November 16th, 2018. Project: Create A Webtoon

Even though I did draw the table in my sketch book, getting it right in (I'm sick of typing the full name so I'm shortening it) CSP was still excessively difficult. I tried using some of the ruler tools (mostly the perspective and guide rulers) but I couldn't for the life of me figure them out. The perspective tool makes additional ruler lines and the guide tool doesn't lock correctly, and none of the rulers seem capable of movement so I can't readjust them.

I ended up spending most of my time failing to understand the rulers. I'll have to play around with them again some other time to figure them out. I'll probably google a tutorial later.

Drawing the table without the rulers was difficult but not impossible, the lines are less than steady though. I got the table and part of one of the chairs done, I'll do the other chair and the rough models of the characters tomorrow.

November 15th, 2018. Project: Make A Webtoon

So I found some reference images on perspective drawing, I couldn't get it to work right by drawing in Clip Studio Paint so I decided to draw it in my sketch book first.

The scene I'm drawing in the next couple of pages is just a simple conversation over breakfast. To make it more interesting and less of an exposition dump I watched a couple of videos on how to set up a table scene. This one was the most useful.

So I've finished the sketch in my sketch book, so tomorrow I'll use that as a reference while drawing on my computer

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November 14th, 2018. Project: Make A Webtoon

So now that I have the font I figured I would share how the text bubble tool works on clip studio paint. Basically you just click the tool, select what type of text bubble you want; You can also import new types from the materials window and down loader. For this part of the comic I wanted the bubble to be shaky so I chose the bubble pen and just drew a really shaky circle and tail. You can do bubbles in any color, it also offers customization in what tool the bubbles are drawn in, such as pen tools or airbrush tools. It's really simple to do.

Since page 2 is finished I'm moving on to page 3. Since the coffee cup image is finished I need to draw the far view of the 2 characters talking at a table. This is turning out to be very difficult to get right due to the perspective. I'm going to try and find some reference images.

I found some pretty good reference images on Pinterest, I've run out of time though so I'll continue tomorrow.

November 13th, 2018. Project: Make A Webtoon

So right back to work on page 2, I moved the coffee cup image to page 3 using the copy paste tools. I had a bit of trouble with this though. I could move the drawing itself but not the masking layer created by the comic frame border tool. With a bit of experimentation I found the solution. The move object tool, apparently. I still had to move both the image and mask layer separately though.


 I finished the lines and shading for the image, I want to add some text though. None of the fonts I have suit the character's feeling though, it ends up a goofy contrast to the character. So I'm going to the internet.

I found this site and font that I think will work so going to try and use that. I'm out of time for today though so I'll do that tomorrow.

November 9th, 2018. Project: Create A Webtoon

So back to the second image on page 2. I did the line work pretty easily, I had to use the mesh transformation tool on the arms. I found something new while using it. If you have the tool settings panel open while using it, you can increase the number of points you can manipulate in the mesh.

I don't really like how suddenly we move away from the first story scene so I'm moving the cup image to page 3 using copy and paste, and I'll be drawing another image of the character. I've done the base sketch already. I've run out of time to work today so I'll continue on that tomorrow.

November 8th, 2018. Project: Make A Webtoon

Alright continuing page 2... I just want to quickly compare my sketch vs the final line art because I am impressed with how it develops.

I found the short cut for opening a selected story page in a new tab: N, it's the N key. I also found a new selection thing while experimenting with the layers. You right click a layer, go to the selection button, and you can create a selection from the layers contents as well as add to that selection with another layers contents, it's super useful.

I finished the shading on the first panel and I'm still deciding whether I want to add another image to this page.

I decided to do a panel transition, which is a transition between scenes using multiple small empty panels. I also chose to start the next scene with a zoom in on the main characters hands on a coffee cup. On the next page I'll do a far view of the character eating breakfast. I'm really happy with how the sketch of the hands are turning out. They are still really difficult to draw, I'm getting better though.

I think this is where I'll stop for today

November 7th, 2018. Project: Make A Webtoon

So I just realized that I actually haven't said the name of the story or posted the URL to the blog.  So here is that... https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/magical-recovery-project/list?title_no=238113 . My story currently has 3 subs and 14 views, which is awesome considering it was just posted yesterday. Webtoon only features series that are already popular on their home page, so for my story to be found it would have to either be specifically searched or one of the keywords related to the story would have to be searched. The search bar on the site will pull up all stories related to what's typed in.


While working with the story I found this cool function of Clip Studio Paint. I can take a page file and make it into an actual story. With that I can add pages that are automatically the same size as all the others; I can go between linked pages, and when a story is saved or opened it does it with every linked file, you can access them separately though. With this I don't have to open and close and reopen the pages to edit them. I just click the page I want then click open page in a new tab. It will show both the entire story, and the page your working with at the same time.

So onto my work with Chapter 2 Page 2, I've done a rough sketch and now I'm working on the details. And I just accidentally discovered a new thing with the story functions, I can drag and drop pages into different orders. I made the character's arm a bit too big so I had to resize that, as well as the annoyance of drawing hands. I finished the line work for page 2, all that's left is the shading.

I noticed today my drawing tablet cord is getting a bit worn down so that might cause problems in the future...