(Wanted to say, thank you to whoever gifted me a channel membership! You are very generous, and it was a lovely surprise. Take care!) Congratulations on the sponsorship!! I appreciate this video a lot, as I have only ever hand-drawn my comic ideas. Getting into animation, but didn't know where I would start making a digital comic, or what was a route for it. I write scenes and have a lot of notes, but it's very helpful to have an engaging step-by-step guide.
I love how rough your thumbnails are! I've seen some thumbnails that are way too polished. You're right that if you get too precious with them you won't wanna change them.
I clicked this video because your avatar looked kinda like the style of this one Webtoon I follow religiously called Castoff and I was intrigued. The intro process panel off to the right was looking suspiciously familiar... and my brain screeched to a halt and imploded at :45. Well gosh darn it, what a small Internet! Love your video, thank you so much for this! ♥
Remember, if someone tries to tell you "tracing is cheating", gently remind them that the most famous cartoon Disney movies were rotoscoped, which quite literally means they traced human movements (via actors) frame-by-frame in order to get the animation so smooth and realistic. This was BEFORE modern animation software, btw. The only time tracing is actually bad is if you are stealing another artist's work and claiming it as your own (especially bad if you try to sell it). Using free assets to trace over is like using royalty-free music for a video; you're not stealing because this was made for you to use. It's not cheating either, because you're not trying to get ahead--comics are made to tell a visual story, not to show off how good you are at drawing a background. In fact, my favorite manga of all time used presets as far back as the late 90s, and other times there were no backgrounds at all (other than a sparkle or gradient sheet). You do not need perfect, handmade backgrounds to tell a good story. That's why novels exist in the first place lol. Thank you so much for strongly urging this point. The (general) art community has been in shambles for several years now, and it's sad to see people clowning on assets because it's "lazy", though many great artists I follow use assets. Tools aren't made for us to be lazier; they're just something that help us get the job done faster. If you're building an actual house, the last thing you wanna do is build the entire thing without tools.
You are one of the most useful "comic basics" sources on RU-vid. A lot of channels just cover story, convengions, etc, without ever going into the actual technical details.
Separate comment so this information sticks out: Here's how I do flats to save me a bunch of time!! 1) Use the wand tool to select the area OUTSIDE of your drawing 2) Inverse selection (now the selected area is your entire drawing) 3) Fill in the selection with one color* 4) Clip a new layer to the base color and add flats as necessary (*If you'd rather go right in with the flats, that's fine! I prefer using a base color to be an underpainting OR to make sure there are no gaps.) Personally I do still prefer coloring without the fill tool as my style is very intricate, but the inverse-selection method has saved me SO much time. If anyone else prefers not to use the fill tool, please try this out!!!
Can't Wait for chapter 12 also I love this video its so good! Also I have taken so many notes form this! Thank You Star! Edit: Also castoff made me want to create my own comic so with all these tips Im gonna make a fantasy comic like yours!
For the 3D models, get creative! I used to build my landscapes in Minecraft and smooth them out as I drew over them. Now I usually use the sims 4 since it's has more details and mods to choose from. You don't need much more than an idea and a sandbox game.
Do I use Clip Studio? Haha! No. Do I have a drawing tablet? If an iPad counts as one. Am I going to watch this video the whole way through? Heck yeah I am! Am I going to listen to everything and try to remember it? First part yes, second part no..! Is seeing Star’s process gonna be fun? YESSSS!!! (Also the tips will be kinda useful for some things that aren’t Clip Studio only [AKA you can do them not on Clip Studio] so I’ll try and remember those)
Thank you again Star for another great video. Also Star is right, tracing is not cheating. It helps as an aid to get the feel for drawing and planning a scene or pose. Even famous artist used visual aid devices to help them draw such as the camera lucida.
Thanks for making this video! It's cool to see how other people make comics. I work mostly in Photoshop (been thinking of switching over, but I'm just too accustomed to PS at this point RIP) so while a lot of the CSP-specific tips aren't necessarily applicable to my own workflow, it did give me some ideas of things I could try and adapt myself. Having text presets for dialogue and such is such a good idea and I wish I'd tried that out sooner!
