings with easy-to-understand video explanations.
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Gold Award
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This is a very thorough guide that explains how to change brush settings from sorting to pen dynamics, color mixing, and adding texture. The author's illustrations and animations are inserted throughout, making it a fun read. We hope you check it out and try creating your own customized brush.
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This tutorial shows the process of creating papercut style flat illustrations with useful tips and videos. It gives tips on using vector layers and you can also download the auto action set the artist used to create the same papercut shadow effect shown in the tutorial.
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Silver Award
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The Tips introduces pens suited for flat illustrations and explains in an easy-to-understand way how to create a comic with a tri-color palette. It also shows how to utilize Clip Studio Paint's [On-screen area] for webtoons to show how your comic will display on smartphone screens.
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This guide to creating flat illustration includes both artistic knowledge and practical instruction. You will learn how to choose your colors, about the language of shapes and forms, and then how to create flat design using the features of Clip Studio Paint.
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Learn the art of storytelling with flat design! This tutorial includes many tips to create top-notch story panels including testing your palette for proper contrast and ensuring that your illustrations have good composition. The timelapse videos with explanations through out the guide are particularly enjoyable to watch.
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The Tips carefully introduces the key points on how to draw the characteristics of characters with simple shapes. The examples are so cute and a highlight of the tutorial! It also includes knowledge on how to improve the overall quality of your illustration, such as composition and background elements.
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Bronze Award
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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