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Celsys, the developer and distributor of drawing app, Clip Studio Paint, conducted a survey on the activities of 8,000 visual art creators in four European countries (UK, France, Germany, and Spain) from November to December 2021.

- Celsys to hold its 32nd International Illustration Contest -

Total worldwide use of Clip Studio Paint; the illustration, comic, Webtoon, and animation app developed Celsys, exceeded 20 million copies* in May 2022.

Celsys is offering Clip Studio Paint DEBUT to paying "pixiv Premium" members of the social art service, pixiv, operated by pixiv Inc.

BS Fuji Co., Ltd. and Kashima Arts Co., Ltd. are proud to co-host Volume 10 of the Japanese Art Auction, MEGURU, from May 14 to 22, 2022.

Celsys announced the results of the 31st International Illustration Contest, which sought entries on the theme: Holiday.

Celsys, through Clip Studio Paint, will sponsor the "IROfi! Coloring Contest" on April 18 by Airani Iofifteen, a member of the VTuber group hololive Indonesia.

Contestants submit original Holiday illustrations on social media

√K Contemporary is proud to host Gil Kuno's upcoming solo exhibition, ON::OFF::ON.

Eye-catching illustrations on the theme: the Skies On February 10, Celsys announced the 30th International Illustration Contest results, which sought entries on the theme: the Skies.

Celsys opens its 30th International Illustration Contest, inviting submissions from around the world for illustrations on the theme of the Skies on Monday, December 20.

Free trials for top-grade Clip Studio Paint EX also planned for new year period

Celsys announced the results of the 29th International Illustration Contest, which sought entries on the theme of "Fashion Icon," on Thursday, 28th October.

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Suishow Inc.(Headquarters: Nakano, Tokyo. CEO: Natsuki Kataoka) has started accepting applications from creators to sell their products on the NFT marketplace, which is scheduled to be released this fall and specializes in virtual items.

-Celsys to hold its 29th International Illustration Contest-

√K Contemporary (Root K Contemporary) is proud to host Linework. On view from August 28 on through September 20, the group show features over 150 works by 16 established to emerging artists.

How to "WEBTOON" Learn How to Create Online Comics from Start to Finish for Free

From July 28 to 30, 2021, Celsys is partnering with Wacom to present "Manga & Anime Days", a worldwide 3-day all-digital event organized by Wacom featuring workshops, presentations, and live drawing community events by and for creators.

On July 31, Celsys, the maker of creative app Clip Studio Paint and the webcomic platform for creators "Webtoon CANVAS" are partnering for the full-day online event "Webtoon CANVAS Summit".

Draw a Flower-themed Illustration and post it to Social Media!

Clip Studio Paint PRO (3-month license), the drawing, illustration, comic, manga, and animation software from Celsys is now available to Chromebook users bundled with the Wacom Intuos from Wacom Co., Ltd.

Celsys celebrates its 30th anniversary on May 1, 2021! Since its founding in 1991, Celsys has been committed to supporting creators through IT graphics technology.

Celsys announced the results of the 27th International Illustration Contest, sponsored by NVIDIA Studio, the pioneer of GPU-accelerated computing, today on April 28 (Wed).

So says a study of 10,000 Creators Across the UK, France, Spain and Germany

√K Contemporary (Root K Contemporary) is proud to present Hori Kosai Retrospective, an exhibition of approx. 30 of Kosai Hori's early to recent works, from February 13, 2021 (Sun) to March 6 (Sat), 2021.

The Japan Art Inheritance Association proudly presents To Remember- Who am I?, the 1st of 2 exhibitions in support of the East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction.

"Approaches to Painting - reprise", a group exhibition curated by Yoichi Umetsu will be on view at √K Contemporary until January 31. With over 100 works by approx.

Celsys opens its 26th International Illustration Contest, inviting submissions from around the world for illustrations on the theme of "The Best Smile" on Weds, Dec 23.

From September 10, Celsys will open submissions for the International Illustration Contest 2020 to artists worldwide to celebrate the release of Clip Studio Paint for Galaxy on August 21.

√K Contemporary ("Root K Contemporary", Tokyo) is proud to present Kiyoshi Hamada's 3rd major solo exhibition, "Strata of Memory -Light and Shadow-" from Sept 19 (Sat) to Oct 24 (Sat), 2020.