Watercolor timelapse with Clip Studio Paint

[@meomeongungu]

This video, while can be followed even if you're a beginner, has too much information to learn at once. So please see my other tutorials for the details: Original tutorial: tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/3755 Basic tutorial: tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/5651 Practice - Hand: tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/3308 Practice - Flower: tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/2733 Advanced - Calligraphy: tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/2973 I'll try to make more videos about these tutorial in the future.

[@alolikak5906]

Im a traditional artist trying to switch to digital. Im so frustrated.. i almost thought it is not possible to do water colour let alone wash painting in digital medium. This was so satisfying. though a bit too overwhelming for someone trying to fumble with a new tablet! but this made me feel i should not quit digital...

[@meomeongungu]

Glad this help! Also there are a lot of software which can emulate watercolor quite accurately, moreso than Clip Studio Paint in my video (you can search for some brushpack of Procreate for example). In fact CSP is more suitable for the uniform, architectural watercolor rendering, for the more artistic style other softwares can do better. The thing is, the more realistic it look, the harder it is to control (and if you don't know how to control it, the digital watercolor often looks much much worse than its real life counterpart). The method I use in this video offer more control so it can look a bit rigid, but in return if you follow it closely you can 100% replicate the result. I hope to see your digital drawing soon!

[@werren894]

it takes a month for me to learn the app, and workflow in digital, just take times to learn the technical stuff then art later, or you can just do it manually, the tech part is just to make it faster

[@meomeongungu]

@@werren894 imo you should find a simple tutorial and draw something from it to learn the basic quickly and have a result immediately. That'll boost your confident. Keep drawing using basic knowledge and find more tutorials if you need something. These days apps/software have too many functions, it's impossible to learn them all.

[@umar56838]

its ok with time and practice you can do it and you can find watercolor brushes for your software

[@colinreid325]

Whatever country we come from art is our communication. Thank you. ❤❤❤

[@SandyKYang]

This is amazing. Thank you so much!

[@thiagosgarbiero1457]

That's fenomenal! Great job and thank you for the tutorial!

[@meomeongungu]

Thank you! Hope you can have a good result with this!

[@bitterthansalt5083]

0 dislike, yess this is beautiful. Thanks for your video, now i can draw like this digitally

[@craftoonist_urmy4923]

Hi! I'm new to digital art and i really like your style ❤️. Definitely looking forward to more videos of Yours❤️

[@meomeongungu]

Thank you!

[@michas4740]

Thank you so much for the tutorial!

[@oozeandgoospeedpaints]

Your work is absolutely incredible! Thank you for putting this together!

[@Yishy22]

I love it, pls keep showing us your art :D

[@meomeongungu]

Thank you! Your comment means so much to me ; v ;

[@gabrielguzman8031]

Great work! It's hard to find natural watercolor in clip studio. Congrats

[@marqosmarqos1201]

Very nice. I've been wondering how to achieve the watercolor affect with Clip Studio. Very helpful. Thanks

[@raptokvortex]

Amazing! I want to try and get that watercolour effect into my own art. Thanks for sharing

[@ryu-kp6pn]

this is a very nice tutorial aaa, your explanations are very detailed and informative! thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! ❤️ (i hope we can see more from you in the future!) also i adore your art, i can see how experienced and confident you are with your strokes, wishing you all the best! ❤️

[@meomeongungu]

Thank you for your compliment, it means a lot to me :D

[@mytty3539]

So beautiful new suscriber! :3

[@MrZet124]

Thanks for some tips that you shown in clip. It's inspire me alot ^0^

[@meomeongungu]

glad it helped fellow Vietnamese :))

[@MrZet124]

@@meomeongungu ôi mê style quá ạ :( thấy tên kênh là nghi nghi rồi bồ ơi

[@meomeongungu]

@@MrZet124 chờ xem sản phẩm của bạn :D

[@MoMo-vo6xw]

Thank you❤

[@kunlasee6460]

This is absolutely beautiful. You deserve more like and view!

[@YukihoDubs]

Looks delicious!^^

[@annenicolas3899]

hello this is soooo beautiful .. just wondering where did you get your other set of brushes?

