Drawing Webtoons: From Planning to Publishing from Udemy

Ever wanted to create your own webtoon?

Have you always had a story within you, and wished you could see it in real as a comic, but shoved it aside thinking it's too hard of a dream?

I'd like to tell you that it's not. With the development of digital drawing technologies, drawing comics has never been easier. I want to show you how you can create and publish your webtoon, taking you to step by step from the planning process to finalizing and publishing your work while utilizing the latest techniques that escalate your work and enable you to produce a high-quality comic without even needing a team.

This is a class for writers with dreams

This class is for artists with dreams who have worlds and stories of their original characters and would like to take that first step into putting everything together in a colorful webtoon-style comic to tell their long-sought-after story.

Create your own webtoon chapter.

Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate, and whether you know how to draw backgrounds or not, you will learn how to make use of your drawing skills combined with assets and 3D models to create meaningful scenes for your characters.

By the end of this class, you will have learned how to plan your panels and speech bubbles, draw your characters within a space, deliver their emotions in expressive ways, and add lighting and effects reflecting the mood of your scene, such that you can produce a whole webtoon chapter of your own.

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Learning objectives

Plan your story chapters with storyboards
Create and organize you work files
Add speech bubbles and sound effects (sfx) to your panels
Use techniques to escalate your sketching speed
Line and color your panels in quick ways

Use 3d models, brushes and assets to create high quality backgrounds
Set the mood for your panels with color adjustments & interesting effects
Export and publish your webtoon
Organize your workflow
Promote & publish your webtoon on online platforms

Plan your story chapters with storyboards
Create and organize you work files
Add speech bubbles and sound effects (sfx) to your panels
Use techniques to escalate your sketching speed
Line and color your panels in quick ways
Use 3d models, brushes and assets to create high quality backgrounds
Set the mood for your panels with color adjustments & interesting effects
Export and publish your webtoon
Organize your workflow
Promote & publish your webtoon on online platforms

Syllabus

Being familiar with the course contents and how to set up Clip Studio Paint

About the instructor

Course introduction

Introduction to Clip Studio Paint

Let’s talk about how you can create a storyboard for your chapter so you can plan it properly before you start the real work!

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Guides learners through the entire webtoon creation process, from initial planning and sketching to coloring, shading, and exporting for online publication

Emphasizes efficient techniques for sketching, line art, and coloring, enabling creators to produce high-quality comics without needing a large team

Covers the use of 3D models, brushes, and assets to create backgrounds, which can be helpful for those who are less experienced with drawing backgrounds

Teaches how to use color adjustments and lighting effects to set the mood of scenes, which is a key element of visual storytelling in webtoons

Requires Clip Studio Paint, which may require a separate purchase or subscription, potentially posing a barrier to entry for some students

Explores methods for promoting and monetizing webtoons, which can be useful for creators looking to build an audience and generate income from their work

Reviews summary

Drawing webtoons: planning to publish

According to learners, this course provides a very comprehensive guide to creating webtoons, covering everything from initial planning and storyboarding to using digital tools like Clip Studio Paint, optimizing workflow, and even publishing and promoting the final work. Students particularly praised the clear instruction and practical techniques for speeding up drawing processes and utilizing assets like 3D models effectively. The section on publishing and monetization was frequently highlighted as being especially valuable and demystifying. While the course is considered excellent for beginners and writers looking to illustrate their stories, a few reviewers noted that it focuses more on the technical workflow using tools than deep artistic fundamentals, suggesting intermediate artists might find some sections less in-depth.

Excellent starting point for new creators.

"Absolutely loved this course! ... Great for beginners like me."

"Very comprehensive. ... Good overall for someone getting started in webtoons."

"Useful for complete beginners..."

Learn efficiency with CSP, 3D, assets.

"...breaks down complex topics like paneling and using 3D models really well."

"The tips on speeding up lineart and coloring were game-changers. Learned so much about workflow optimization."

"Learned valuable techniques for speeding up my workflow, especially with backgrounds using assets."

Covers entire process, from start to finish.

"Absolutely loved this course! ... The steps for publishing were invaluable. Great for beginners like me."

"Fantastic guide! Covers everything from storyboarding to promotion. ... Highly recommended."

"This course gave me the confidence to start my own webtoon. ... The publishing section was incredibly helpful, demystifying the whole process."

"As a writer wanting to draw my story, this course was perfect. It bridges the gap and shows you how to actually produce the comic..."

More on production workflow than drawing.

"Expected more artistic guidance. It focuses heavily on the technical/workflow side using CSP and assets..."

"Decent course, covers the basics. Found some parts on coloring a bit generic..."

"Some parts felt like quick tips rather than deep dives."

