How to make comic panels in under a minute!

How I make comic panels in Clip Studio Paint!
Note: You CAN continue to use the panels in the folder as they're created, but I personally prefer them just being just lines and not having anything fancy. YMMV!
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[@equinox4901]

Idk why but it looks so satisfying when you do that-

[@BreezyJoy]

I never realized that option was there, you saved me

[@clickmyprofile4751]

omg i read that comic all the time i never thought i’d find the creator! small world i guess

[@EDBass]

I'VE LOST HOURS OF MY LIFE...watching waffling, long-winded, and meandering tutorials! Only to be saved by this soothing, concise, helpful, and BRIEF tutorial...bless you! :)

[@SOLSTICES41]

This. This tiny short video is what i needed. I’ve been trying all the premise and trying to draw them myself with the pen tools and somehow missed this was even a thing this whole time. God. Send. Thank you 🙏

[@kannazuki5702]

It's really helpfull thanks!!!

[@charlietownsend2826]

That was a godsend lol. My dumbass kept making individual panels and banging my head against the desk to keep that spacing consistent. I guess I’m just stupid lmao. Also that rasterize option is super useful. If I could like this twice I would. Thanks a whole lot.

[@Extroverted-Gay]

Me just vibing to the music

[@blazesaber1383]

How do you plan out your borders do you draw the images first then make a border that best fits them? Or do you draw the borders first and then draw within the borders.

[@emstink]

I think usually, these are storyboarded out first, so they have an idea of what they want in the scene to begin with. It's like in a directing a camera for a movie, where they'll say "Focus in Bob walking from stage left to right. Zoom on Bob's face. Zoom out on landscape. Focus on Bob and Samantha looking at each other". You'll have a general idea of how big that needs to be. So you plan out the borders based on that general idea, and sketch in how you want the scenes to look. If something doesn't fit, this is the time you can rearrange, make a box bigger to show more, move something to the left, etc. This sketch usually overlaps the boxes to some degree (e.g in this video you can see the face zoom in on the top right has some hair cut off. That hair would likely be present in the sketch phase) Once you're happy with the sketch, you usually stay relatively within the lines. There's no point drawing too far off the lines, it's a waste of time, but also it's sometimes necessary to allow flow or blending. After you're finished, you can erase those overlaps.

[@Jezzleyjezz]

This is why I wish I had clip studio sometimes 😭 got them procreate artist blues 😔

[@BennyLikesBoiledEggZ]

POV: your a traditional artist

[@gozob]

Very helpful. The biggest issue I've ever had though is that I just never ever know how to lay out my comics. I mean it doesn't matter that much, since I don't draw anymore, but, still. It's something I was never able to understand.

[@BardishAtHeart]

So I can make squares. I wanna know how to make them. Like how do you decide to frame a panel? How do you make them appealing visually but having them intersect and overlap? How do you know when to do what for a scene? Do you just wing it?

[@sophiai1038]

Me who uses krita: well, when we tap on the comic template, it gives us the boxes all ready for us along with the layers. One layer let's you crop the boxes. I use them at times, though not a whole lot.

[@Snakesrule55]

How have I only just realised that castoff is on WEBTOON?

[@Binger838]

AUGGJGHHH I used to use csp but I switched to procreate so this video is torturing me

[@Rin-qj7zt]

it's more than just that. its a language. why do you choose a panel structure? what are your goals? examples? how does the panel structure accomplish them?

[@TessuDraws]

Oh my god, thank you. Every other tutorial I found was at least 10 minutes long and just a lot of 'settings' talk that went over my head.

[@melodramaticdragon5826]

Ugh, I've been struggling with the frame border tool as someone who likes to draw things breaking out of the borders, and this is a godsend!! I feel silly for not thinking of it before. Thank you!!

[@Chiffawndue]

This helps so so much!!! The pre-made options in the assets don’t always work

[@aminocity]

Im downloading webtoon to read that comic At this stage I HAVE TO SEEE

[@hastypastry6353]

awesome thank you! i’ve heard people praise csp’s comic tools but i never knew how to use them.

[@carlynorwood3971]

Look I don’t use digital drawing but my god this looks awesome great job!

[@quessiant]

THANK YOU❤❤❤

[@zeidenthemasterofgamez891]

Tysm I have been trying to make a comic thank you so much

[@astamariewenzelhedegaard8300]

This is mindblowing

[@bluepawwarriors4038]

This taught me how to use it in Ibis Paint

[@caencfy4702]

What is your canvas size?

[@galaxystars2733]

I have procreate, and I really wanna do that ❤

[@theremycrocks6861]

I had no idea csp could do that!!! Omg!!

[@frostybootz]

How do artists do that magic reveal thing with the layers? I seen a ton of “what traditional artists think digital art is like” TikTok videos and never knew the secret behind the trick.

[@fatal_edits0]

how do you cut those frames so well!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robinfinch314]

So that's how that works!!! Thank you :D

[@Whoamiwhoisme]

I love this.

[@salazarslitherin1812]

It’s the same on ibisPaint as well btw

[@___Aventurine__]

Anyone know if they have anything like this on procreate-? :’)

[@Zistheone2]

the divide frame tool doesn't work for me. It just creates a black line and doesn't make a gap between the frames like it does in the video

[@jibrilthethingart]

Do you think you could make a video thumbnailing the drawings inside the panel?

[@PeriluneStar]

Oh my gosh that looks *so* easy. ;-; do you (or anybody else) know a simple way to do something like this in procreate? The way I do it works but it takes forever :(

[@der23]

.....I'm about to get this program just for this

[@baaqirmerchant1171]

do u know the name of the program??