[@meomeongungu]

Thank you! I got the other set from Clip Studio Asset. You can find the link on the tutorial mentioned above. Here it is assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1682349

[@nicok.8818]

thx for the video, i learned a lot :)

[@meomeongungu]

oh, I didn't think there will be people watching it! Thanks!

[@fawneei]

Amazing

[@serafinnlavender1572]

Beautiful! I can't wait to try on my own painting. Can I ask how long it took you to complete overall? Also, how did you put your reference picture in that top corner spot?

[@meomeongungu]

It took me around 7 hours but I'm slow and often side-track. Sorry for the late reply, for the reference go to Window (on the menu bar on top) > Sub View. It appears as a floating window, you can dock it wherever you like.

[@serafinnlavender1572]

@@meomeongungu Less then 1 week is plenty speedy for a reply so don't worry! And thanks for the info! I look forward to watching your other videos :)

[@TheKevphil]

Late in the process, you did something to accentuate/darken the edges of the colors. How did you do that? This is one of the best-looking simulations of watercolor I've seen, including from *Rebelle* and *Paintstorm.*----I notice your channel is new. I have Subscribed and I hope you make many more videos!

[@meomeongungu]

Thanks for the subscribe! Actually I don't know much about video editing so this account is like a storehouse for my videos, don't know what to do with them either (I'm not active enough to run a channel but I do make videos like these for my tutorials). I guess you're talking around the 20:32 mark. Look at the Layer Property tab to the right (above the Layer tab in my workspace; if you don't see this tab in your version, open it in the Window menu bar on the top). Click the first button in the Effect part, like in my video. It create a border. On the next row, click the 2nd button - the white border (you don't see it here since my layers are in Multiply blend mode) turns into the watercolor border. The effect will be very strong and unrealistic so I lower all the sliders below that. If what I said is unclear, you can visit the tutorial from the link in the video description. I explained all the detail there. EDIT: actually I'm not a veteran in digital painting, but I think I have a different point of view regarding watercolor simulation on digital softwares. Other programs (like the two you mentioned, Rebelle and Paintstorm, and many more you can find on iPad and PC) simulate the "process" of painting a watercolor piece, like how the water react with the canvas, how the colors blend in real time, and so on. This seems like the right approach but in reality it's far harder to control the brush like that on a drawing tablet - I'd rather use my real watercolor and brushes. My approach is essentially like photo-manipulation. Here we simulate the "end result" of a watercolor drawing - we have layers of "washes" glazing on top of one another, and each "wash"/brushstroke have a gradient - not just one color - and watercolor border effect just like irl. We don't paint with the brush, we paint with the opacity of paper texture and change the color later (like grayscale painting method commonly found in concept art). With that said, this method is applicable with most painting programs that have a mask layer of some sort and a alpha lock feature. In this video I "paint" the background by changing color of a watercolor texture. The ramen bowl is painted with watercolor brushes but it's just for the watercolor texture - you get the idea. Sorry for the long and late reply, but I don't have anyone to say this to ^^;; my artist friends prefer real watercolor (which is still superior IMO but not when your clients want to modify your works for the n-th times)

[@TheKevphil]

@@meomeongungu Thank You! I have a channel to which I contribute every couple YEARS! Hopefully, you'll do better! lol I'm an old guy and have done a lot of different art over the years. I really like digital and getting real-world effects. It's both a challenge and a pleasure. Speaking of watercolor, check this out if you haven't seen it: a great WC simulation in lowly ArtRage. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6TKqJV-gsakoLs

[@meomeongungu]

@@TheKevphil I've seen your videos, you're indeed a veteran! I work with digital for quite a while but I'm not very professional. I'm just into it recently when I bought an iPad. Thanks for the video link. That style is what I'm studying right now, because while my method can be easily reproduced, it does have its limit: it's a bit hard to replicate the more artistic style. I can remedy it somewhat by using real life scan of watercolor texture, but still not the answer I'm looking for. Mine right now is more suitable for architectural/representation rendering, because that's what I did in the past. Guess I need to go back to real watercolor drawing, because for me the more I understand it irl the more I can reproduce it digitally. Also the watercolor brushes in optimized software like Adobe Fresco or Artrage is indeed wonderful, it's just hard to control and need time to practice. I just aim for an easier to replicate way.

