15 CRUCIAL Digital Art Tips for Beginners [CLIP STUDIO PAINT]

It took me 6 years of trawling to collect all these tips. Please do with them what you will. Another disclaimer that these are all based off my own process and art journey, some may be relevant and some might not be! I hope you all get value out of this quick watch regardless.

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Thank you to @marshallmerlin_ on Instagram for the amazing eyestrain artwork and to @SirWilly77 for the Earth Explosion! video which I used in my introduction.

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[durazmomo]

I already knew all of these but this video is very nice to watch

[lunanline]

i’ve been trying to improve my digital art for awhile now so this video came at the right time!! plus its so cool to see my name at the end😌!

[user.withoutaname]

i was literally JUST thinking about needing to improve my digital art (as a beginner) and this shows up in my recs 😭🙏 TYY

[bubonicplant]

the white washed marina jumpscare oh my god😭😭

[Slinky_Goose]

Another good tip is to change the size of your line art, by having all the outside lines thicker and inside lines thinner adds some more flow to the art :3

[kikiscribbles]

A small personal add-on to tip 2- try using gaussian blur on your sketch or use an airbrush pen when drawing it. That way the lines are less clear and less intimidating to translate into proper line work since you don't have to commit so strictly to what your sketch is

[unusuallink]

List of the tips
1. 0:25 - Flip your canvas
2. 0:55 - Lower your sketch opacity for smoother lines
3. 1:20 - Customize your brush pressure
4. 1:40 - The transparent color can be used as an eraser (CSP specific)
5. 2:00 - Balance detail
6. 2:19 - Use clipping layers and lock transparent pixels (also known as “alpha lock” or “protect alpha” on some programs)
7. 2:55 - Avoid color picking
8. 3:25 - Use pure white (and pure black) sparingly
9. 4:25 - Never use extreme colors (ex neon green/red/blue)
10. 4:59 - Check your values using a white/block color layer
11. 5:34 - Use overlay and multiply for shading and mood
12. 6:14 - Color your lineart
13. 6:50 - The soft lineart trick
14. 7:17 - Expand your selection to create borders (CSP specific)
15. 7:42 - Use an art program that you enjoy

[sproingle_doingle]

I SCREAMED SO LOUD WHEN I SEEN THE SANRIO MARINA OH MY GOD I CRIED AND ALMOST DIED WTF

[MuscularLettuce]

EEK these are all so good!! I think my favorite tip to give out is to use a vector layer when doing line art as when you resize it it doesn't lose its quality! ^_^

[sadface]

Tip #16: with a will, there’s a way. Even if whatever drawing program you use doesn’t have certain features there are ways to cheat the system. Exp: Ibis paint doesn’t let you use gradient maps with paying but I’m stingy. Ibis paint DOES allow you to select certain colors in your canvas. Soooo I’ll manually put my artwork in black & white and select and fill to my hearts content. It may not be perfect, but it’s something!

[lanyperez]

This inspired me to start drawing again. Thank you for this EPIC video!!! 🫶😼

[totoka-]

OOOO the lighting part was actually really helpful

[kenken.._]

4:39 THAT'S MY BFS ART THIS IS A MOMENT IN HISTORY TAKE A

[bigslittles]

Zepy, I just wanted to say a few things !!

Thank you so much for just creating! I have been watching/subbed to you for around when you had 20k or so subscribers. Your art is so pretty and your tips have helped me so much and I have always loved how you read out your streams when they happen!

[kittycandy_art]

Sometimes i forget to flip the canvas until ive already colored it in, and when i do flip it, i just cry a lil on the inside. Thank goodness for the liquid brush 😭😭😭

[sogging]

personally for borders i like to use layer property > effect > border effect
bc its easier to adjust the border thickness & you can even draw on a layer with the effect turned on and the border will surround what you're drawing automatically

[penpenpencilowo]

One thing I've discovered when it comes to lineart/colored lines: using a desaturated midtone blue and changing the effect of the linear to Subtract makes the lines have a redish tone over your colors! If you don't use the bucket tool it's really easy to add the effect of colored lines. I'm still trying to figure out how to use it to my advantage while digitally painting but for character drawings and whatnot, it's definitely sped up my coloring process.

[gremlin]

1:30 thas me you found me its me [my tablet is screaming with how scratched it is]

[Sean_Pop]

I learned some new stuff! THANK YOU ZEPY!!!

[seekingsouI]

the way you use ykw music as an ost. i love that so much