How to Paint a Character in 6 Steps - Illustration in Clip Studio (Tutorial Guide)
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In this video I will show you how to Paint ANY character illustration in Only 6 Steps from start to finish. I'll explain how light works and the importance of Lighting in your illustrations. Also, how to use any color of light when painting, and my step-by-step process to paint anything you want.
For this we will be using Clip Studio Paint but the theory behind this works the same on ANY illustration software. We’ll look at digital painting characters, using 3D Backgrounds in CSP, and I’ll give you the key to success when approaching any art piece.
Painting with Light. Lighting is always the answer.
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00:00 Intro
00:10 Light - How does it work?
01:30 Values
02:07 Step 1 - Local Colors (Color Flats)
03:28 My Light Source
04:31 Step 2 - Color Integration
06:34 Step 3 - Highlights
08:00 Adjusting Base Colors
08:17 Step 4 - Shadows
10:21 Step 5 - Material Rendering (Details)
11:12 Step 6 - Post-Production
11:35 Timelapse Function
12:13 Background
13:53 The Key to Success when Painting
14:33 Outro
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Remember: "Every line you draw, you are one line closer to your dream!"
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Thanks for being here!
I've literally stopped working on digital art because of the frustration with my colors never feeling right even after studying bounce light!! You sir have restored my faith in trying again 😭😭 thank you so much for showing me what no other tutorial has 😭
You got this Fluffly Spirit!! I highly recommend always having one or more references at hand of what you want to accomplish so if you ever feel lost, you have a north to follow. Best of luck!
Wow you have the best tutorials! I was so confused on why my illustrations looked flat and wacky but with the way you composite colors and highlights with the Background everything looks next level now! that 3D stuff looks super helpful too!
Happy to hear this! Yeah I struggled with my illustrations looking a bit flat until I started to do studies from real life (like the ones at the very beginning when i'm talking about Lighting properties), that helped a ton. Something just clicks after doing two or three of them and it stays in your bloodstream. Highly recommended! Thank you for watching!
In addition to this being so accurate and step-by-step process , you also introduced shadows like no one else, like those 3 types of shadows you told us about, I have never looked at shadows in this way before , now I can analyze shadows and maybe improve a bit (I'm new to shading in general)
Thanks very much for this tutorial, god bless you
Thank you for your words Yazan! I really appreciate it, and totally! This way of looking at shadows really helped me breakdown how to use them to complement light and to give volume to the character. Cheers!
THE BEST Tutorial for coloring. Thanks so much!!
"Color Integration" is what got my subscription ◕‿◕
Thank you David! That concept raises the quality of my art SO much, that I don't understand why some people don't do it. Glad you enjoyed the video. Welcome aboard!
i dont even use clip studio, this is just one of the BEST arts ive ever seen! she has an insanely clean line drawing with stylish curves but great sense of solid 3d spacial awareness. perfectly vibrant colours and light intensity to fit the character in a dark environment. not to say your character isnt beautiful, but as someone new to this channel, this video thumbnail REALLY caught my eye, in a way that your older thumbnail pictures probably wouldn't have. big big improvements.
Hawshi Magii! You have no idea how much this comment means to me hehe. I do put a lot of effort into my titles and thumbnails (always plan them before even starting to film the videos) since its the deciding factor on people even watching the video to begin with.
That being said this thumbnail in particular was a struggle to me, I had 4 completely different versions and had the help of a lot of people in order to decide which one to use. In the end I went with this one, never knowing if I made the right choice. Your message just gave me a lot of peace of mind and made me really happy, thank you. And thanks for watching the video! Cheers!
as a self-taught artist, this is life changing man, thanks a lot
Thank you for taking the time to watch it!
This is the most top quality tutorials there is out there. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you for watching VampireFlower1, I'll try my best! This are actually so much fun to make!
How tf does this guy not have more subs??
Im a hobby artist and really appreciate this quick tutorial. currently Im having a big painting thaat ive been working on for view weeks now. definietly will try this one out !!
Great to hear! Best of luck with your painting!!
you’re now my favorite youtuber i’ve ever discovered. i just watched all your tutorials and they’re so much better than any other CSP tutorials i’ve ever seen! you explain everything so well and it’s so helpful!! i’ve learned things that i couldn’t learn from any other youtube tutorials on this application, thank you so much!! your videos are incredible!