[@TheKevphil]

@@meomeongungu Well, I think your approach is perhaps more "commercial" (not at all a bad thing in my view) and I think would be preferable for adding color to line drawings, for example, where you really need control.

[@kentanggulung]

thank you for sharing this! you draw so well, i learn a lot! if you don't mind answering, i want to ask how you make highlight (17:11) or how to erase unwanted colored paper so it looks natural you erase it with textured brush i suppose?

[@meomeongungu]

I "erased" the color using the layer mask. Look at the layer panel, the mask icon is to the right (black one). Use any brush, pick "transparent" as the "color" and draw on the mask to hide what's on the layer. Pick any other color to reveal it again. See my simplified tip for the detail on how to use layer mask: tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/5651

[@thegreatchrispy]

Beautiful art, I learned so much just by watching. I'm curious, what size canvas and dpi would you typically use for a painting like this? When I get to the end of my drawings I usually find myself wishing I used a bigger size canvas so I could fit in more fine details.

[@meomeongungu]

If you don't intend to print out the drawing, you can skip the dpi (do not set it too low or too high otherwise the brushes' texture may not work properly). Typically my drawing are around 2000x3000px only (144dpi) For printing and some work requirements like gaming assets, the size can go as high as 7000x12000px, 300 (colored/greyscale) or 600dpi (black and white) (this is for books and magazine. Real-life size banners and billboards require just 72dpi and lower pixel size accordingly) Just for watercolor pieces like this, I don't recommend using a too large canvas, since irl you often can't stuff too many details in an analog watercolor painting. In fact you should do it as little detailed as possible so your drawing looks more convinced ^^ (also digital watercolor drawing still relies on scanned real-life watercolor textures. If your drawing is too big the textures can look fake)

[@thegreatchrispy]

@@meomeongungu That is fantastic info, I will put it to good use. Thank you so much!

[@komangindrayani8309]

Thank you so much.

[@randomshu]

Hey! Thanks for the sharing. I have a question ⁉️ All that hard painting in super loud colors from about 3:20 to 8:00 something, was for separating the different parts into layers so u could water color them later, easier without having to take care of the border lines?

[@meomeongungu]

yes that was exactly that. Plus if you use the textured pen, the border will look more natural with jagged outer.

[@randomshu]

@@meomeongungu Ooh that's interesting, gotcha! And thank youuu

[@eugenia.shou.]

Hello! I enjoyed watching your painting process much and I've read your written tutorial for this artwork. 😊👍 I only want to understand one thing, would there be any difference between creating the layer masks like you did and using ordinary clipping masks in Clip Studio Paint, or even lock the alpha pixels (transparent pixels)? Why do you prefer the layer mask?

[@meomeongungu]

sorry for the late reply. The layer mask created like that for two reasons: - easy to control borders, - and can be reused to create the same mask later with another layer, if needed. (CSP doesnt have a way to directly copy/paste mask yet) Clipping mask won't show through, you are left with whatever color in the layer you clipped to and as such the drawing wont be transparent, watercolor-like. Lock alpha pixel often works well for smaller brush strokes, it'll be hard to cover a wide, united surface. Not to mention some user-made watercolor brushes wont work with lock alpha pixel (will just be flat area without texture, unlike the official csp brushes).

[@wndgytjr]

Hi can I ask where did u get those watercolor texture?? Ive been searching it but cant find 😭

[@meomeongungu]

You can download them from Clip Studio Asset. I've included the link in the tutorial in the video description, along with every brush and material used in the clip.

[@alicemckinnon]

So cute 🥰 I want😋😋

[@sunshinehannie]

hello i really like your video and i wanna know how to add the paper texture?

[@meomeongungu]

Please see this tutorial for the paper texture: tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/5651#519c1a1f

[@sunshinehannie]

@@meomeongungu thank you so much ♥️

[@Nouno470]

hiii just curious.. since you're using Ipad Pro, what do you prefer: Clip Studio or Procreate?