[@der23]

​@@baaqirmerchant1171clip studio paint

[@YTRook81]

Right do you make other videos on getting started on comics and what you use

[@Ca-kn5hw]

Please, is there a way to cut frames with guidelines? Like, centuring the frame, cutting it in the middle of the canvas or making panels the exact same size?

[@ovire]

Are you able to make a WEBTOON using ibis paint x?

[@stephenthedude4383]

But what if I'm not on an electronic device? I have paper lol

[@Purplecat064]

Sorry am new but which app do you use

[@lovelypagcaliwagan2086]

what app youre using? thank u hehe

[@PaperSans]

New sub

[@Salrie-Antlerhorn]

Here's a question I'd like to ask. How do you make the panel walls break or have the characters pop out of the panel? Like say their heads are outside the panel when their bodies are inside?

[@echo-ing]

I'm using Krita, how can I do this?

[@Rika1991sonicfan]

Which app did you use

[@kate8cake]

..clip studio paint..the app that she stated in the first seconds..

[@rageoftheredphoenix]

Studio paint? Is there an equivalent for mac? Is there any software that is free for apple mac smart devices?

[@ShaiksimrahShireen]

Can l ask you a question Which app do y use or there is a pad like that to make a comic I am only a kid just curious 😅😅😢😢

[@Ovni-u3r]

May I ask Wich app you are using? It’s literally the thing am struggling with right now.

[@thepurpleperson3765]

Oh yeah I want to know this too

[@froggyplant0455]

She’s using clip studio paint

[@thepurpleperson3765]

@@froggyplant0455 ok, tsym!!!

[@Chicenk]

How do I do the drawings in under a minute /j

[@rocketmanart7964]

Cool

[@supremeduff]

🔥🔥

[@teamo59]

What app is this

[@angiejavonrt]

Im subbing to have you on my list of "Useful stuff you need dumdum"

[@conniedeguzman5277]

What app

[@maybringsflowers77]

What about ibs paint or iartbook? Would it work on there?

[@kate8cake]

ibispaint has a frame divider tool which works the same as in the video, not sure about iartbook tho

[@silentfox139]

God among us peasants

[@sarahardemalm]

and here i waisted my time doing this with the other clip tools and getting frustrated for no reason :O

[@bookvee]

This method is WAY simpler than any of the other tutorials I've seen. Why do so mant people overcomplicate this?

[@barcaazzz2017]

Wtf program is this

[@happybuttercup]

What website is this on?

[@Harudodo]

Clip Studios Paint

[@NonExclusive6669]

Face reveal?

[@Mr.Hemin0]

Please stop making art hacks my art is getting out of control and control z doesn’t work anymore. It has a mind of its own.

[@Nikku4211]

Alright but how do you plan the panel layouts?

[@emstink]

Sketch. What is happening in your scene? E.g Alice and Maria just broke up on a park bench in the previous panel. In the next panel, you want to show Maria storming away while Alice is left on the bench, crying. First, you might want a wide frame showing Maria getting off the bench, Alice's distraught face peeking through behind her. The second frame is narrower, Maria's boots crushing grass and rippling the lake beside her. Third on a new row is narrow again, showing a close up of Alice's distraught face. Fourth on the same row, wider again is a zoom out showing Alice on a bench frame showing a close up of her sad face. The fifth, six, and seventh frame are split on the same row. 4 shows Maria's silhouette walking away, over the shoulder of Alice, 5 shows Alice's clenched fists in her skirt, 6 shows her head bent as she cries. If you know what's happening in your scene, it's a lot easier to plan the panels. And also, sketch them, see how they fit, move things around. For example, if I'd sketched the above, I might decide that instead of having 7 frames, I can merge 5 and 6 by moving the rest of the frames over to the left and having 5 and 6 be a tall continuous frame showing Alice's bent head in the first row, tears dripping onto her fists in the second row. Generally, showing a setting or a landscape like a field or a room will have a wide frame, or even a big square frame that would take up 4 smaller frames. If you want to highlight things in the room/area, or a conversation taking place inside it, you can overlap smaller frames on the bigger one. Also, if you want to give a feel of loneliness or emptiness to a frame, you can zoom out more and thus may need a larger frame, like a zoom-out of a schoolboy with no friends on his own in a classroom, or two enemies on opposite sides of the frame glaring at each other with nothing in between. Close-ups on faces or objects are usually smaller because you want the expression/details to be the sole focus of the frame. Unless it's meant to be a really impactful expression, then consider making the frame bigger. Closer frames are also useful for making things feel more cozy - although if you make the frame too cramped, it can start to feel claustrophobic which is good for horror. In that cases, it might be better to utilise even smaller frames more often to give the feeling of unease. Long frames are better for things that have stayed the same through the rows (or long things, obviously, like full-body shots). E.g 3 friends might be in a treasure cave, 2 of them are arguing in the background while one of them looks down at a piece of cursed treasure in his hands. You could have 1 long frame on the left of him standing over the treasure, while 3 frames to the right are arguing until finally, they look over and notice. If you can study when and _how_ different frames are used, it becomes a lot easier to plan the panels. Plain straight frames can get boring really quickly, so it's best to just play around and practice while keeping some basic patterns in mind. Storyboard, sketch the scenes and adapt the frames around them to fit better. I know I'm not the original creator and I'm sorry it's a lot, but I hope this might help someone