The ultimate drawing & painting app
Windows / macOS / iPad / iPhone
Galaxy / Android / Chromebook
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All you need in a drawing app
Express yourself with smooth and natural brushstrokes
- Feels like a real pencil or paintbrush on the screen
- Adjust the pen pressure sensitivity to match your input
- Customize brushes with your own brush tips and textures
Thousands of materials at your fingertips
- Increase your drawing potential with free textures, 3D models, patterns, and gradients
- Choose from thousands of brushes made by creators all over the world
- Draw lace, accessories, clouds, forests and more in an instant
Get materials on CLIP STUDIO ASSETS
Find your next favorite brush or other materials you can use right away
Use 3D models to draw poses and faces as you imagine!
- Built-in 3D figures as an ideal drawing reference
- Adjust the body proportions and use 3D head models as a base for your character design
- Pose the models or choose from thousands of ready-made poses
Advanced 3D tools for all kinds of creators
- Draw guides or patterns directly on 3D figures
- Apply lighting as a reference for painting realistic shadows
- Use the Hand Scanner to pose the 3D hands with live video capture from your camera
Why choose Clip Studio Paint?
| Clip Studio Paint | Standard free app | |
|---|---|---|
| Basic illustration features | ||
| Realistic color mixing | ||
| Brushes and material library | 100,000+ | 100+ |
| Professional comic features | ||
| Professional animation features | ||
| 3D models | ||
| Vectors | ||
| User-friendly interface and customization | ||
| Cloud storage | 10GB | |
| Official support |
Try Clip Studio Paint
Get better at digital drawing and painting in no time
Add color to your art with smart coloring tools
- Fill areas with color even if there are gaps in your lines
- Add flat colors to enclosed areas in an instant
- Lock the transparent areas so you won’t paint outside the lines
Filters and effects to save time and liven your artwork
- Create shadows automatically just by placing a light source
- Adjust colors and contrast until you’re satisfied
- Experiment with filters like blur and film effects
Rulers and 3D objects for easy backgrounds and props
- Use dedicated rulers to draw with perfect symmetry and perspective
- Quickly draw lines along the ruler freehand with any brush
- Reference 3D objects to sketch up props and more
Adjust your artwork instead of redrawing
- Use Puppet Warp to manipulate parts of your drawing like a doll
- Liquify to make precise adjustments and even enlarge or shrink parts of your artwork
- Make patterns fit any shape using mesh transformation
Trusted by illustrators, comic artists & animators worldwide
Miyuli
(Webtoon & Character Artist) Germany
"I've been using Clip Studio Paint for about 10 years now and the software just keeps getting better"
I've been using Clip Studio Paint for about 10 years now and the software just keeps getting better. It's perfect for drawing webtoons because there are great organizational tools. Also, it's super easy to export the entire webtoon at a suitable size.
One of the reasons I had to try Clip Studio Paint originally was the perspective rulers. And now, there is even a fisheye ruler! The 3D materials are also very helpful for reference.
Last but not least, I have to say that I really love the brushes. They are just great to work with and easy to draw illustrations and comics with, be it in color or black and white.
* Miyuli's comment is not meant as a direct endorsement of Clip Studio Paint by WEBTOON.
Djamila Knopf
(Illustrator) Germany
"My favorite feature is the 3D models"
All of the features and the entire user interface are well thought out, can be customized to any artist's individual needs, and allow for an easy and intuitive entry into the program.
My favorite feature is the 3D character models, which are easy to position, light, and adjust in proportion.
Preserve beautiful line art in vector layers
Create illustrations that won’t pixelate
- Move and resize your lines after drawing
- Scale up and down without losing quality
- Erase lines at intersections
- Draw naturally and freely knowing you can edit later
Stress-free layer features
- Mask and clip across multiple layers to more easily edit your project
- Apply effects that you can undo any time
- Manage complex projects with layer colors or separate layer lists
A comic and animation studio at your fingertips
Draw with the definitive comic app
- All the tools you need for comic creation, from drafting to finishing touches
- Panel frames, speech balloons, text, effect lines, and screen tones in an instant
- Create comics, manga, or webtoons for print or web
- Set up optimal paper settings, export, and manage multi-page projects
kami / Okamoto ©TriF
From simple gifs to full-blown animations
- Use all the same tools that animation studios use
- Unique features that allow you to draw your frames as you like
- Enjoy a pencil and paper look and feel, but digitally
- Expand your drawings to 4K resolution without losing quality by saving it as vector data
Artist Testimonials
Peo MichieArtist
“For a really powerful and fast illustration software, the price is amazing.”
