This time I will finish this monochrome manga page.
First, I create a new layer folder and put all layers I used decoration brushes on into it.
Since I am no longer using the layout draft and sketch layers,
I'll turn them off in the [Layer Property] palette.
I will fill in the black parts of the manuscript next.
I create a separate layer for this.
When I zoom in on those parts and select the [Fill] tool,
I make sure to use the [Refer other layers] option.
With black selected I click on the respective areas and I fill the parts with color.
When encountering gaps and very detailed parts, I switch to the [Pen] tool and paint them in manually.
For areas where lines are not fully closed,
I select the [Fill] tool and activate [Close gap] when filling in.
All solid fills have been added.
To make things easier to see, I hide the layer folder where I gathered the decoration brush effects in.
Next, I'll add screen tones to the page.
A basic method for toning is to use the [Selection] tool.
From the [Selection] tools I choose the [Auto Select] tool and
with [Refer other layers to select] active, I select a part I want to add a tone to.
To select multiple sections, set "How to create" to "Select additionally"
in the [Tool property] palette.
After creating the selection, simply click the [Tone] button on the [Selection Launcher]
that appears underneath the selection.
This will display the [Simple tone settings] window.
I'm going to set the "Number of screen frequency" to 30
and the "Density" to 40%, then click OK.
This creates a new tone layer with a layer mask, where you can see the toned parts.
With the same method, I'm going to add tones in different places.
Since I want to use tones of the same pattern elsewhere,
I select the tone layer's mask and use a pen to paint the additional tone areas.
Apply the same screen tone by using the fill tool and any color.
For areas I didn't mean to add a tone to, I simply use the eraser to delete those sections.
If you want to use a different type of screen tone in areas you already added tones to,
use the [Layer property] palette to make these adjustments.
When a tone layer is selected, the density and pattern of the tone can be changed easily.
For example, by using the "Screen frequency" slider, you can change the tone to one
that is rougher than the current one.
With the "Density" slider, you can easily adjust how bright or dark a tone is going to be.
Further, you can also change the circles of a tone into lines, crosses, noise and more in the [Dot settings].
I'm going to add a patterned tone next.
I select the area I want to tone with the [Auto select] tool and through the [Window] menu
I open the [Material] palette.
Then I click [Monochromatic patterns] and [Patterns].
This is an overview of basic available tones and gradient tones that are included in CLIP STUDIO PAINT or have been dowloaded.
I choose one of the pattern tones and drag it onto the canvas.
With that the patterned tone is pasted.
Just as before, I create a tone layer with a layer mask.
It's easier to see the patterned tone when disabling the layer mask.
Using the [Object] tool and holding onto the handles displayed on the tone layer lets you resize the pattern.
Unnecessary parts can be erased by selecting the layer mask of the tone
and using the [Eraser] tool.
And this is how you can add special patterned tones.
To replace pasted tones with different patterns, select the tone you want from the [Material] palette
and drag it onto the tone layer in the [Layer] palette.
It will simply be replaced like that.
Next, let's try exchanging the pattern for a gradient tone.
To do that, I select [Gradient] in the [Material] palette.
This time, I'm going to use the button [Replace editing layer with selected material] at the bottom of the [Material] palette.
Just as with the other patterns, the gradient's direction and size can be changed
with the displayed handles when using the [Object] tool.
Next, let's try applying a tone by using a color illustration or a layer with a color.
For this example I'm going to create a new layer and change the "Expression color" to [Color].
Using the pen and the selection tool, I'm painting in the hair with a soft red-ish color.
When you select a layer and click the "Tone" button in the [Layer Property] palette,
a tone is automatically created based on the color density of the original layer.
Decreasing the opacity of the layer itself reduces the density of the tone as well.
Just as before you can change the "Screen frequency"
and patterns of tones in the [Layer Property] palette.
If you paint a darker color with a brush tool, while the tone itself is displayed, it is possible to directly apply shading to the tone.
The effect can be undone by simply disabling the [Tone] button in the [Layer property] palette.
Next, I will show you how to easily draw a sky, using tones.
With the [Auto select] tool and [Refer other layers to select] active, I paste a tone with dots.
I select the [Decoration] tool → [Hatching] and then [Cross hatching (for tone scraping)], also using transparent color.
With the mask of the tone layer selected, I use the cross hatching decoration tool to erase from the tone.
For the clouds I'm using the [Gauze clouds] sub tool from the [Hatching] [Decoration] tools.
Finally, I adjust the "Screen frequency" and density in the [Layer property] palette to achieve values closer to the other tones
The next tool we will look at and use is the gradient tool and in particular the [Manga gradient].
I use the [Auto Select] tool to select the designated area for the gradient tone.
Then I select the [Gradient] tool and the [Manga gradient] from the [Tool] palette.
I move the cursor in the direction in which I want to apply the gradient.
A gradient layer with a layer mask is created.
You can adjust the intensity and direction later by selecting the gradient layer
and operating the handles with the [Object] tool.
When using the [Manga gradient] on a canvas with the "expression color" set to monochrome,
a gradient tone is created automatically.
However, if the "expression color" is something other than monochrome, it will not be converted automatically.
As with the other tones, it is possible to change the "screen frequency" in the [Layer Properties].
I'll set this to 30, the same as for the other tones on this page.
Now the toning is finished.
Once the document is finished, I save it.
First, to preserve the layer structure, I will save it in the CLIP STUDIO PAINT format.
To export this manga page as a monochrome image file,
I select the [File] menu → [Export (Single layer)] and then I choose between [JPEG] or [PNG].
When exporting a monochrome document,
in the export detail settings, I only check the [Text] box for the "Output image" element, then export it.
When exporting this document for upload on the internet, I make sure the expression color is set to " Color" instead.
In order to use halftone dots properly for presentation on the web, it is a good idea to convert all tones to grays.
I change the "Expression color" to [Gray].
Then, I click on "Advanced settings of color" and turn off "Enable tone effect for layer" under "Export settings for tone".
However, if you placed tone layers above the line drawing,
or when you used hatched tones, you may be able to export the work properly even if you leave the check on.
I can fine tune the settings,
while viewing the result in the preview screen that appears after completing the settings.
As this canvas is too large for the web, it needs to be made smaller.
Under [Output size], I change the unit of the document to [px] and set the width to 1,000px.
Then I click OK and export it.
Now, this document can be published on the web.