With MediBang Paint, you can register a photo you took as a material. In this section, I will explain how to apply textures to your illustrations using photographs with a texture, such as wood grain or fabric. First, prepare a photograph with the texture you want to add. Here, we are using a wood grain photo taken with a smartphone. *If possible, try to adjust the brightness and contrast of the photo in your smartphone to further highlight the texture for better results. Click on the material icon () on the upper right, and select your desired location from the options shown in the material panel: Tile, Tone, and Item. …

This lesson, we’d like to teach you how to create a hand-drawn background without downloading materials. You can make different arrangements to create an original background! Let’s take a look at how it’s done.   1. Draw a circle using the stipple brush Create a new canvas from “new document.” Make the background color white. Select a brush, and from “add brush,” save “stipple 2” and lightly draw a circle, going around the circle twice. 2.Select → Select eraser Choose “ellipse” from the selection tools, select “fix aspect ratio,” and “select from center.”   Make your selection so that it overlaps the circle you drew earlier.   Cut out the …

When drawing a symmetrical illustration like with twin characters, or a reflection in a mirror, you can easily produce characters that face each other using “horizontal flip.” I will introduce this method to you this time! First, we’ll draw one character. Let’s put all the layers used for the line art into a single folder. It will be easy to move and copy it. Once you’re done drawing, let’s move the character to one side to make space for the flipped character.   With the folder selected, select “Copy” from the “Edit” tab and again, select “Paste” from the edit tab. Once you do this, it will create a layer …

In this tutorial, I’ll be introducing a way to use the clipping mask function to adjust and blend the line art color. First, create and color the line art layer. It’s not bad like this, but the black line art makes it feel a little harsh. Let’s use a clipping mask to soften it up. Make a new layer called “line art color change” on top of the line art layer and set the clipping mask function to “ON.” Lightly paint over the “line art color change” layer using a watercolor brush. This time, I painted using the hair and skin colors with the brightness reduced. Add depth to the …

Here we explain the layer clipping function. To think about a layer, picture a transparent sheet. We mark on the transparent layers, and then we stack them. This ends up looking like a single picture when viewed from above. The clipping function references the layer below and makes it possible to color or draw only on the marked sections of that layer. Layer2 is placed on top of Layer1. 「Layer2」clipping function is turned on. It’s now displayed only on the marked sections of「Layer1」   It is also possible to stack several clipped layers on top of one another. You can color entire parts of lower layers by stacking and clipping, …

“When I draw a character’s whole body, the balance tends to get out of whack.” At such times, it’s important to be aware of the balance between the head and the various parts of the body. Medivan Paint’s split brush is perfect for balancing body parts! So here are some tips on using the split brush and for drawing characters of different head lengths! 1. How to use the split brush A split brush is a brush that can divide a square shape into several parts, as shown in the figure. By matching the number of divisions to the number of head lengths you want your character to be, you …

In this lesson, we will introduce a function that makes it easier to use the bucket tool, which can color blank spaces in one go. Mastering this function will save you time, so we hope you are going to find this lesson useful!   Use the enlargement function First of all, to avoid painting the whites of the eyes, we have painted around the eyes with the pen tool before doing anything else. We have also used a dark color to make the difference in color easy to see.   If you paint with the bucket tool right now, you will get a gap between the line and the color. …

I will introduce a method of editing a photograph so that you can use it as the background for an illustration. I will edit this photograph to make it have a dodgy atmosphere! *Please try to edit in various ways according to the atmosphere of your photograph or illustration while referring to the values introduced here! Hue, saturation, and brightness First, I will change the hue, saturation, and brightness. I change the hue to a cool tone, raise the saturation to emphasize that, and drop the brightness slightly as I want to create a dark atmosphere. [Filter] > [Hue…] > Hue: −160 / Saturation: 60 / Brightness: −20 Chromatic aberration …

Today, I will introduce how to draw easy to use sparkle effects for the background and finishing of illustrations. It is very easy and can be used for many different purposes, so please try it out! First, create a new layer and set the layer blending to “Add/Lighten.” Just by drawing dots with a slightly thicker airbrush, the sparkle effect is complete! Today I am using white, but changing the airbrush color will give a different nuanced effect. Use a yellow airbrush on a gray or black background as shown below is recommended for expressing “fireflies, fireworks, and nightscapes.” In addition to the effect, it is also recommended for highlighting …

When speaking of a character’s life, other than the eyes, there is also the hair, right? I will now introduce a method that anyone can use to easily color beautiful hair! This time, I am using the PC Win version, but this can be done the same way on a PC Mac, iPad, Android, and iPhone as well. Preliminary preparations This is the rough sketch that I prepared for today. I have just changed the main lines to the pencil tool (with the layer opacity at 90%) and finished the undercoat. From here, I will add color to just the hair. This time, I used the method of repeatedly adding …

When you draw animal-type characters, the main points or highlights are the fluffy fur of the tails and ears. But, in reality, when trying to draw them, they can end up having no feeling of solidity, flat, and it can be difficult to make them look soft. And so we will introduce to you, in conjunction with points that you should be careful about in order to achieve both a fluffy and solidity feeling, how to draw tails and ears!   How to draw ears First, let’s draw the fur that grows on ears! We start by using an acrylic brush. Acrylic brushes are easy for getting that hair bundle …

