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	Production: Aged Comic Cover July 2008 How to create an aged, crusty old-looking comic cover. Go >>   Lettering: Thought Balloons April 2008 How to create thought balloons in Illustrator. Go >>   Lettering: 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 >>   Publishing: Getting Started in the Industry March 2007 Advice on getting started, or breaking into, the comics industry. Whatever it takes. Go >>   Lettering: Gradients in Illustrator January 2007 How to fill objects with gradient fills. Go >>   Lettering: 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 >>   Lettering: Rough Balloons October 2006 How to create rough, wiggly-looking balloons in Illustrator. Go >>   Production: Shaded fills in Photoshop September 2006 How to fill words with shiny shaded effects. Ooooh... shiny! Go >>   Lettering: Sawtooth Balloons August 2006 A guide to creating jagged and flaming sawtooth-style balloons. Go >>   Lettering: Word Arrangement July 2006 Techniques for arranging and fitting words within the balloon. Go >>   More...

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