Here is the description of the Coloso class “SketchUp: The Secret to High-Quality Webtoon Production” by Naver Webtoon creator Yongsa (author of Mal-Bak-Wang) in English:
This class is designed for webtoon artists and aspiring creators who want to build a highly efficient, time-saving production pipeline. Rather than drawing complex backgrounds and props from scratch for every weekly deadline, you will learn how to leverage Trimble SketchUp to build custom 3D assets, set up scenes, and seamlessly integrate them into your 2D manuscript.
Key Areas of Focus
- Introduction to SketchUp for Webtoons: Setting up a tailored digital workspace, mastering key tools, and configuring shortcuts designed specifically for rapid comic production.
- Architectural Modeling & House Construction: Learning how to build structural layouts step-by-step. You will create essential building elements like custom windows, doors, stairs, railings, and roofs to piece together complete interior and exterior environments.
- Applying Custom Colors & Textures: Mastering material settings to paint and apply textures to your 3D models. You will learn to create unique, stylized materials that match the hand-drawn aesthetic of your webtoon.
- Asset & Prop Creation: Using modeling features (such as the “Follow Me” tool) to design small, reusable everyday props—such as mugs, wine bottles, and potted plants—to populate your character’s rooms.
- Using SketchUp Plugins (Rubies) & Styling: Speeding up your workflow by utilizing essential SketchUp extensions (Rubies) and creating custom, flat 2D linework styles within SketchUp to match your drawing style.
- Manuscript Integration (Bringing It All Together): Best practices for extracting 2D line and color plates from SketchUp models and editing them in Clip Studio Paint to naturally merge your characters with 3D-generated background elements.
