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Home > Tips Tips & Tricks Thought Balloons April 2008 How to create thought balloons in Illustrator. Go >> Opentype Ligatures August 2007 How to enable custom ligatures that automatically substitute any two letters in a row, or disable them if you prefer. Go >> Gradients in Illustrator January 2007 How to fill objects with gradient fills. Go >> Bouncy Text October 2006 Here's a technique that works great for indicating baby talk, singing, drunkenness or any other time you want text to appear warbly, bouncy or sing-songy. Go >> Rough Balloons October 2006 How to create rough, wiggly-looking balloons in Illustrator. Go >> Sawtooth Balloons August 2006 A guide to creating jagged and flaming sawtooth-style balloons. Go >> Word Arrangement July 2006 Techniques for arranging and fitting words within the balloon. Go >> Multiple Outline SFX April 2006 Create double- and triple-outlined SFX in Illustrator. Go >> Floating Text & Captions March 2006 Use 'loose' or 'floating' text to save space & create rhythm on crowded pages. Go >> The Layer Method February 2006 Our top Secret time-saving technique for creating and merging balloons and tails in Illustrator. Go >> More... Share your thoughts in the Balloon Tales Forum!
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April 2008
How to create thought balloons in Illustrator.
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August 2007
How to enable custom ligatures that automatically substitute any two letters in a row, or disable them if you prefer.
January 2007
How to fill objects with gradient fills.
October 2006
Here's a technique that works great for indicating baby talk, singing, drunkenness or any other time you want text to appear warbly, bouncy or sing-songy.
How to create rough, wiggly-looking balloons in Illustrator.
August 2006
A guide to creating jagged and flaming sawtooth-style balloons.
July 2006
Techniques for arranging and fitting words within the balloon.
April 2006
Create double- and triple-outlined SFX in Illustrator.
March 2006
Use 'loose' or 'floating' text to save space & create rhythm on crowded pages.
February 2006
Our top Secret time-saving technique for creating and merging balloons and tails in Illustrator.
More...
Share your thoughts in the Balloon Tales Forum!
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