Moho (Anime Studio) Tutorials : Draw Cartoon Clouds In Anime Studio

1. Draw Cloud Shape

1. Select the Draw Shape tool
2. Select the oval shape
3. Draw an oval shape on the scene.

2. Draw Profile Curve

1. Select the Add Point tool.
2 & 3. Click then drag to the second point to create two points.
4 & 5. Click and drag up to create the third point.

3. Round Profile Curve

1. Select the Curvature tool
2 & 3. Click on the top point and drag to the right to round the curve. (Right = round, Left = sharp)

4. Connect Cruve Profile

1. Select the Translate Points tool
2. Click on the drawn cloud
3. Select the Curve Profile tool
4. Click on the curve profile line that we drew in step 2
5. Change the 'Repeat count' to 10

5. Move Points

1. Select the Translate Points tool
2. Click on a point in the cloud and move it to get your desired cloud shape. Notice how the curves are affected with the position of your points.

6. Style Clouds

1. Select the cloud with the Select Shape tool
2. Select the 'Advanced' style option so that you can apply more than one style

3. Set Effect 1 to 'Gradient'. Set the colours to go from white to light grey.

4. Change the direction of the style so that it goes diagonally.
5. Set Effect 2 to 'Drop Shadow' (The default setting is fine for this example) - Note, shadows can also be set in the layer's settings.
6. Turn off the Stroke if it's on.

Copy the layer a few times. Move and resize them and you'll soon have a nice looking sky.



The 'Supporting Content' below contains the final file - saved using Anime Studio Pro 10.0

Supporting Content