Tips for scanning artwork for comics production.
Print Resolution
Tips for generating quality print output.
Emphasis Techniques
Excerpt from ‘Comic Book Lettering the Comicraft Way’ on word emphasis techniques in Illustrator.
Pasteup in Photoshop
Tips on merging lettering and artwork in Photoshop, and producing clean print output.
Giving Artwork the ‘Comic Book Look’
How to create a halftone-dot effect on color artwork in Photoshop.
Creating Tails and Joins
How to create tails to point at characters or connect two balloons.
‘Trapped Inside’ Balloon
How to create a balloon that appears to come from inside something.
Butting Balloons
How to butt, or attach, a balloon to the panel border.
Continue reading “Butting Balloons”
Masking Behind Objects
How to mask or cut a balloon behind an object in the artwork.
Printed Comics
Tips on publishing your own comic book or getting your work published by others.