Koichimi! This made my day. I appreciate you taking the time to watch my videos and writing this! Your message is the reason why I do this! I'll keep working hard to hopefully keep bringing value to you. Both as an artist and a youtuber I keep learning a ton with every video so I hope to live up to your words and to make the next ones even better. Thank you!!
Perfect!
When you have solid steps to follow, the drawing get waaaay better!
Love it
Thank you Gerson! Glad you found it helpful!
You’re an absolute treasure! All of your csp tutorials have been so helpful!
YOU are a treasure for being here! Thank you!!
I've watched so many tutorials on painting in CSP, and yours are by far the easiest to understand and most useful I've found. Can't thank you enough!
You already did by watching the video, thanks!!
Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial ,I've been struggling about coloring for a while till I saw this video !!
You're so welcome! Can't wait to see what you will create with it!!
this is all in one to go tutorial, thankyou so much
Thank you for these awesome tutorials. I love drawing, but lighting always gets me. Also, the 3D resource looks super helpful for backgrounds!
Glad you like them! And absolutely, I used to be a bit of a purist and wanted to paint everything without using 3D reference. But as I tackle on bigger projects I find 3D actually liberating to be able to produce faster a higher volume of work! Thanks for watching!
Honestly one of the best youtube channels ive seen for art tutorials , following your tips ik my art will improve by 3000% , thank you so much an keep up the good work
Thank you so much Db, really appreciate your kind words. Hope my content can live up to them!
I'm an amateur model painter, so this really isn't a subject I'll be able to make use of, but I'm fascinated by the process you went through. Great video, and curious to see what else there is to learn
Wow looks so awesome
Really works! Gives a good overview that allows you to actually go figure out what you want with each step.
I've only really gotten into digital painting type art recently, so there's still a lot of things I still have to learn how to do, but honestly this overview really helps me get a picture of what I need to learn.
Glad to hear Juicebox! Wish you the best of luck in your art journey!!
Gonna be honest this is a lot more information for coloring than I thought
Thank you so much! Your tutorials are definitely the best ones for Clip Paint Studio.
You present each step by explaining what function is used for and what is its effect. It's such a big help!
I've never found Clip Studio tutorials as clear as yours! You're a real life saviour.
Thank you for the lovely message LaylaMiki! Hope my next videos can live up to this. Let's keep working hard!!
@@ManuMercurial Yes!! Thank you so much Manu! I will be looking for your next videos!
Man what a great video especially the Colour Integration part helped me alot . I can totally see you becoming big my dude , you surely deserve it
Thank you for the lovely message Daniel, appreciate the good vibes! Thanks for watching!
this is a great tutorial on lighting and shadows as well as how to use csp's tools to make achieving those effects easier, thank you'
Thank YOU for watching it, i'm so glad it was helpful!
This was such an informative tutorial! Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻 😊
If possible, I would appreciate if you elaborate on these 2 topics in future videos:
*1 -* How to integrate the character & background better, so that they look like they share the same environment 5:58
*2 -* How to paint a background with the help of 3D models 12:42
I’m interested in any tips to help me make sure that my characters will always look like they’re actually physically present in the backgrounds where they’re supposed to be.
Also, I’d love to learn more about techniques to use for painting backgrounds.
Thank you, and I look forward to watching any videos you post in the future ☺️💖
one of the most useful guides I ever seen! Thank you!
Thank YOU for watching Roman!!
This is such a nice informative video! I've been using that method for a while now and it's the best! You've explained it so well :) Keep it up, love your vids man
Thanks for the good vibes Cryzz0n! Happy that you liked the video!
seeing this and wanting to create art like this gets me so excited
Thats the best kind of comment Derikku, happy this inspired you to share you art to the world!! YOU GOT THIS!
@@ManuMercurial thank you I still have a long way to go. Have to keep praticing so I can get better at drawing so I can make my own characters
Maaae como siempre buen contenido!!!! Que buenos tips!!!!
Gracias Melvin! Buena nota!
Great tutorial! Really loving the quality of it. And the music theme is nice
Thanks so much Marcin!
First video oif yours I watch. 3 minutes in, I subbed!
I love love loooooove how greatly you explain everything, how detailed you are. I learnt so much, thank you. And keep it up!
Yay, Welcome aboard TheEmpa! So glad it was helpful!! I'll keep working hard to make better videos. Hope to see what you'll create using this soon!
