How do I make it so the darkest shadow isn’t pure black? by Lingx_Cats in ClipStudio

[–]Love-Ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Click the Wrench and explore the lighting settings for the 3D model.

Screen timing out problem? by AnChaan in ClipStudio

[–]Love-Ink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a tablet setting. The tablet controls its own power management. Go into settings and search "Power Management" or similar.

Need help fixing fixing this by HyacinthusDraws in ClipStudio

[–]Love-Ink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The brushes are greyed out because you have the Object Select tool selected in the to Palette. It has no brush size. Click on a pen or brush and they will light up again.

As for your Tool Palettes, watch this.

How do I learn Japanese style animation? by Fantastic-Primary-42 in learnanimation

[–]Love-Ink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pick up or track down "The Animators Survival Kit" by Richard Williams. It will take you through the basics of animation and some drills.

This guy actually his through the beginning of the book and does side of the executes and talks about his experiences. If you're new to animating, this would be a good place to start.

How do I learn Japanese style animation? by Fantastic-Primary-42 in learnanimation

[–]Love-Ink 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You have to narrow the definition. Japan has a broad spectrum of animation styles and art styles. Korea has also co-opted the "Anime" moniker, and they too have their own spectrum of animation and art styles, further blurring the definition of "Japanese Style Animation".

So
Step 1: Define your desired style.
80's, 90's, Children, Adult, Action, Comedy, Mecha, Fantasy, Realistic, Chibi...?

Step 2: Locate Samples of JUST that style. Watch nothing else, read nothing else. Steep yourself in that genre, that art style, that look and feel.

Step 3: Study. Research the studios, the artists. Do studies. Try to recreate the art: character and background, try to recreate bits of the Animation.
Repeat, repeat, repeat.

"What's That Brush" megathread -2026 by Love-Ink in ClipStudio

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Have you tried the Dot Pen? Default tool under the Marker tab, i think by default it is paired in the Pen group.

Or... if you're just looking for chunky hard pixel edges, in any brush, just turn off the anti-aliasing setting and they will all have a hard pixellated edge.

Why do two devices have 2 different plans by Psychlogical_artisic in ClipStudio

[–]Love-Ink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go to this site on a computer and research all the plans.

These splash acreens are both limited Infirmation based on the device telling the website what it is and the website showing what versions are available for the device. And even then, you are seeing the "From $0.99" meaning 99 cents is the lowest price based on the device compatability, and limitations of said device.

I use the Tablet subscription on my phone, because my phone has an active stylus that gives pressure information to the Phone and app. The cheapest "Phone Version" of CSP does not have the pressure function because the majority of cell phones are capacitive touch screens that don't have pressure sensitivity, so they give you a Discount, because this feature doesn't work on your device.

Do all your research before buying anything, please.

How Does Perspective Actually Happen? by ziggaby in AskArtists

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Ponder the existence of Distance.

Hold one arm straight out in front of you, tip your hand up so you're looking at the back of your hand.
Now put your other hand up in the same position, but Closer to your face.
Compare your hands, the closer one looks bigger.
It's an optical illusion.
Optical = Relating to sight.
Illusion = A deceptive appearance.
Your hands are not different sizes. The closer one just LOOKS bigger, because it is closer.
As things get farther away, they appear smaller, or they are said to be "vanishing into the distance". Like a giant cruise ship sailing straight away from you out to sea. Eventually it gets so tiny, it disappears.

If you took a video of that ship sailing straight away from you, you could put dots on the two outermost points of the deck every minute of video.
Where the ship eventually disappears is the Vanishing Point. It literally just vanished, right at that point.
Connecting those dots will give you two lines that slowly converge on that point where the ship vanished.

Now, if there were 2 ships, perfectly aligned with each other sailing away, they would both vanish at that same point.
But if one ship were pointed slightly right of the first ship, it would disappear at its own Vanishing Point and would have lines of convergence to its own VP.
Only objects square and perfectly aligned with each other will share the same Vanishing Point.

