Featuring a total prize pool of US$10,000!

Wanted: Your Tips of the Month!

Share your creative advice in a text tutorial or video guide

Join in with the new easy to enter Short Video Award ($400 USD)!

This month’s themes

Entry period

May 1 - May 31, 01:00 UTC

Theme 1

Character hairstyles

#characterhairstyles

Share with the community how you create beautiful hairstyles that add to your characters’ design! Please show how to create silhouettes, hair texture, and hair accessories in Clip Studio Paint.

Theme 2

Videos about making adjustments

#poseadjustmentvideos

We are looking for techniques on making adjustments using the Liquify tool and Puppet warp. Whether its for balancing facial harmony, adjusting wrinkles in clothing, or making hair look more dynamic, we want you to show and explain the before and after applying these tools. We welcome Tips that include short videos!

Theme 3

Effects for fantasy art

#fantasyarteffects

How do you convey an immersive world in a fantasy setting? Please show how you create and represent effects like magic circles, fire and water magic, and more. You can also share ideas on better integrate these fantasy elements into your artwork with Clip Studio Paint.

Enter See this month’s entries

Featuring a total prize pool of US$10,000!

Video Award

900USD (per winner; up to 5 winners)

Short Video Award

400USD (per winner; up to 10 winners)

Tablet Award

400USD (per winner; up to 10 winners)

Gold Award

700USD (per winner; up to 4 winners)

Silver Award

300USD (per winner; up to 6 winners)

Bronze Award: 3,000 GOLD (per winner; up to 30 winners)

Each month we’ll select the best tips on the month’s themes and give out prizes from the fabulous US$10,000 prize pool!
Winners will be posted to the announcement page approximately ten days into the following month.

How to Enter

Add the contest tags to enter

Add the contest tag and relevant theme tag to your entry to put it in the running for this month’s Tips of the Month contest!
The Video Award, Short Video Award, and Tablet Award each have their own dedicated tag.

Tips of the Month tag

MonthlyTIPS202605

Theme tags

characterhairstyles, poseadjustmentvideos, fantasyarteffects

Video Award & Short Video Award tag

ClipStudioTips2026
Note: Please also include the tag in the YouTube description

Tablet Award tag

CSPonTablet

Make sure your Clip Studio account profile is up to date

Add a profile picture and at least one link to a website or social media profile to your account.
Accounts that do not fulfill these requirements will not be eligible for prizes. Edit your Clip Studio account from the link below.

Clip Studio Profile

Increase your chance of winning!

Tips with a YouTube video and Tips showing the tablet UI are also eligible for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. Tips with a short video are eligible for the Short Video Award, as well as other awards!

Enter See this month’s entries

Entry requirements

Explain how to use Clip Studio Paint using your own words and examples in line with one of the themes of the month.
You must fulfill all of the requirements detailed under “How to Enter.”
New Tips posted during the entry period are eligible. Tips that were originally posted before the entry period begins are not eligible.
Tips must be written in one of the following languages:
English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Thai, Indonesian, or Portuguese
Entries in English, French, Spanish, German, Thai, Indonesian, or Portuguese must be a minimum of 200 words long. Entries in Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Traditional), or Chinese (Simplified) must be a minimum of 500 characters. (A text tutorial is required even for entries with videos.)
So that beginners can easily follow along, be sure to include screenshots of Clip Studio Paint as necessary.
Make sure to include at least two screenshots, images, or videos in your guide.
Please include at least one full screen image of the app for Tips created with the tablet version.
Also, make sure that the visibility of your video is set to “Public” when you publish it. “Unlisted” videos are not eligible for prizes.
Celsys and its affiliates reserve the right to make use of images and text content of prize-winning Tips to promote Clip Studio Paint.
Please note that we are unable to provide comment on why certain entries are/were not awarded.
We will reach out to your registered email address from a @celsys.com or @clipstudio.net domain email address for your payment details.
Cash prizes will be sent to the winners’ PayPal or bank accounts. Transfer fees will be paid by Celsys, but any bank fees for withdrawing the winning sum are borne by the winners.
You may use the Clip Studio Paint logo in images for articles posted on Clip Studio Tips.
Please note that use of the logo (or lack thereof) will have no impact on Tips of the Month judging.
When using the Clip Studio Paint logo, please:
- Do not alter the logo in any way, including changing the aspect ratio or dimensions, altering the color or adding shadows, gradients, or patterns, or cropping, flipping, or inverting the logo.
- Do not use the logo in a way that could cause your article to be mistaken for an official Clip Studio Paint article.

Tips for creating good Tips!

Publish early to maximize your view count and likes. Make sure you publish your entry as soon as possible because view counts and the number of likes are considered when selecting winners.
The first image in your article will be used as the article’s thumbnail image. Choose something that stands out - something that will catch the viewer’s eye! (YouTube videos cannot be used as thumbnail images. Please upload a separate image.)
In-image text does not contribute to your word count.
Please only include images that you own. Tutorials with copyrighted content are not eligible.
Copyrighted material cannot be posted to Tips. This includes images of manga, anime, game characters, and derivative works such as fanfiction and fanzines.
This also includes stock photo images. Take a look at the Clip Studio Tips Help page and Posting and Behavioral Guidelines before you post your Tips.
For Tips with videos or short videos:
- If you participate with a YouTube video, please present the theme you chose at the beginning of the video and in your Tips articles.
- We recommend that videos are 5 minutes or more, and short videos over 30 seconds.
- Add narration, background music, and subtitles to make the content easier to understand.
- For background music and images used in videos, make sure you check YouTube’s rules first on what you can and cannot use.
- When posting as part of an article, be sure to go to Category > Process and check the “With Video” box.