Colour Holds in Manga Studio 5
I wrote a previous blog post on creating colour holds in Manga Studio – but that was version 4. Version 5, is a whole other beast. The artwork here is from my new creator owned work “Dept of...
View ArticleManga Studio 5 Layers a primer
Here’s some things you’ll need to know about layers. Manga Studio 5 has six different type of layers, they are: Raster Vector Gradient Fill Tone Frame Folder Raster Layer is what you’ld consider your...
View ArticleSounds Like…
I’m writing articles for ImagineFx – the Core Skills for Manga Studio – each of these are one page articles on what I feel are a specific core skill in Manga Studio. This month’s feature is on Hand...
View ArticleManga Studio + Cintiq
I spent a little time today finally refining/resetting some of the buttons on my cintiq. Most wacom graphic tablets have a set of buttons on them that you can use for various defaults, the Cintiq 12XW...
View ArticleZoom Zoom
Hey all, it’s a Manga Studio tip week! Let’s talk zoom levels. Like most drawing programs you can arbitrarily zoom in on MS pages to whatever zoom level you like, but if you use the little Magnifying...
View ArticlePanel Borders in Manga Studio part 2
Part 1 is here. Briefly: Manga Studio IS Clip Paint Studio – so the same things will work in both, and the rest you can read in yesterday’s post. A little addendum to yesterday’s post, when you’re...
View ArticlePanel Borders in Manga Studio Part 3
So far, if you’re joining late, we’ve covered Creating Panel Borders and breaking out of the panel borders. Today we’re going to cover overlapping panel borders, when you might want to do stuff like...
View ArticlePanel Borders in Manga Studio part 4
Hey! A quick and easy one today, I promise. Let’s say you want to try drawing one of those fancy 9 panel grid comic panels. Here’s how Manga Studio (or Clip Studio Paint, since they’re the same thing)...
View ArticlePanel Borders in Manga Studio – Youtube…
I ramble a little, things may not be as clear as they could be, but hopefully between this and the blog posts part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4, it should be a little easier to deal with Panels in...
View Article2000AD Manga Studio Page Size
I know other artists work at print size in the digital realm, but I like to work at print size – it gives me a flexibility to print and rescan and redo artwork and work in both digital and traditional...
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