Do you ever feel when you are making digital illustrations that “it’s hard to draw lines like I want to” or “I can’t draw lines beautifully”? That’s when “Correction” comes in handy! It automatically corrects when the hand shakes so you can draw beautiful lines! Currently, we are working on the PC Windows version but the same feature is available for PC Mac, iPad, Android, and iPhone. What is Correction? Correction is a function that corrects the shakiness when drawing lines. Without Correction, lines can get shaky or flabby and you cannot draw lines dynamically. With this feature though, you can draw straight and smooth lines.   How Correction functions …

Have you ever felt the outline was too prominent after painting your illustration? When you want to change the color of your outline, try using the “protect Alpha” function! Today, we are working on a windows computer, but this function also exists same way on a mac, an iPad, or an iPhone or Android phone. What does “protect Alpha” mean? “Protect Alpha” is a feature that protects the transparency on the layer. You will only able to draw on areas that have been illustrated to be opaque. This is a useful tool for when you want to color only those areas that you have drawn. When you use “protect Alpha” …

We will distribute “Nekkochan brush” as the second step of the brush distribution plan! With this brush you can push a cat “Nekkochan” wich looks like a root like a stamp!     How to add a brush Click or tap “↓Nekkochan” to activate MediBangPaint and automatically add a brush! (If you get a message asking to start the application, please allow it to start up.) Attention * To add a brush, MedibangPaint has been installed and you need to be logged in. * If you add a brush, you can use it even after the end of distribution.   Submit your illustrations with this brush ! Submission tag: “ …

This time, we will distribute the “Pomerameow” brush for a limited time! Now please get it! Distribution is now finished.   What is a Pomerameow brush? Pomerameow is a cat like a dog’s Pomeranian. It was born in April Fool and distributed in the Japanese version “MediBangPaint”. With this brush you can push “Pomerameow” like a stamp!   How to add a brush Click or tap “↓Pomerameow” to activate MediBangPaint and automatically add a brush! (If you get a message asking to start the application, please allow it to start up.) Distribution is now finished.   Attention ※ To add a brush, MedibangPaint has been installed and you need to …

The Anime glossing method is perfect for adding a cute and distinctive sheen to any character’s hair. It is a simple way to add sheen to your character’s hair using just a few extra colors. Now, let’s break down what exactly is involved in the Anime glossing method. Let’s use the Anime glossing method to add some depth to the hair in this image. The layers are split up as shown below. As you can see, there’s a layer just for the hair. The Hair layer is where you have the base hair color. Add Shadow 1 Layer First, add another layer on top of the Hair layer for shadows. …

We’ll be showing you how to use Mesh Transform for MediBang Paint for iPhone in this guide. With Mesh Transform, you can distort and stretch areas on an image. How to Use Mesh Transform 1   Select Transform from Tools. 2  Alter, Free Transform, and Mesh will appear, so let’s choose Mesh. 3    Moving the small white squares in any image you like will distort the image. 4 Click Done after you’ve distorted the image. Columns and Rows You can change the number of links for your lattice by adjusting the numbers for Column and Row. Vertical and Horizontal Links If you check Vertical Link or Horizontal Link, the links will …

You can draw pixel art (similar to the graphics used in classic games) using the Dot Tool.  1  Display the Grid Since drawing pixel art essentially consists of filling dots, it will be easier for you to work if you apply a square grid to the canvas. Choose Grid or Pixel Grid from the View tab on the menu bar. The Grid will show up as a blue line and it will always appear no matter what percentage you’ve enlarged the canvas to. The Pixel Grid will appear as a gray line and it will split the canvas into 1 pixel squares. You can see it when you enlarge the …

We will explain how to use MediBang Paint for iPhone. Today, we will show you how to add and apply materials. We can apply materials for comics (tones, backdrops, etc.) by selecting them from the materials window.    Materials have three different types: Tiles, Tones, and Items. They are all used like stickers. Tile: Materials comprising of patterns. Dotted materials (mesh tones) for the shadows of people and objects are included here. Tone: Materials close to what are referred to as screen tones in comics are compiled here. Also, materials used for backdrops are included here as well. Items: Materials that are applied individually, are included here. Item materials need to be rasterized. 1. Adding …

Here is a tutorial on how to create a character Follow this step to step to start adapting to a workflow and then ajuste to your own ! – Lines – Flat colors – Primary lights and shadows – Details – Highlights – Effects Check out more of Ikramine Aldena’s art on her MediBang page here ! Have fun !

Other versions of MediBang Paint This tutorial is for the iPhone version of MediBang Paint. For how to create Halftone layers in other versions click the following links iPad iPhone To begin, click the layer icon if the layer panel isn’t already open. In the layer panel clicking the + icon will bring up the option to create a new layer. Select 8bit Layer from the menu. With that layer selected go to the Effect menu by clicking on the i icon in the layer panel. There you can switch Halftone on and select the type of halftone you’d like to use. Now you’re all set. Have fun! Back to …

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