Awesome tutorial man!! hope to see more!!! specially animations with stories you may have.
That's 100% the plan! I have a fun personal project cooking as we speak so expect some news about it soonish! Thanks for watching!
AAA i'm so happy that I found you, thank you so much, I can't wait to watch the next tutorial
You're so welcome! Glad you're sticking around!
Great tortrial
Dude this is amazing! Great stuff!!
Thanks a ton! So glad you liked it!
Broooo, this was almost the most usefull video about digital art. I cant belive it is free to watch it.
Super happy you found it helpful Sheida! Thank you for watching it!
And hell yeee I want to create THE channel that I wish was around when I was looking for how to learn digital painting and 2D animation. We're building it slowly but I do want to put all my best content here and it'll always be free to watch!
GOD LEVEL 🙏🏻❤️😍
You are absolutely phenomenal teaching. Thank you so much for the content
Thank you for the big compliment Rucky Art Studio! Super glad the video was helpful!
I love your art-style, your draws are so good!
Thank you! Your english is great, no worries. Really appreciate your message
Great tutorial
Phew, a lot of stuff and easy to understand. Thank you so much!
Glad it helped Azumi! Thank you for watching!
Thank you for showing the multiple tools of Clip Studio I never knew existed, your professionals demonstration really highlighted what Clip Studio Paint can do!
It makes me more confident and happy I'm using this app, I'll keep referring to your video, whenever I'm working on the lightings.
(I posted the comments above on Clip Studio tips, also loved the retro/synthwave style and music!)
Thanks so much Jericho! I really appreciate your comment. Let's keep working hard!
Man, thank you so much, I tend to get stuck at certain things and you got all the advices I need, true hero.
Makes me happy to hear Do2K.3gp! Thanks for taking the time to watch the video Best of luck wth your paintings!
Thank you Manu! Recently found your videos and they have been super helpful!
Thank YOU for taking the time to watch em!! Cheers!
You have the best explanation for hard (cast) shadows and soft (form) shadows, Manu!! I've been trying to understand all the tutorials out there other than imitation, but your explanation makes everything fit into place without reference now!! Thank you!!!
--Not that I have anything against reference, just to be clear! XD It's more of the concept is now formed instead of trying to figure out what shadows do what, when and where. :D
Totally get you Sebastian, so glad hear! I wish you the best of luck with your pieces, let's get it!!
@Manu Mercurial A wise man recently told me that "One line you draw, is one line closer to my dreams", right? XD
Great video once again! I hearted your text tutorial knowing it was well-deserved. Truly hope you win!
Greatly appreciated She-wolf. Let's keep working hard! Thank you
WOW this was incredible quality and so easy to follow along to and take notes from! I've really been struggling past the sketch and lineart stages and haven't been able to elevate my lighting and color blending but... I am feeling quite inspired now! Can't wait to try some of this out, thank you for the concise explanations and for taking the time to make this. Also, you're super cute! What a bonus!
Haha thank you Phazonprincess! You gotta run with that inspiration!! Can't wait to see what you'll create with this. Best of luck!
Well done. You gained my attention and my support. Salute!
Thanks for stopping by!!
awesome!
Nice!!! Thanks a bunch for this, Manu!
Thank YOU for watching!
@@ManuMercurial Anytime, man
Wowow, I didn't know about all these little things about clip paint studio, the key binds, the outlining of folders and what not. Definitely using these tips. Great video!
Happy to hear it was helpful Dargon! Thanks for watching!
ty you are very nice to learn from!
Thank YOU for watching!
this was some professional thing. thanks man
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
Gonna use this now, thank you! I purchased CSP EX nearly two years ago, barely ever used it. Thanks for the tips!
Ayy happy to hear, best of luck on your journey!
Wowww!!! Thank you so much for showing us about this. Your video is very helpfull!!
You are so welcome! Can't wait to see what you'll create using this!
За це відео я багато чому зміг навчитися, дякую.
really, helpful! i didnt know how to get the timelapse, so thats very cool. The lighting tips were SO helpful, i usual dont integrate a lot of light in my images because i didnt know how but now i have to get to experimenting!
Glad you liked it! Go for it, a bit of trial and error i'm sure you'll figure out something that you love!
This is really understandable, greatly explained and edited greatly, i had to subscribe
I really appreciate this message Yu, had a lot of fun making it! Welcome aboard!
