# Clip Studio Paint Shading Using Gradient Map ## Metadata **Status**:: #x **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Created**:: [[2026-05-21]] **URL**:: [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R022uQR2akA) ## Synopsis - Use gray for the paper color. - Use quick select tool to select the lineart silhouette. Create a new layer with the selection as the mask. Fill it with white. - Create shading layer folder above and a new layer inside the folder. Fill it with white. Set the shading layer folder clipping to layer below and blending mode to Multiply. - Add the gradient map in the shading layer: - Warm golden to white for light and halftones. - Brown for terminator - Blue to dark blue for shadows - Ensure shading layer is filled with white. Paint using white and black in the shading layer. - Add flat colors below the shading layer.