Read more
Meiyi HsuIllustrator & Designer
“Since I discovered Clip Studio Paint, I no longer use Photoshop for drawing.”
Read more
Michelle LamAuthor & Comic Artist
“Clip Studio Paint has the tools to make various forms of art at a reasonable price.”
Read more
ElentoriCharacter Artist
“Clip Studio Paint is a wonderfully robust program that I personally love.”
Read more
MiyuliWebtoon & Character Artist
“I've been using Clip Studio Paint for about 10 years now and the software just keeps getting better”
Read moreJoin fellow creators around the world Engage with the community and quickly improve!
CLIP STUDIO TIPS Official Tutorials
Tips and tricks to improve your skills
Ask a question in CLIP STUDIO ASK
Work through your problem with a Q&A community
Having trouble? Contact our Support Team!
Give life to any project with Clip Studio Paint
All your drawing & painting tools in one app
Perfect lines for any drawing style
- Feels like a real pencil or paintbrush on the screen
- Adjust the pen pressure sensitivity to match your input
- Customize brushes with your own brush tips and textures
The perfect brush for every style
- The same look and feel of traditional brushes
- Customize brushes to your liking or even create your own!
- Mix colors like traditional paints
- Use transparent color to use the brush like an eraser
Tens of thousands of materials at your fingertips
- Level up your drawings with free materials, and draw things you never knew you could
- Expand your brush collection with community-made brushes from creators all over the world
- Draw frills, accessories, clouds, forests and more in an instant
- Easily add finishing touches and effects to enhance your work
Get materials on CLIP STUDIO ASSETS
Find your next favorite brush or other materials you can use right away
Use 3D models to draw poses and faces as you imagine!
- Built-in 3D figures are an ideal drawing reference
- Adjust the body proportions and use 3D head models as a base for your character design
- Pose the models or choose from thousands of ready-made poses
Advanced 3D tools for any situation
- Draw guides or patterns directly on 3D figures
- Apply lighting as a reference for painting realistic shadows
- Use the Hand Scanner to pose the 3D hands with live video capture from your camera
Why choose Clip Studio Paint?
| Clip Studio Paint | Other apps | |
|---|---|---|
| Basic drawing functions | ||
| Easy fill features | ||
| Realistic color mixing | - | |
| Cleanly drawn lines with vector features | - | |
| Number of brushes and materials conveniently available on official site | 100,000+ | - |
| Professional features for creating comics | ||
| Create full animations all in one app | - | |
| 3D drawing figures | - | |
| Cloud storage | 10GB | - |
| Customizable UI | - | |
| Supported devices | Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, and Chromebook* | iPad and iPhone only |
Try Clip Studio Paint
Unique digital art features for every creative process
Add color to your art with smart coloring tools
- Fill areas with color even if there are gaps in your lines
- Add flat colors to enclosed areas in an instant
- Lock the transparent areas so you won’t paint outside the lines
Filters and effects to save time and liven your artwork
- Create shadows automatically just by placing a light source
- Adjust colors and contrast until you’re satisfied
- Experiment with filters like blur and film effects
Easily create props and backgrounds
- Draw perfect lines for backgrounds with the perspective ruler
- Easily sketch props for your character with 3D objects
Adjust your artwork instead of redrawing
- Use Puppet Warp to manipulate parts of your drawing like a doll
- Liquify to make precise adjustments and even enlarge or shrink parts of your artwork
- Make patterns fit any shape using mesh transformation
Trusted by illustrators, comic artists & animators worldwide
Miyuli
(Webtoon & Character Artist) Germany
"I've been using Clip Studio Paint for about 10 years now and the software just keeps getting better"
I've been using Clip Studio Paint for about 10 years now and the software just keeps getting better. It's perfect for drawing webtoons because there are great organizational tools. Also, it's super easy to export the entire webtoon at a suitable size.
