This class is an introduction to the Comic and Manga features of the illustration program Clip Studio Paint (CSP). This class will deconstruct the user interface of CSP to focus on the essential tools needed to start drawing your first comic. This is meant for beginners who are intimidated with the complex workspace and user interface of CSP - I'm here to show you it's not that scary!

If you have never used Clip Studio Paint before, you also have the Intro to CSP Basics interface class available here

This class is aimed at beginners new to comics creation in Clip Studio Paint's newest version, but it also still applies to older versions, curious artists that want to make the move from PS to CSP, or whoever wants to explore a new program in a quick and easy way.

If you want to make manga, comics, doodles, lineart, paintings, this class will teach you how to set up your comic or manga and show you the essential parts of the program that will help you get to the hardest part of drawing: making that first frame!

This is not a drawing class, but there will be a class created for that soon. You must have CSP installed. A free trial version is available on their website.

CSP is a cheaper alternative to Photoshop and Illustrator that often goes overlooked, yet it is just as powerful with a little bit of elbow grease!

The class includes:

1. How to load your hand drawn sketches to create lines with transparency
2. How to create your print file - what are the bleed, trim and safe zones?
3. Panel tools and creating frames and folders
4. How to ink your layers
5. Vector layers
6. Speech and text
7. Coloring and tones
8. Saving and exporting your file
9. Creating your project files
10. Exporting!