Activities

Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in Drawing Webtoons: From Planning to Publishing with these activities:

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

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Learn the fundamentals of visual storytelling and comic book structure.

View The Cartoonists Club: a Graphic Novel on Amazon

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Read the book cover to cover.
Take notes on key concepts.
Analyze how these concepts apply to existing webtoons.

Practice Digital Line Art

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Improve your line art skills to create cleaner and more professional-looking webtoon panels.

Browse courses on Line Art

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Find reference images of line art styles you admire.
Practice tracing over the reference images.
Experiment with different brush settings in Clip Studio Paint.
Create your own original line art pieces.

Create a Character Design Sheet

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Develop a detailed character design sheet for your webtoon's main character to ensure consistency throughout your comic.

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Sketch your character from multiple angles.
Experiment with different outfits and hairstyles.
Note down key personality traits and physical characteristics.
Create a color palette for your character.

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Perspective Drawing Exercises

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Practice perspective drawing to create more believable and immersive backgrounds for your webtoon panels.

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Draw simple shapes in one-point perspective.
Draw more complex scenes in two-point perspective.
Practice drawing objects at different distances.

Write a Webtoon Script Outline

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Outline the script for the first three chapters of your webtoon to ensure a compelling and well-paced story.

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Brainstorm ideas for your webtoon's plot and characters.
Create a detailed outline for each chapter.
Write dialogue for key scenes.
Get feedback from other writers or artists.

Create a Short Webtoon Chapter

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Create a short, self-contained webtoon chapter to practice all the skills learned in the course.

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Plan your chapter using a storyboard.
Sketch, line, and color your panels.
Add speech bubbles and sound effects.
Export your webtoon in a web-friendly format.

Build a Webtoon Portfolio

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Showcase your webtoon artwork and skills in a professional portfolio to attract potential readers or collaborators.

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Select your best webtoon panels and artwork.
Create a website or online gallery to display your work.
Write a compelling artist statement.
Promote your portfolio on social media.

Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics

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Explore the history and techniques of manga to broaden your understanding of comic book art.

View Manga A Visual History on Amazon

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Read the book and take notes on key aspects of manga.
Compare and contrast manga with webtoons.
Identify elements of manga that you can incorporate into your own webtoon style.

Career center

Learners who complete Drawing Webtoons: From Planning to Publishing will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:

Webtoon Artist

A webtoon artist creates digital comics for online platforms. This course directly prepares you for this role by guiding you through the entire process of webtoon creation, from planning storyboards and sketching panels to adding color, effects, and speech bubbles. Learning to use digital tools and techniques are key to this role, and this course covers skills like using 3D models, brushes, and assets to craft backgrounds. This course teaches you how to set the mood in your work through color and effects, thus allowing you to express emotions through visuals. All of these aspects are crucial for a successful webtoon artist. You can also learn to export and publish your webtoons, and promote and monetize the work.

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Graphic Novel Artist

A graphic novel artist creates long-form comic books, similar to webtoons, but may focus on print media. This course will be very useful to a graphic novel artist by showing the entire process for creating a webtoon. The course will teach valuable skills in planning storyboards, sketching panels, and adding speech bubbles and sound effects. In particular, the method of combining drawing with 3D models and assets will prove useful for creating scenes and backgrounds. This course covers essential skills for a graphic novel artist, including color, shading, and adding effects to set the mood. How to express emotion through text, images, and background is all relevant information.

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Comic Book Artist

A comic book artist creates the visual elements of comic books, often working from a script provided by a writer. This course helps you in the role of a comic book artist by going over the entire process of creating a webtoon, which is similar to creating a comic. The skills to create storyboards and sketch panels are common to both roles. The course covers essential drawing skills, the use of 3D models, and how to set an atmosphere with color and effects. A comic book artist must be able to make good use of lettering and speech bubbles, which the course specifically teaches. Learning to express emotion through visuals is also important to a comic book artist. All aspects of this course will help you build a foundation for producing high quality work.

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Illustrator

An illustrator creates visual content for a variety of mediums including books, magazines, and websites. Skills in drawing, composition, and digital rendering are all required for this role. This course is beneficial for an illustrator by focusing on how to plan and create visual narratives. The course teaches how to sketch, use digital tools, and how to add color and effects. As an illustrator, you need to be able to create backgrounds and use assets, and this course covers these aspects in detail using 3D models and brushes. This course also teaches the importance of color harmony and how to use lighting and shading effectively. An illustrator can use this course to improve their ability to deliver emotion through imagery.

