Hello everyone.
So, I recently bought Clip Studio Paint Pro.
I was reading some web comics recently, and the artists almost always seemed to have a copy of Clip Studio. I took a look at the website, and looked up a couple video reviews of it, and I was sold.
It's basically the new Manga Studio, but with a lot more to offer.
There is the option to have paneled pages, and the way it keeps everything neatly within the panels made me quite happy.
The effect brushes are super fun to use.
They were the first things that I felt like playing with, and I tried most of them. This is the result:
quite the mess, but I can definitely see the potential with these brushes.
The painting and line tools feel really good.
I also played with these for a bit, and there are a lot of different textures with the brushes. I'm not much of a painter, and I don't know how to fully take advantage of the different paint tools, but I definitely want to get better at using them. I do prefer a more simple style anyways, so this was what my playing around ended up turning into:
The interface seems quite organized.
I never really found myself getting lost in it, or not being able to find something. Also, if you use Photoshop, or any similar program, you'll probably be comfortable with it in no time.
Clip Studio also has 3D models that you can pose.
I love using 3D models to get a pose right, and Clip Studio has a lot of options for getting a pose and camera angle just how you want it.
I'm happy with it so far!
And I can't wait to stumble upon more and more features. I'll be using this a lot in combination with Paint Tool Sai. There's also one more cool feature... The users of Clip Studio can share their created brushes, models, textures, and anything else for other people to download and use. I already tried a couple user created things, and they were pretty high quality.
I've been looking for a program like this for awhile.
Mostly because I had and older version of Manga Studio from when I was in High School. I'm also planning to do an original art webcomic soon. I've got the character ideas, and there is a cover in the works right now. I'm looking forward to sharing it, but it will probably be after I move. I'll be without a compute for about 2 weeks.
I'll be moving on August 23rd
Images mine @ DeviantArt and Imgur