Turn your Illustration into Animation in Clip Studio PAINT
63rd
August 2024
Tips of the Month
The themes this time were Colorful illustrations, Digital manga starter guide, and Moving illustrations. We are now accepting submissions for September's themes and looking forward to your posts!
Out of the Tips posted between August 1, 2024 to September 1, 2024, the writers of the following will be rewarded a cash prize or GOLD!
Video Award
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This video introduces the process of adding movement to the character and background of an illustration. Although there are many steps, you can create your own high quality animation through a series of simple techniques. We highly recommend this video for those who want to create animations!
Tablet Theme Award
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This Tips is great if you want to try creating animations on tablet! Just by setting keyframes, the character looks as if she’s coming closer and closer. Simply draw the character and background on separate layers, and you too can start creating animations.
Gold Award
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This Tips by Mana1057 is packed with animation techniques, including how to animate lights, shadows, highlights, blinking eyes, and how to move the camera. Movement explanations and sample animations for each process are also provided, making it easy to follow along and try out the techniques yourself.
Silver Award
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Learn how to add simple animations to your drawings with this chic animation tutorial. Whether you're a total beginner or still learning the basics of animation, this Tips can help you out with advice on frame-by-frame animations and using keyframes.
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Get ready to learn all you need to know about transitioning from traditional to digital manga creation. Get professional advice on different aspects of the creation process, such as choosing a pen, adding screentones, and reviewing your work in the 3D preview for binding before exporting it for printing.
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Learn composition, motifs, and color theory with this Tips and create colorful, pop illustrations. Many useful finishing techniques such as halftone and chromatic aberration are introduced, making it easy to try yourself. Reference this tutorial if you want to draw eye-catching illustrations.
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drawsiree shares advice to help you get out of your rut and create more vivid and eye-catching illustrations. Take advantage of digital features and experiment with different coloring palettes! Be sure to check out both the video and the article.
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Read this tutorial for how to draw with colorful colors for “kawaii” and “pop” art. This Tips is a great reference for a wide range of topics, such as basic color theory to creating cute character designs. You can also learn decorative techniques such as how to add halftones to make your illustrations colorful.
Bronze Award
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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.