I agree! This will help me and my friends improve in our comic making and inspire us to keep pushing towards our stories! I really want to see what tips I can use and share with others! Thanks for making this video, Star ⭐✨!
Every time I watch one of your videos, I end up telling to myself "Why am I learning this NOW?!! You know how much time I've wasted before I knew I could do this??" Thanks a lot! its very informative
Could you do a breakdown on how you create your props in blender? I've tried many tutorials and all of them just seem so daunting I get confused so fast about how to do even the simplest of things.
Honestly this is off topic but I wanna say this. I have shit mental health and a shit focusing thing (AKA I’m unable to just focus on one thing, I can always feel my skin the sound everything) but when I watch certain things it’s like my issues almost fully disappear. I’ve only done this a few times but most times when it happens I’m watching Star. SO FUCKING THANK YOU STAR!!!!
Some thing thing I have discovered is customizing color sets - I have a color set for each of my characters so I don’t need to use the eye dropper tool or a reference. All you do is in clip studio, click window , color set ,then click the little wrench 🔧 on the side and it will take you to a screen that says edit color sets you can click create new set and name it what ever you want !! I hope this helps!😊
a tip for 14:30, if you use vector layer you can use the inks normally as normal brushes but you can click fill to vector line. that way you can even fill clean super super thin lines, and even lines witih different brushes with rough or semi transparency like pencil
honestly, knowing that I'm ALLOWED to use my own models to help with backgrounds takes a HUGE weight off my shoulders, thank you for that! i had a kinda specific question about drawing the characters themselves if that's alright: do you use pose references for your characters when drawing comic pages? one of the big reasons doing stuff like comics seems so daunting to me is because I'm really reliant on references when drawing humans, and finding specific poses for what i need can be really hard sometimes. doing the poses myself seems to be the most effective method I've used so far but i was wondering if there was anything that you do for castoff to get poses or if drawing repetitive and/or simple poses without reference just comes with practice. i love the way you teach! thank you!
On the CSP brushes, I actually like the Mapping Pen for inking. Not sure why, but I find the lines it makes a bit better than the standard g-pen, for me.
The DPI tip is useful for me despite me not being a comic artist (I like the film way to format my stories, original or fanworks. It’s why I use the stuff that I do) I still have all my things at 350 DPI if i remember to change it. JUSTINYOUKNOW?????? ICAN’TMAKEPRINTSBECAUSEIAMTECHNICNICALLYAYOUNGTEENBUTSTIIILLLLLLLLL
Ppi doesnt matter, what matters is the CANVAS SIZE. Make it for example A4 sized. When you want to print it, you will tell the program there is going to be 300 pixels in inch. MAKE SURE THE CANVAS IS BIG ENOUGH, if the canvas is too little but it is 300 ppi, it doesn’t help you.
I'm honestly more interested in the new channel assets Edit: I'm not sure about this, but I remember hearing that... The Tokyo Ghoul artist, traced over 3D models for their backgrounds So, I think its fine
10:07 Just want to say. If you don't have blender or can't really do any 3D modeling yourself: The Sims 4 is completely free right now and if you need specific items you can find free CC online! You can enter a free camera mode and it's how I have been doing my Animatic!
Wow.. just. Wow. You are a cure to production art and honestly have become my hero as I was called crazy for trying to make bucket fill work. I was a heretic. They threw crumpled up paperwork at me. A thousand thank yous for the unmeasurable amount of time all these tips shave off. I literally said "she should write a book," right when you mentioned it. Lol. I have a lot of tech stuff to learn but all these things are better than the 4 years I spent in UA. I will be bendging all of your tips and tricks as well as buying your book. Tysm. I am so grateful.
I'm waiting to get a drawing tablet so eventually I can begin on my first webcomic! I enjoyed watching your process, even though I'm too broke for CSP, I'm sure a lot of this can translate to GIMP or Krita lol Edit: ive started using medibang too
I'd like to add! I used to use the Sims to make environments/houses! I know a lot of people have the free dl of The Sims 4, and it's super useful for making refs! Of course, you can't get the environments exact unless you're basing your in-comic places on the game's pre-made assets. But it's great for setting up spaces and perspectives!
