Custom Manga Studio 5 (Clip Studio Paint) Brush Set Demo

Product Reviewed

A custom brush set for Clip Studio Paint / Manga Studio 5 (sold via flylanddesigns.com), created by the uploader.

What’s Included (Main Feature List)

The creator states the set includes 100+ custom brushes, split into:

• 14 ink brushes
• 12 pencil brushes
• 18 paint brushes (plus blenders)
• 22 texture brushes
• 5 shading brushes
• 16 splatter effect brushes
• 20+ special/pattern brushes

Key Capabilities Demonstrated (How They Perform)

Ink & Splatter / Blood Splatter Brushes

• Designed to follow pen motion
• Includes dramatic “blood mouth” style effects
• Provides usable background splatters, made from scanned real ink splatters

Stippling Brushes

• Used for shading
• Especially useful for t-shirt design, where smooth gradients aren’t ideal

Splatter Pattern Brushes

• Used to create quick cool shapes/textures
• The creator highlights a favorite: “Dexter” blood splatter brush, praised for flow and ease of shaping

Special Pattern Brushes (Examples Mentioned)

• Realistic rope brush
  • Made from a photo
  • Seamless
  • Can bend/continue over itself
• Bandelier bullets
• Realistic barbed wire
  • Changes size/motion with brush movement
• Chains
• Cloud/smoke brushes
  • Also described as usable for fire effects with a vapor-related brush
• Water/ocean brush
  • Described as seamless
  • Creator workflow: overlay it on a Soft Light layer

Texture Brushes (22 Total)

Used for:

• Backgrounds and more organic-feeling rendering
• T-shirt design, to break up large flat color areas

Examples mentioned:

• Dry brush
• Grunge brush
  • Blends textures between two colors using pressure (pastel-ish results)
• Cracks
• Edge roughening
  • Paint in transparency to rough up edges
• Ice/dirt/scratches
• Canvas fabric texture
  • For clothing; canvas-like when zoomed in
• Watercolor textures
  • Used in children’s books for sky/ground

Also referenced:

• Hard-edged shatter
• Grungy edge brushes (to break up shapes around edges)

Shading Tools (5 Brushes)

• Square shading brush: rough/cartoonish texture
• “Tasty shading” brush: favorite; made of squiggles
• Long/tilt pencil behavior
  • Shading line thickness/broadness changes with pen tilt
  • Straight up/down = thin; tilted = broader buildup
• Marker shading
  • Quick, cell-shaded-ish shadows for concept sketches
• Wash shading / rough tilt shading
  • Similar to the long pencil, but with more grungy texture
  • Also uses tilt to control size without changing brush size

Paint Brushes (18 Total)

• Built from textures with different effects
• Includes effect/color brushes for:
  • Colorizing in black & white
  • Adding highlights/glow
• Some brushes rely on Manga Studio blending options
• Others are described as more Photoshop-like / transparency-based painting
• Blenders are included (mentioned alongside paint brushes)

Pencil Brushes (12 Total)

• The creator felt the default Manga Studio pencils weren’t great
• Their custom pencils aim to feel closer to traditional paper drawing
• Not fully “there yet,” but “closest I’ve gotten” / “not sure if I’m even there yet”
• Some pencils work well, though overall pencil feel is still being refined

Pros Mentioned

• Very large variety (100+ brushes) across inks, pencils, paint, textures, shading, splatter/effects, and patterns
• Many brushes track pen motion and/or respond to pen tilt for more natural results
• Scanned-from-real-materials textures (e.g., ink splatters, rope, wood, watercolor paper) to improve realism/organic feel
• Useful for:
  • Backgrounds
  • Children’s books (watercolor textures)
  • T-shirt design (stippling and breaking up flat colors)
• The water/ocean brush is described as seamless and easy to integrate using blending layers (e.g., Soft Light overlay)

Cons / Limitations Mentioned

• The creator specifically wasn’t crazy about Manga Studio’s default pencil tools
• Their custom pencils are close, but they imply the pencil feel may still be imperfect (“closest I’ve gotten” / “not sure if I’m even there yet”)

Comparisons Made

• Photoshop-style painting vs Manga Studio blending
  • Some brushes use Manga Studio blending options
  • Others are more transparent/traditional-digitally-painted, similar in spirit to Photoshop workflows

Overall User Experience (As Described)

• The video emphasizes quick demonstrations showing the brushes are:
  • Responsive (motion/tilt)
  • Fast to use
  • Geared toward special effects + textured art
  • Not just standard strokes

Overall Verdict / Recommendation

If you want a large, effect-heavy, texture-heavy custom brush collection for Clip Studio Paint / Manga Studio—especially for:

• Inking
• Splatter effects
• Patterns (ropes/wires/smoke/water)
• Textured backgrounds
• Shading that reacts to pen tilt

…this set appears highly aligned with those needs.

The main drawback mentioned: even the creator’s pencil set is still an ongoing refinement—but otherwise the demo highlights strong usability and realism.

Source perspective: All points described come from the uploader (single demonstrator), including workflow preferences and brush favorites.

Unique Points Mentioned About the Product

1. 100+ custom brushes for Manga Studio 5 / Clip Studio Paint
2. 14 ink brushes
3. 12 pencil brushes
4. 18 paint brushes plus blenders
5. 22 texture brushes
6. 5 shading brushes
7. 16 splatter effect brushes
8. 20+ special/pattern brushes
9. Blood splatter brushes follow pen motion
10. Background splatter brushes made from scanned real ink splatters
11. Stippling brushes for shading (useful for t-shirts)
12. Favorite: “Dexter” blood splatter for flow and quick shapes/textures
13. Special pattern brushes are described as somewhat random—some may be “useful/weird”
14. Realistic rope brush: seamless, bends/overlaps itself
15. Bandelier bullets brush
16. Realistic barbed wire changes size as you move the brush
17. Chains brush
18. Cloud brush
19. Smoke/vapor brushes for effects; usable for fire
20. Pipes brush
21. Water/ocean brush: seamless
22. Workflow: water/ocean brush over a Soft Light layer
23. Texture brushes add an organic feel for backgrounds/rendering
24. Texture brushes also break up flat color for t-shirt design
25. Dry brush for subtle background texture (used for children’s books)
26. Dry/texture brush flows with pen movement
27. Grunge brush blends textures between two colors via pressure (pastel look)
28. Cracks brush
29. Edge roughening via transparency
30. Ice texture brush (example)
31. Dots/speckles brush
32. Hard-edged shatter to break up shapes around edges
33. “Splooges” / additional splatter-like effect brush
34. Grungy edge brush
35. Fabric (canvas) texture brush for clothing
36. Watercolor background texture brush (soft)
37. Watercolor paper texture brush for skies/ground in children’s books
38. Dirt/scratches texture brushes
39. Actual scratches brush
40. Square shading brush for rough/cartoonish textures
41. Favorite “tasty shading” brush made of squiggles
42. Wood texture brush (scanned wood)
43. Textured shading brush demo
44. Long/tilt pencil: thin when straight, broader when tilted
45. Marker shading for quick cell-shaded-ish concept shadows
46. Wash/rough tilt shading: more grungy than pencil, responds to tilt
47. 18 paint brushes made from textures with different effects
48. Effect/color brushes for colorizing B&W and adding highlights/glow
49. Some brushes use Manga Studio blending, others are more transparent/Photoshop-like