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Digital Artist

A digital artist creates art using computer software. The course teaches the entire process of creating a webtoon, including using digital tools for sketching, drawing, coloring, and adding effects. This course will be helpful to a digital artist in developing skills in these areas. The digital artist will also benefit from techniques covered by this course about using 3D models and assets for backgrounds, how to use lighting and shading, and how to use color effectively. Finally, a digital artist can utilize the techniques to export and publish webtoons. All of these are relevant skills for a digital artist working in numerous areas.

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Freelance Artist

A freelance artist sells their artwork or creative services to clients. This course will be useful for a freelance artist to learn how to create compelling visual narratives. As a freelance artist, the ability to create webtoons and comics may be a niche you can fill. With this course, a freelance artist can learn how to use software, create detailed art, and plan a project's entire workflow. The skills the course offers for promoting and monetizing webtoons are valuable for a freelance artist. This course will help a freelance artist improve their skills and expand their potential client base.

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Storyboard Artist

A storyboard artist creates the visual plan for a film or animation, showing shot composition and scene flow. This course can be helpful for a storyboard artist because it goes into detail on how to plan story chapters with storyboards. The skills of planning panels and how to add speech bubbles and sound effects are useful to this role. The course teaches skills to escalate sketching speed and use digital tools to create work. For a storyboard artist, this course teaches techniques to express emotion, which is critical to telling a story. While a storyboard artist may not need the specific aspects of webtoons, the general principles may be useful.

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Animator

An animator creates the movement of characters and objects in visual media. This course may help an animator learn more about storyboarding and creating expressive poses and faces. The course focuses on how to convey emotion, and how to create dynamic scenes, and these are both crucial skills for an animator. Learning to use 3D models, digital art tools, color, and shading could all be helpful for an animator. This course could help an animator who wants to learn more about visual storytelling, and how to present emotion or motion using images.

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Character Designer

A character designer creates the visual appearance of characters for various forms of media. This course may be very useful to a character designer, it teaches how to draw and design characters. It focuses on how to express emotion visually through characters and how to create expressive poses. The use of assets and 3D models may also be helpful for a character designer in creating reference material. Concepts such as coloring, shading, and the use of lighting effects are also covered by this course. This course is well suited for a character designer who intends to create character designs for comics and webtoons, or needs to build a portfolio.

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Animation Artist

An animation artist creates moving images, which can include character animation, background design, and visual effects. This course may be useful for an animation artist, as it focuses on storytelling through visuals. The course covers how to create storyboards and plan panels, which can translate to animatics for animation. The techniques of using 3D models and color to set the mood in a piece may be helpful to an animation artist. The course's focus on character emotion and expressive poses can be useful when developing storyboards for animation. Much of what is taught in this course has overlap with animation.

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Social Media Content Creator

A social media content creator produces posts, videos, and other content for social media platforms. This course can help a social media content creator by teaching how to create visually engaging content. While this course teaches the creation of webtoons, these skills can be transferred to the creation of other types of content. Specifically, learning to plan panels, add eye-catching effects, and use colors to create a mood can help your social media content stand out from the crowd. This course also provides direction on how to promote and publish content, which may prove useful for a social media content creator.

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Concept Artist

A concept artist creates visual representations of ideas for video games, films, and other media. This role requires a strong understanding of visual storytelling, and this course can help here. By learning to plan panels, add speech bubbles, and arrange visual elements, you can improve your concept art skills. This course also helps concept artists understand how to use color and lighting to set the right mood for drawings. Learning to use 3D models and digital tools is useful for improving efficiency as a concept artist. The course's focus on character emotion and dynamic poses is useful.

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Art teacher

An art teacher instructs students in various artistic techniques and principles. This course will help an art teacher to learn digital creation methods. While not directly applicable, having a deeper understanding of software and digital art can allow a teacher to better instruct their students in those areas. The course can also help an art teacher gain confidence in their own art skills. The course goes into detail about creating webtoons, an area which a teacher could use as a practical example in the classroom. While this course may not be perfect, it is a useful tool for any art educator to expand their knowledge base.

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Art Director

Art Director is a managerial role that oversees visual style and images used in various projects. While this course may not fit perfectly, the skills in planning out panels and creating mood with color and lighting may be useful to an art director overseeing a visual project. An Art Director may use the skills they learned from this course to better direct artists working on visual projects. For an art director, the parts of the course about workflow and exporting art can be important for managing projects. This course may prove useful in specific circumstances.

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Game Designer

A game designer creates the rules, mechanics, and concepts of a game. While this course is not a direct fit, the principles of storyboarding, planning visual layouts, and the use of visual elements to set moods may be helpful to a game designer. A game designer might use skills learned in this course to improve game level design or the visual layout of game interfaces. Additionally, the course may assist a game designer in understanding visual storytelling. A game designer should know when to focus on gameplay, and when a visual or story element is important. This course may be helpful for certain game projects.

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From Planning to Publishing

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