[@meomeongungu]

I like Clip Studio more because my style is more of the manga - anime style and CSP is perfect for that (clean, optimized line art, streamlined work flow, more photoshop-like abilities). I do use procreate for some illustration projects because Procreate's brushes often have better analog textures. To me Procreate is more suitable for a painterly style and unfortunately it's my weakness.

[@Nouno470]

@@meomeongungu cool thanks!

[@MlleLudilla]

THANK YOOOOOU

[@timarisu8999]

What brush texture did you use please?

[@meomeongungu]

You can download them from Clip Studio Asset. I've included the link in the tutorial in the video description, along with every brush and material used in the clip.

[@timarisu8999]

@@meomeongungu thank you very much !

[@jujugfx7752]

are these default brushes? water colour? i am new to this software, where can i find those brushes

[@meomeongungu]

they are all default brush, under realistic watercolor sub tool. Except for one, you can go to the tutorial link under the description to find it.

[@bleuapricot]

can you please tell me how everything went white in 9:56? i dont get how to "mask" the highlight on each layer as well T_T

[@meomeongungu]

on a colored layer: create selection. Hide that colored layer (the eye icon on the left) then create a new layer while the selection is still active (that's why it "went white", i just hide the colored layers' folder so they turned off at once). Create the mask on the newly created layer. about "masking the highlight: use a spray brush to draw the highlight on a separate layer. Right click > create selection. While the selection is still active, click on the mask (black rectangle on the right), hit delete. If you look closely you can see that I hit the delete button on the bar in the middle.

[@Ang7.8]

Note to self: begin at around 12:30

[@jonathantorres6912]

What brushes do you use?

[@meomeongungu]

default csp realistic watercolor brushes

[@chocolatelattenate]

Hi there! I'm sorry for the dumb comment, but i was wondering why did you begin colouring with block/solid colours, only to remove them and colour the painting with different colours & textures? :o I know that you merged them altogether, but what was the point of going through all that effort? :o (the process and outcome was beautiful btw, i loved the timelapse! :>)

[@meomeongungu]

The solid color blocks were to create masks. I didn't remove them, use them to create selections (right-click on the layer > Create selection). Make a new layer then create a layer mask using the selection (click the circle inside a square button on layer panel). This way you can't go outside of the mask and can fill the layer with 1 stroke. The watercolor brush itself is multiply mode; normally if you don't have very steady hand it'll be hard to draw a flat watercolor wash. Since CSP doesn't have a way to copy&paste masks, I keep the solid color block in case I need to create the same mask. Using some custom brush you can get away with multi strokes and still have flat surface. But it'll be harder to create gradient.

[@simeditzz]

What is the brush set??

[@leonpeeon]

So much work and such a beautiful piece! It was inspiring to watch. Do you have your works on Instagram?

[@meomeongungu]

thank you for your kind comment! Unfortunately I do not. I should make one soon but I'm too lazy XD

[@arvetis]

I think that folder is tired. It says it's 100% through.

[@iZelduh]

You deserve more views and subs! I wish I can draw like this q vq !

[@meomeongungu]

If you have Clip Studio Paint (any version), I encourage you to try it! It may look complicated but you just need to follow the steps carefully. See the tutorial or ask me if you need help!

[@doaflamingo3713]

how to blend

[@meomeongungu]

I don't blend in this tutorial. I just use airbrush on watercolor texture and/or layer mask. The default brush set does include an okay-ish blender brush if you want one.

[@koushiksarker7639]

Can i get the brushes?

[@meomeongungu]

Sorry for the late reply, the brushes are default brushes. One brush was downloaded from CSP Asset. Please see the tutorial link if you want it.

[@cloud9photography126]

why did you draw it all with solid colors only to get rid of them and paint it in watercolor? lol. couldn't you have just....done that right from the start?

[@meomeongungu]

I draw right from the start when it's a small area which is easy to control. The solid color is to create mask. The color just makes it easier to see. You can also create selections with lasso tool or magic wand. When a layer have a mask, you can't color on the part that is masked. The watercolor brushes will create overlap stroke, not an even area if not drawn in one stroke. After masking, you can just increase the brush to be very big then wing it in one stroke. It's like using masking fluid on real life watercolor drawing, but in reverse. You can see my other written tutorial I pinned for an easier explanation with image.