I only found your channel a few days ago. As someone who hopes to actually have a web comic some day I've found this and every video of yours on the topic to be invaluable
I want to personally thank you for making these awes-mazing videos for making webcomics and for making such a handy guidebook for beginners and intermediate creator alike. I've been using your book to help me make the latest chapter of my comic I've been doing for 3 year and it has made the process SO MUCH LESS time-consuming and fun. Hopefully, this chapter will be done before the end of the year- and I cant wait to share it with everyone!
You'r videos always inspire me to keep working on my Comic/Manga ideas. I just need to finally figure out how to start scripting, like I have general ideas for the plot but I never really know how to begin with that. You don't have to do this BUT! If you feel like a small tutorial going a bit more in depth on scripting could be a good idea it would help a lot! Your art is really inspiring and I began to read castoff a while ago. I have to continue reading it, but class has me so busy right now,,
I’m currently working on a webcomic that I hope will be out by either next year or 2025, depending on my schedule called The Chimera Galaxy. I already have trailer comics up with one more to go and then I’ll be ready to work on the official comic
I love the idea of using 3D model backgrounds as a reference! I'm gonna have to focus on writing for a while and chill out on trying to jump straight into the drawing process 😅
Thanks for sharing your process; it was very interesting to see how the story is made. I never been great at coloring; it's always stumped me because I don't know how to lay down colors or where to put them....especially when it comes to coloring a scene.
Thank You so much for this Educational Video! I’ve been wanting to start work on my own Webcomic Series, but I haven’t known how to start. This gives me a good, clear Idea on what to do! Especially since I’m also using Clip Studio. I still have a long way to go though. I’ve only recently gotten into Digital Art from Traditional. But I’m excited too learn how to Improve! Again Thank You so much for this! And I hope you have a Fantastic day! 💛😻💛😻💛😻💛
19:55 The part where you add the sound effects had me pausing and squinting at the toolbars... Why? [Layer Property]-[Border Effect] I've seen that outlined-text effect so often, but did _not_ know how to do it. This calls for research, experimentation...aaaand dinking with tools that were probably right in front of me that I never thought to _"what does this do?"_ ..
I found this so helpful, I’ve been following your channel and watching so many of your tutorials, (I’m currently drafting a comic right now) and your channel my go to place when I have questions. Your advice is always so helpful! Keep up your fantastic art!
What do you think about doing comics in this sort of layout for print, but creating secondary layouts for mobile viewing such as on Webtoons? I see some comic artists do both, some only do one.
This is so cool and the tips and stuff in this is helping me with making my comic! I had no idea how to do this stuff and I’m so glad I got to see this video and channel!!!
@@Izag-wn5kd no it's NOT. Just like using a calculator doesn't make you a brainy ass mathematician, using 3d models doesn't make you picasso or world class artist. That's how 3d models are intended to be used. 🧠🗑️
I loved every second of this video! So informative and frankly downright inspiring. Using blender 3d models is genius! I'm definitely going to add that to my work flow
this is so helpful if i ever decide to use clip studio paint :D i'm planning on making a pokemon heartgold PMD comic, named ''fiery binds''.... when i get round to actually doing the playthrough for the footage to work off of 😅 i've made 2 & a half of beta pages of the comic, but that's about it, so far...
This is absolutely very , very honestly helpful I'm not going to lie I actually put my comic on hiatus to refresh and take my time to make a bunch of pages since I was set back due to a change of style and schedule- this and many of your videos since I've found you have been amazingly helpful and you're the go to artist for comics that I take all the notes and work with them and they feel do-able unlike many others who give tutorials they often fall into modern romance with no backgrounds and your fantasy environments and characters design and art style is very unique and I know I'm gushing alot here but your words are something that I wish I had learned when I first got my iPad years ago, I may use procreate and my iPad but honestly all your tips work splendedly with any program aside from the custom brushes, but I'm one of the few who loves testing many brushes from painterly to stamps for short cuts , I recall seeing your video about using tools to save time and was relieved it wasn't seen as a bad thing becuase so many times I was told everything had to be from scratch and the hard way , I am so happy to support your comics and videos and hope that your Channel and comics get all the love it deserves 😊
This is gonna be hella useful for me because not only do I have Clip Studio Paint, I also have a TON of ideas for making a comic (it's gonna be based on Super Smash Bros), and despite me being okay at sketching, I have no idea what I'm doing on the digital front. XD
literally, star, u are my entire insperation. would never have even found my love for webcomics if i hadnt started castoff, now im in the works of one myself!!!! thanks for this video, it has really helped get me started. hope to make something amazing other people can love as much as i do!
