Digital Painting - Amazing Fantasy Art In Clip Studio Paint

A complete step by step guide to illustrating fantasy art elements and characters.

What you'll learn
By the end of this course you will be able to draw and paint a variety of imaginative concepts.
You will be able to construct a complete character design from sketch to finish paint.
Requirements
You should have a drawing tablet with pressure sensitivity.
Description
In this course you will learn how to digitally draw and paint a variety of fantasy art elements. You will learn how to create magical weapons, rock formations, power effects, foliage, and a fully detailed character step by step. You will be given all sorts of neat tricks and techniques to create this type of artwork while using the very powerful and affordable program Manga Studio 5 / Clip Studio Paint. This course starts with the basic elements and allows you to grow at your own pace until you are ready for the full character creation by the end. 
You will also get all the art files and custom brushes to study along with. I am here if you have any questions or feedback for me! Thank you for visiting my course and good luck with your studies!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to this Course

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Painting a Basic Rock Formation

Lecture 2 Defining the Shape of Our Rock Formation

Lecture 3 Apply Basic Paint Effects

Lecture 4 Applying Some Color to the Rock Formation

Lecture 5 Using the Combine Modes to Enhance the Colors

Section 3: Drawing and Painting Fantasy Art Weapons

Lecture 6 Sketching Our Weapon Concepts

Lecture 7 Cleaning up Our Line Work

Lecture 8 Creating Our Selections in the Sword

Lecture 9 Applying Paint and Texture to the Sword

Lecture 10 Applying Paint to the Blade of the Sword

Lecture 11 Repeating These Techniques on the Axe Design

Section 4: Painting a Fantasy Art Tree

Lecture 12 Blocking in the Silhouette of the Tree Design

Lecture 13 Blocking in the Larger Shapes of Shadows

Lecture 14 Start Adding in Form Working from Large to Small

Lecture 15 Using Quick Mask to Adjust the Artwork

Lecture 16 Drawing in Smaller Details with the Pencil Tool and Blending

Lecture 17 How to Create and Use a Grass Texture Brush

Lecture 18 Adding in Texture and Contrast to Our Painting

Lecture 19 Refining Our Light Source Details

Lecture 20 Adding in More Details to the Work

Lecture 21 Changing the Face to Our Fantasy Art Tree

Lecture 22 Finalizing Our Painting and Adding Some Last Minute Details

Section 5: Painting a Mountain Landscape

Lecture 23 Layering the Rock Formations and Blocking in the Background

Lecture 24 Adding in Some Soft Shadows and Volume to the Scene

Lecture 25 Cutting in Smaller Shapes and Details with Contrast

Lecture 26 Adding in Finer Details and Textures

Lecture 27 Detailing the Clouds

Lecture 28 Final Adjustments to the Work

Section 6: Drawing and Painting an Ogre Character

Lecture 29 The Rough Sketch

Lecture 30 Adding Details to Our Character Sketch

Lecture 31 Cleaning up the Line Work

Lecture 32 Creating Our Silhouette Selection

Lecture 33 Flatting in the Colors Part 1

Lecture 34 Flatting in the Colors Part 2

Lecture 35 Painting in the Broad Strokes

Lecture 36 Painting the Leather Areas

Lecture 37 Painting the Shield

Lecture 38 Adding Shadows and Highlights to the Muscles

Lecture 39 Painting in Hard Edge Shadows

Lecture 40 Detailing the Fur Areas

Lecture 41 Cleaning up the Edges

Lecture 42 Detailing the Axe

Lecture 43 Detailing the Hand and Wrist Armor

Lecture 44 Painting the Leg Armor

Lecture 45 Refining the Edges

Lecture 46 Painting Imperfections in the Skin

Lecture 47 The Final Touches

Section 7: Q + A Section

Lecture 48 How to Install Custom Brushes in Clip Studio Paint / Manga Studio 5

Section 8: Practice Activities + Resources

Lecture 49 Study Sheet for Painting a Face

Lecture 50 Bonus Lecture

Anyone that wants to know how to better create fantasy art creatures and elements.,Anyone that wants to better understand the tools within Manga Studio 5 / Clip Studio Paint.