Loved the video easy to follow steps that were super helpful
Thanks so much!! Really glad it was helpful!
Just got my new tablet today and can finally start using Clip Studio, this is perfect!
Lets goo Demolisher! Wish you the best of luck!
@@ManuMercurial Thank you! I’m finding your tutorials very helpful in learning the program and medium
Holy Hell this was amazing to watch! Thank you! You got yourself a new subscriber. :)
Welcome aboard Jesse! So glad you enjoyed it!!
TY, I finished my gojo piece cuz of this video :>. And dude u just got a new subscriber
Ayy welcome aboard Dumetry, so glad to hear it was helpful!!
@@ManuMercurial Glad to be aboard.😁
Great!!!
New kid on the block got some fire tutorials.
Take my sub. Gotta good feeling about this channel
Ayyy, hope I can live up to the expectations. But Yeah! Been having a lot of fun with this channel, and I have several fresh ideas cooking, so expect some more soonish. Thank you, 5 vigneux!
love the explanation 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Glad you liked it! Thank you bro!
Ohhhh I really need to learn how to use 3d objects in clip studio. I'm a hobby artist and personally it doesn't give me anything to draw busy background scenes so I never learned it but 3d objects sound like a great idea to at least make things more interesting when my characters are in a specific setting.
I love that so many people make tutorials and documentation videos for clip studio. Thank you thank you
I really appreciate it Robin! I'm starting to use blender myself JUST so I can quickly model props for my BGs. I was pleasantly surprised with how intuitive Blender is when it comes to creating objects! I don't feel confident enough with it to make a tutorial but maybe as I gain mileage I'll give it a try. But its definitely the way to go! Thank you for watching!
bro i love you thx
This is great.
You are great! Thank you for watching!
Killer hat and killer tutorial!
hehee thank you!!
This vid is clean as F. I learned some new tricks with this thanks
Thank YOU for watching Mykelle! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the tutorial about color intergration super helpful! I hope you get into the top 100 or higher!
In the contest? Oh there is very few contestants! But I hope to be near the top 3 too! The jury will announce the winners in about 7 days 🤞 thanks soo much to everyone who voted so far!
EPIC!
Thank you Yameen!
Wow that timelapse video is so cool!!!
I was directed to on of your videos because I'm adding new features to the animdessim2 panel for photoshop.
This would be such a cool feature but I doubt I can make it work without crashing photoshop.
I did add the onionskin before after color just today. Looks pretty handy
Wow, this tutorial is a game changer for me. thank you Grandmaster. It’s so great, I’m sold, you are my new Oprah . Best wishes 🔥 🔥🔥
hahaha thanks!!
thank you about color integration. i don't know about it. 😊
Thank you for the video. I'm a recent purchaser of Clip Studio Paint Pro.
lovely tutorial and painting, you deserve way more subscribers so I'm glad I can add one to that at least. ^^
Welcome aboard LilyFluff! Yours is worth at least 10 haha, really appreciate your message
You're a BEAST
Thank you Mathieu!!
Bruh!!!! 😍😍😍😍 I'm really glad that you're sharing your knowledge with us! I don't regularly make digital paintings to this level of polish but it's VERY nice to see that I can do this especially after following through your tutorial (at x0.25 speed) 😂😂
I would love seeing more of your process work in Clip Studio Paint EX because that's what I use too and I'd like to get better at using it.
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge again! You're a rockstar!!!! 🤩🤩
YOU are a rockstar for watching it on x0.25 speed hahah! Sorry the pacing is so fast, the current TH-cam meta seems to be favoring really 'urgent' kind of content, and it seem to have worked! But I do plan on doing livestreams (both here and on twitch) in the future where I can work in real time and answer questions.
I really appreciate the good vibes! Thanks for taking the time to write this! And more CSP content coming your way 🔥
@@ManuMercurial Hahaha! 😂😂😂Just to be clear, I haven't sat down to follow through this tutorial just yet, but the next time I have to make a digital illustration to look this good, I'm coming back to you for a lesson (at x0.25 speed)
The (x0.25speed) thing was a joke btw... 😂😂😂 and I brought it up because of how fast you were in your "Animate in CSP like a pro" video. I don't normally change the speed of TH-cam videos and I understand your need to appease the TH-cam Algorithm. It's all good! I'm just SUPER glad that you're making pro tutorials for free!