Those tips on the piant bucket settings were good. I hope to fix up my work a little more, with these. That "empty" pixels issue has always annoyed me. Any tips on how to make the Stabilization work, on brushes? I'm used to Adobe Ilustrator and the stabilization in that program seems a thousand times more responsive to CSP, nomatter how I mess with the slider.
Hey Star, Thank you for this really helpful class. I really appreciate the tip with the 3D-Models. I would also appreciate if you answer my question: How much time do you spend on one page from thumbnailing to final page? Thank you so much, Lysa
Definitely never going to print my future comic because I'm probably gonna use the Webtoon comic formatting which truthfully works better for scrolling and not reading it physically. Usually, cramped panels don't work too well with Webtoon's format🤷♀️
I want make a superhero production that tales anything about the helps our god, jesus christ and bible lines that will make the good guys defeat the evil guys, espacialy one of my two main superhero franchise called The Christian Pencil Man (based on me as a brazilian cristian artist)
This was really helpful! I'm currently in the planning stage of the comic I'm making, I'll definitely come back to this video to help me in the future :)
this was really nice i always likie to have a guide to a good workflow in csp so I appreciate this a lot, for blender, do you know of any good tutorials to construct geometric shapes for like bg work? so I can get a rough look for background making
I was following until the end but I'm still very much a beginner with color and all the different kinds of layers on CSP. But I'll get there someday! Hopefully...
for making backgrounds, using photographs of ur own or free to use ones, are a great way for making manga. u will have to edit them a bit to fit the style and simplify it, but it works really well. i've noticed many mangakas that use this. notably sui ishida. if there is a hyper realistic background in a manga, chances are they used a real photo for it :D!
Man, I really really what to finally start drawing my Webcomic. But I am stuck at the wrighting phase😭😭😭 Because if the story is not solid, what is the point of putting all this work into drawing if one day I realize I want to rewrite the first chapter?
Are there any good blender videos to watch to help me in the process of learning scene creation? I've been working with blender for a good year now when it comes to video game character design but I have no luck with finding a good informational video about building scenes in blender.. I'd appreciate some suggestions if anyone has any!
For thoughs who knows how to draw, I'm trying to learn how to draw, I have been practicing shapes and am now doing perspectives. What do you all think I should practice afterwards?
You know, I never really relized how much my creative writing class would actually help me understand half this. Such a course can prepare you how to write a script(or screenplay). It's so refreshing to know how to do it already, and not having to learn something new while doing something else entirely new like working with comic layout and thumbnailing small scenes.
I guess I've always done comics my own way. I see all these artists doing al these extra steps, I don't. I draw everything in pen, I either get it right or I start over. If its close, I might edit a small error after scanning. I don't typically make a script either, I just review my drawings. I have an idea how each character sounds in my head, if I ever add voice acting.
I've been considering trying to do some comics for a bit now but brain hasn't quite been cooperating, but thank you for making all these videos giving advise and such that will be useful once I win against my brain
Love this tutorial! Right now im currently in the writing phase of my comic ^^ Is it possible to do a tutorial on pacing? I've noticed that is one area I'm struggling with lol But thank you for your content, it has been super helpful for me to work on my own stuff!
So how big are your comic files usually? I've been trying to do the regular comic setting on CSP for a while but when I send it out, I can't edit it like my friend said. Like it looks fine for print but to edit it for web upload I can't edit it to show how much of the page I want showing for web posting.
I love this video a lot and come back to it every once in a while, while working on my fancomic. The thumbnails helped me a ton and the other advice helped me streamline my process a lot. May I ask how you made the dialog bubble? The way you make your bubbles just looks much nicer than what the standard tools offer.
Pov: you cant get clip studio paint or a drawing tablet bc your poor and dont have the money for it even if you want it so your using ibispaint but it all looks horrible? Yeah! same! Im going threw that right now and i want to die! i have for 2 years because i dont wanna use ibispaint for comics!!! 🤭🤭🤭