One of the reasons I had to try Clip Studio Paint originally was the perspective rulers. And now, there is even a fisheye ruler! The 3D materials are also very helpful for reference.
Last but not least, I have to say that I really love the brushes. They are just great to work with and easy to draw illustrations and comics with, be it in color or black and white.
* Miyuli's comment is not meant as a direct endorsement of Clip Studio Paint by WEBTOON.
Djamila Knopf
(Illustrator) Germany
"My favorite feature is the 3D models"
All of the features and the entire user interface are well thought out, can be customized to any artist's individual needs, and allow for an easy and intuitive entry into the program.
My favorite feature is the 3D character models, which are easy to position, light, and adjust in proportion.
Optimize your drawing & painting workflow
Vector layers for linework
- Adjust the thickness and position of lines after they’re drawn
- Erase intersecting lines to easily fix mistakes
Effortless layer management
- Work with up to 10,000 layers
- Color code your layers and split them into two panes for better organization
- Mask, clip, and select multiple layers to edit them all at once
- Add various effects without modifying the layer itself
Your ideal workspace
- Adjust any screen or setting to your liking, from shortcuts, units, interface color, palettes, to tool layouts
- Switch between two user interfaces: Simple Mode and Studio Mode
- Simple Mode is easy and simple with just the basic features. Best for beginners!
- Use Studio Mode to access all features
Comics and animation on your tablet
Create comics, manga, and webtoons
- All the tools you need for comic creation, from storyboard to finishing touches
- Create single panel cartoons, webtoons, comic strips, and comic books
- Manage multi-page projects
Okamoto ©TriF
From simple gifs to full animations
- Used by professional animators and studios worldwide
- Turn your drawings into animations with the light table and onion-skin features that allow you to view adjacent frames
Artist Testimonials
Peo MichieArtist
“For a really powerful and fast illustration software, the price is amazing.”
Read more
Meiyi HsuIllustrator & Designer
“Since I discovered Clip Studio Paint, I no longer use Photoshop for drawing.”
Read more
Michelle LamAuthor & Comic Artist
“Clip Studio Paint has the tools to make various forms of art at a reasonable price.”
Read more
ElentoriCharacter Artist
“Clip Studio Paint is a wonderfully robust program that I personally love.”
Read more
MiyuliWebtoon & Character Artist
“I've been using Clip Studio Paint for about 10 years now and the software just keeps getting better”
Read moreGrow your digital art skills faster with a global creator community
CLIP STUDIO TIPS Official Tutorials
Tips and tricks to improve your skills
Ask a question in CLIP STUDIO ASK
Work through your problem with a Q&A community
Having trouble? Contact our Support Team!
Give life to any project with Clip Studio Paint
Make digital drawing & painting more fun!
The best brushes
All the brushes you need, from watercolor and oil paint to crayons and colored pencils! Mix colors like traditional paints to create your ideal color.
Brushes for every styleEasy decorations
Draw frills, accessories, clouds, forests, and more in an instant with the thousands of available decoration brushes.
Get materials on CLIP STUDIO ASSETS
Find your next favorite brush or other materials you can use right away
Clean and precise lines
Smooth strokes
Sketch and ink right on your phone. Draw smooth and natural lines with a stylus or your finger. Pen pressure can be adjusted to fit your stylus.
Vector layers for linework
Adjust the thickness and position of lines after they’re drawn, and erase intersecting lines to easily fix mistakes.
Create better digital art with Clip Studio Paint
Efficient coloring
Easily fill in artwork with line gaps and lock transparency to paint only where you desire.
Draw props and backgrounds
Draw perfect lines for backgrounds with the perspective ruler and use 3D objects to make rough sketches for props.