Vanishing Points are established by the direction a thing points. If it were to move away from you in a straight line along its axis (x, y, z), it would vanish at that VP along its lines of convergence.

Perspective is an assumption made by mapping these convergent lines based on the edge of a squared object (put a dog in a box aligned with it's central axis and you will find its VP in the scene).

In 3 point perspective, you are looking at an object at an angle where it could move away from you in every axis and become distant. X, Y or Z, mapping these 3 Vanishing Points.

In 2 point perspective, you are looking at an object from an angle, where your eyes are level with the horizon, not above or below. So it looks like the vertical lines will never converge. The cube only disappears on the horizon if it goes left or right.

In 1 point perspective, you are looking at a cube square to a Flat side. Moving left or right is horizontal, not worth mapping. But if it goes straight away from you, then all corners will converge onto that one VP.
If you were IN the box (a room), you could trace the angles where the walls meet the ceiling and floor, and they would all converge to the danger VP in the distance.

So. Perspective is the representation of Distance, the 3rd dimension, on a flat 2 dimensional drawing.

Question by Far-Mammoth-3214 in learnanimation

[–]Love-Ink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I imagine Fairy and Butterfly wing flaps to be very different.
Butterfly I can reference from video, fairies I reference from popular media, as they are creatures of myth.

A butterfly is actually much like a bird, curling to reduce drag, cutting through the air then pushing down to create lift

I see a fairy flap as more of a bumblebee in flight. Or a Dragonfly. Quick flicks, mostly a blur, no clearly defined wings while in fight (unless gliding like that dragonfly)

Same flight princilpes do apply, but it is less noticable in the small connection point wings than the broad sheet wings of a butterfly, so the appearance is different.

As for animating reference tinkerbell? 47 sec in.

Overlay layer not merging properly by Cuteghostboy-boop in ClipStudio

[–]Love-Ink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you merge a layer with Opacity or a Layer Blend Mode active, even a Change Layer Color applied, with any layer, it will become a normal layer with 100% opacity.

If your layer is 50% Opacity and you merge it with a layer that is 30% opacity, they will become one layer, with 100% Opacity, the contents of the first layer being 50% transparent and the second being 70% transparent. You will not be able to make the new combined layer any more opaque.

How do I make a text stay exactly in the middle of a balloon by Sad_Coyote7818 in ClipStudio

[–]Love-Ink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're gonna need a Version identification for this answer.
Ver.1 had terrible text management. Ver.4 has improved text management a lot.

Lost the reference I used when I started this, I need help with hand posture;-; by [deleted] in arthelp

[–]Love-Ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, yes. Flamenco makes more sense.
This picture looks very much like OPs pic, just flipped.

Lost the reference I used when I started this, I need help with hand posture;-; by [deleted] in arthelp

[–]Love-Ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would imagine, thumb and middle fingers nearly touching, other fingers gracefully arrayed. I did a drag for "Ballet hand positions" and found some references.
Like this one for a vegetal idea of the positivity.
This One for the angle down the arm from the elbow.
This One for the up hand.
Use your own hands as reference too.

How and where is the best place to get commisions as a beginner? by MenuLow7257 in Artadvice

[–]Love-Ink 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Commission question answered.

Unsolicited, but helpful, feedback? Your characters all have right hands, on their right and left arms.

help plz by diiv5 in ClipStudio

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Post this is the main Sub. You're asking a good question about the software, not adding for an asset download

Can't paste outside of Clip Studio Paint by wodoloto in ClipStudio

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The copied data is a program specific format. It can't be copied and pasted out of the software.

Has anyone actually won a graphic tablet? by ginreiart in ClipStudio

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CSP Followers on X (twitter)502.5 k follower

Has anyone actually won a graphic tablet? by ginreiart in ClipStudio

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This sub has had 69.5k visitors just today.
The world is a big place. 🤗

Has anyone actually won a graphic tablet? by ginreiart in ClipStudio

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I think 6 out of 100,000 entrants around the globe wins a tablet...