Today, 

I'm going to share how to make a create a seamless pattern in Clip Studio Paint.. (ver.4 for me)

For the example, we'll use froggo; our Christmas market gift wrap pattern subject... with some simple accents to fill in spaces..

This is what the final seamless pattern looks like...

So we have two ways to create a seamless pattern...

A. You can cheat, and go hog-wild with Krita with their built-in wrap-around mode, all you need is a 1024px canvas, grid mode w/ snapping for uniform and equidistant placement (just for the aesthetic, You do You!)..

B. You can use CSP, and use workarounds to solve the total lack of a full workspace tile-mode for patterns and textures (aka Wraparound mode)

note: They're no faster than the other, but it's nicer to see the seamless wrap-around in real-time than apply constant guesswork..

Let's go with the above as an example, and break down each of the potential problems that can happen along the way inside Clip Studio Paint..

Start off with your 1024px canvas and 300dpi for size and resolution...

Next we want to set-up the canvas, kinda; make it more compatible with pattern making and easier to use...

1. Setting up the Canvas (Grid + Grid Snapping)

* To easier align our froggo with verticals and horizontals for some nice clean and aesthetic diagonals..*
We want to enable Grids, and Grid Snapping.
(on the toolbar): View >> Grid >> Click to enable

(again on the toolbar) View >> Snap >> Snap to Grid > Click to Enable.

Now, If You want? You can fix the grid-spacing by going to the Grid/Ruler Settings back in View on the Toolbar.. and maybe set it to something like 200px...

Considering our canvas is nicely sized at 1024px, 100px as the default works great..

Gotcha 1: Without enabling grid or grid snapping, You would need to count pixel by pixel or use transform locks to get a good professional looking pattern.

2. Setting up the Canvas (Part 2 - Dividing the canvas)

For Clip Studio; specifically, if our pattern is full-sized... We don't get to see it repeat.. at all. 
Until we convert it into either a Material, File, or Image Object, Tiling is nearly impossible..
For the next step, we'll divide our 1024px into 4 256px sized areas, to prepare for the important step..

Gotcha 2:  Always use even numbers for repeating patterns 1px odds on height or width will cause sheering/cut-offs

3. Starting your pattern.

Treat each of your divisions are unique areas of your pattern..
Let's cut the froggo, and create their own separate areas (like this)


Now the fun part... Fill the missing gap and add an accent of your choice:
Gotcha 3: Try and stick between the froggos along the inside gaps, the last thing you want is a half missing stamp because it wasn't fully on canvas..

Almost done!

The next step is to move the grids to their opposite corners
- In This case; Yellow to Red, Green to Blue, and vice versa with their opposite
1. Flatten your froggos with the accents if you haven't already..
2. Start splicing.. using cut-lines from the different coloured sections; you want to cut each of the split areas in order to move them individually without overlapping any other froggos on the same layer..

(lets use the center accent star as a guide)
Personally - This method is my favourite, as it makes it great to spot any unusual mistakes, instantly I can tell it's off center and that's okay! as long as our cuts are from the corners to dead center, we still have a seamless pattern!

When you're finished, You should have something like this:


We're ready for tiling!

Now we flatten again, and we do this:
Toolbar: Layer >> Convert Layer >> (Type Dropdown: Raster) >> Change Raster to Image Material


This gives us Tiling.. The very moment we've been waiting for..

Enable Tiling and Test out your new pattern...

If You did everything to the T; it will seamlessly repeat both horizontally and vertically..



Not bad huh.... all those froggos from just one with some shiny sparklies to fill the negative space... If you're feeling brave you can try this again with a pattern that might perhaps reverse, or mirrored.. Experimenting is Intelligence having Fun..