Easy adjustments
Adjust after you draw with liquify and mesh transformation, and get your desired pose with puppet warp.Use color adjustment layers to get your art just right.
Fun digital art features for every creator
Customizable 3D tools
Use the fully customizable 3D reference models and hand scanner to get the right pose and proportions for your character.
CLIP STUDIO TIPS Official Tutorials
Tips and tricks to improve your skills
Ask a question in CLIP STUDIO ASK
Work through your problem with a Q&A community
Having trouble? Contact our Support Team!
Create comics & animations with the leading drawing app
For comics, manga, and webtoons
With panel frames, speech balloons, text, effect lines, and screentones, you’ll find all the tools you need.
Okamoto ©TriF
Smooth animations
Animate as you draw with the light table and onion-skin features to create anything from simple GIFs to full animations.
Give life to any project with Clip Studio Paint
Why we love and use Clip Studio Paint
The artist's app for drawing and painting.
Clip Studio Paint PRO/EX Comparison
| Feature | PRO For professional illustration |
EX All PRO features + animation and comic features |
|---|---|---|
Illustration (Character art, concept art, etc.) |
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Import/Use 3D models |
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Extract lines from images and 3D models |
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Save layer comps |
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Single-page comic tools |
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Multi-page projects |
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Webtoon tools |
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PDF/Ebook export |
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Simple animation/movie creation |
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Full-length animation tools |
Chosen by Professionals
Educational Institutions
Boston University (America) / School of Visual Arts (America) / Pratt University (America) / London Metropolitan University (United Kingdom) / Northeastern University (America) / Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) / Singapore Institute of Technology (Singapore)
What schools say about usEnterprises
Marvel (Animation Studio, America) / The Pokemon Company Int. (Game Development, America) / Warner Bros. Animation (Animation Studio, America) / WEBTOON Entertainment Inc (Webtoon Production, America) / Behaviour Interactive (Game Development, Canada) / Ellipse Studio (Animation Studio, France) / RED DOG CULTURE HOUSE (Animation & Webtoon Studio, Korea)
What companies say about usHighlights
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Clip Studio Paint PRO/EX Comparison
| Feature | PRO For professional illustration |
EX All PRO features + animation and comic features |
|---|---|---|
Illustration (Character art, concept art, etc.) |
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Import/Use 3D models |
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Extract lines from images and 3D models |
||
Save layer comps |
||
Single-page comic tools |
||
Multi-page projects |
||
Webtoon tools |
* | |
PDF/Ebook export |
||
Simple animation/movie creation |
||
Full-length animation tools |
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Clip Studio Paint chosen by so many creators?
In addition to its natural and easy-to-use pens and brushes, it offers convenient features not found in other drawing apps/paint apps. Its flexibility, which allows both beginners and professionals to create in their own style, is highly valued and makes it a popular choice among creators.
What kind of works is Clip Studio Paint best suited for as a digital art app?
Clip Studio Paint comes with specialized features not only for illustrations but also for comics and animation. It also supports design work, making it a comprehensive digital art app that helps with a wide variety of creative projects and is widely used in professional environments.
On which devices can I use Clip Studio Paint?
It is available on Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, and Android. As a multi-device drawing app/painting app, it provides a seamless environment where you can sketch on mobile while on the go and continue working on the same project on your PC at home or in the studio.
Is Clip Studio Paint free to use?
You can try it free for up to 6 months. After that, you can choose from affordable monthly or annual plans, or purchase a one-time perpetual license for Windows and macOS. This flexibility lets you select the option that best fits your needs and budget.
Is a digital drawing app like Clip Studio Paint easy for beginners?
With its natural pens and brushes and rich support features, beginners can create with confidence. The mobile version uses a simplified UI, making it an intuitive digital drawing app to start with.
How can I learn to use Clip Studio Paint and its features?
Plenty of official tutorial articles and instructional videos are available. In addition, the community and social media share user tips, helping you efficiently learn to use various drawing tools/paint tools.
Draw whatever you can imagine, whether you’re a beginner or seasoned professional, and share your creativity with the Clip Studio community!
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