Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Clip Studio Paint

About the Book

Step into the inspiring world of digital painting in Clip Studio Paint with this comprehensive Beginner’s Guide. Written by professional digital artist Nimrod Villar, the all-encompassing Getting Started section covers the basics, with essential chapters on navigating the user-interface, basic actions, drawing tools, and colour, followed by an exploration of the creative potential of layers, filters, drawing guides, materials, and more. Each technique is explained with screengrabs of the software in use, detailed written steps, and art in progress. Next up, eight digital-painting experts share detailed step-by-step tutorials demonstrating the breadth of Clip Studio Paint’s capabilities in action. They create brand-new pieces of art that span a range of engaging styles, genres, and formats. 

•    Detailed and fully illustrated introduction to the core tools, menus, and palettes.
•    Model workflows and expert tips from industry-leading artists.
•    Eight easy-to-follow tutorials covering manga, character and creature design, landscapes (real and fantasy), picture-book      illustration, and comics.
•    A gallery of professionally created Clip Studio Paint artwork to inspire you.

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About the Artists

Devin Elle Kurtz is a 24-year-old digital illustrator, visual development artist, and background painter, with a focus on fantasy creatures and colorful environments. She works full-time on the Netflix animated series Disenchantment as lead background artist, but still makes time to focus on personal projects and business interests. Of particular note is Devin’s love of nature, with her whimsical scenes often featuring animals, fantastical creatures, and people within richly-lit scenes.

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Simone “Simz” Ferriero is a freelance comic-book artist and illustrator from Italy. His modern-day witches and ghost cats have earned him a big online fanbase, with 345K followers on Instagram and popular accounts on Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. Simone’s main inspiration comes from American comics, anime, and manga, as well as his idyllic surroundings and artists from his hometown. In his debut book, The Art of Simz, Simone shares his experiences working as a full-time artist, including professional milestones, challenges faced along the way, and how to pursue a career in the industry.

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Orenjikun is a self-taught artist who primarily lends his skills to the animation industry for background layout and paint. In his spare time he enjoys creating educational art content and attending conventions, where he sells his art.

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