How to Use CLIP STUDIO PAINT - Digital Art Tutorial for BEGINNERS (step by step)

Clip Studio Paint is an artist software with many features including drawing, painting, comic and manga making, and even animation! Our artist instructor Alyssa covers all the basic tools, shortcuts and functions of Clip Studio Paint to help you get started! Tune in for more tips n' tricks for this art program!

Timestamps:
0:00 - What is Clip Studio Paint?
1:00 - Toolbar
1:08 - Subtools
1:15 - Tool properties
1:18 - Colour wheel / picker
1:21 - Canvas / Drawing space
1:26 - Resources
1:39 - Navigator
1:47 - Layers
1:56 - New file
3:40 - Zoom tool
3:45 - Hand tool
3:54 - Rotate tool
3:59 - Navigation shortcuts
4:22 - Zoom in / out
4:32 - Align canvas
4:50 - Pan canvas
5:15 - Rotate canvas
5:29 - Pen tool
7:40 - Pen tool properties
10:00 - Drawing Marshal from Animal Crossing: New Horizons
10:15 - Save file
10:35 - Operation tool
11:14 - Move layer tool
11:36 - Lasso tool
12:08 - Deselect shortcut
12:16 - Selection tools
12:28 - Magic wand tool
14:12 - New layer
15:00 - Eyedrop tool
16:23 - Layer opacity
17:28 - G pen
17:41 - Transform shortcut
19:20 - Redo shortcut
19:41 - Flip canvas horizontal / vertical
20:10 - Turn layer on / off
21:28 - Inverse selection and shortcut
22:00 - Paint bucket tool
22:15 - Brush tool functions
22:50 - Clipping layers
23:47 - Protect alpha
25:05 - Airbrush tool
26:00 - Blur tool
27:17 - Lock transparency pixel tool
27:40 - Choosing similar colours
28:41 - Layer modes & multiply
31:16 - Gradient tool
32:44 - Final Drawing!

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🤓✍️ We hope this video helped you get started on your digital art journey!

[marfred]

thank you!! for being the first person to actually explain all the tools and how they work cuz ive been lost.

[SwedePotato]

I realize this video is older now…. But like everyone else said, it is BY FAR still the best intro to Clip Studio Paint. I’m transitioning from years and years of traditional art with 0 digital experience so I am extremely grateful for a video that doesn’t skip the absolute basics.
Thank you!

[Mystic_Dragon_Art]

I love how you not only show the basic tools, but you show how they're used together in a coloring workflow. Great job!

[anniesweeney]

Oh my gosh, thank you for actually explaining each tool in detail, talking slowly, and SHOWING us where you're clicking for each one. I'm going to study this video bahaha

[Syngeman]

It is odd this has any thumbs down . It is a person, teaching other people ... how can you give that a thumbs down?

[Valor]

Out of all the videos I've found explaining Clip Studio Paint, this one is the best by far. You actually go through every single tool and demonstrate how it works in detail.

[lyrisse]

I appreciate the detail that went into this tutorial, especially giving an overview on the tools and what they do. As someone who's transitioning from traditional art, I feel like the line art portions can be learned easily (thanks to this tutorial), though I'll have to look for more stuff regarding coloring. Great work!

[saku]

Love the video! Even though ive been using clip studio since july, there is still alot of things i did not know about thanks!

[gaminconsole]

i recently got into digital art, this tutorial has been really helpful and i actually made something good for the 1st time as a beginner, Thank you so much!

[stefaniepsiferart]

I've used Clip Studio for years but have recently been doing more traditional art. I just wanted to say that your tutorial is great and will be really useful for beginners. Plus I'm commenting so the extra comment helps your channel. :) Have a lovely day!

[chelseabailey]

Everyone has mentioned it before, but thankyou for really explaining the program from beginning, without "dumbing it down" so much that it loses the learning. I also love that you time coded, it part so we can go to the part we are having trouble with to practice.

[gumigumila]

Going to learn how to use Clip Studio Paint once I get it on sale! This is the best tutorial for beginners. May take a lot to understand since there's so much especially I'm new to this but I'm absolutely going to enjoy it because of this tutorial, thank you Winged Canvas!! <3

[indigobookworm]

I can't even begin to tell you how much I appreciate the time and effort to put into this video! Your explanations are so easy to understand and follow along with!

[jilliannedejesus]

This was such a great tutorial video! It is simple & easy to understand. The transition was also smooth since you were able to teach each tool while working on a drawing. Hope you continue to create good content like this. Thanks again!

[KrakenLatte]

Thank you for this! I'm trying my darnedest to get into digital art after being traditional-only my whole life, so this tutorial was very helpful!

[Jeff-yeso]

I've been drawing digitally for 6 years now and just installed CSP (I've been using MyPaint since its simple, all the buttons on this one were intimidating), I've never had clipping explained to me before. I feel like that and resizing are gonna be a real game changer for me. thanks for the tutorial!

[CreativeSteve]

just discovered your channel. love the content. I bought cclip studio bout 3 years ago on sale but never had time to use it until this year. Glad to have found ya i defently will sub. :)

[hands_n]

Thanks! This was really helpful after I was slapped in the face with an overwhelming amount of buttons and sliders

[juniebat]

This tutorial has been elemental in my journey to becoming a more serious artist! Very in-depth with demonstration and explanation :}