Thanks again Manu Mercurial!!!! 😍😍😍
Damn, youtube actually delivering a great video on recommended. This was fantastic. Thank you. Super well explained, made really easy yet not dumbed down.
Really appreciate your kind words hehe thank YOU for watching it!
This is conent i want to know great job man
Excellent work you get my sub
Welcome aboard! Thank you!
i know the process now. I now need to know how to draw :)
you are the best bro
thank you for watching!
great tutorial!!!!!! 0u0
Thanks for watching it!!! OuO
I always mess up coloring and shadows/lights nowadays, so your tutorial was recommended to me in the perfect moment.
honestly, I like to overcomplicate things as a self-taught artist, and it just looks so easy now after the video :"D I even make drawings on phone (have nothing else, sadly) to begin with, and stuff is limited there.
and oh god, the backgrounds...
This week im studying painting, thanks for the tips haha
Ayy lucky! Have fun doing so and I hope this helps!
I've been having so much trouble with lighting, shading and coloring and I wasn't happy with how my lineart worked with them either that I haven't been able to draw a proper piece for a year, but I've finally started figuring out a way to do lineart that feels and looks good and this video along with the Cel shading video just opened my eyes on how light and shadow actually work finally ;_;
_Thank you so much_
So happy to hear Millakatariina64! Wish you the best of luck on your next illustrations!! YOU GOT THIS
@@ManuMercurial Yes~! Thank youuu!! =^_^=
Woah! Can't believe such a short video can hold so much information! Subscribe!!
Thank you hehe, I'm trying real hard to make my videos a bit shorter (going from 35mins, to 30, now 15mins on this one). I think 12-16mins is the sweet spot for learning and i'll do my best to stay around there! Welcome to the crew!!
Lighting is one of my many weakpoints xD
Loved this video! Thank you ~
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching!
Man, this literally help me a lot, bro I use photoshop, but this video, explain me so good how to paint, tysm for teaching me this
Happy to help! I also started in photoshop and can confirm it works exactly the same. Best of luck!
@@ManuMercurial thanks man 🙌🏼
Hey thanks for crediting my background!! Loved your video!! Great art!! :)
Thanks for sharing your work so other artists can use it Steph!! Can't wait to see more of what you are working on!
much luv
Thank you!
Cool video! Subbed
Thanks for the sub Gamers Oasis! Welcome!
@@ManuMercurial Thanks dude!
Joder esto era lo que necesitabab
Me alegra mucho Gab!
Underrated
Thank you Rin!
@@ManuMercurial owh didn't expect you to reply me
@@rin0847 I like taking the time to respond to every comment if I can! (of course I might've missed some) thanks for taking the time to write!
Thank you really for your video also i appreciate the speach at the end cause i am rookie and I was feeling like cheating if i use references and it takes me some time to accept that I really draw something and its normal to use references. I am giving you a heart on your written version
Thank YOU for watching it. I totally feel you, I don't know why but when I was in college everyone used to brag about how "they painted stuff without any ref" (of course it looked like doo doo). But then as I got into the industry I realized that every single professional, without exception, uses reference. And, as I've done it myself I realized it is single-handedly the key factor for a piece's success!
I think what's important is using several references and not only one, so there's no plagiarizing. It's also counter productive to use few, cause the more references you use, the more original and rich your mixture will be, so it turns into something fantastic!
And on the other side of the coin, it is also important not to spend too much time on this, so we don't fall on procrastination (I'm definitely guilty of this haha). Wish you the best of luck!
@@ManuMercurial really thank you for sharing exeprience and kind words
Wonderful as ever! Congratulation again master ;-) (who told me about this new tutorial was Instagram)
haha you're too much Harry! Thanks for always supporting my work, let's keep working hard!
this was so helpful!! thank u so much :]]]
clip studio is such an amazing software, but to be honest i dont know how to use 60% of the tools and settings, even though ive been drawing w it for two years. could u possibly make a video explaining the different tools and settings of clip studio paint, and tips on how to make ur art better? it would be super appreciated!!!
Happy to help! And absolutely, it might not be in a single video but in every video I'll try focusing on an area of the program and explaining the tools we have at our disposal! And I totally feel you, I've been using CSP for 6 years but I'm still learning things every day, it is actually quite robust! Thank YOU for watching!