Tips for scanning artwork for comics production.
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.
Bogi writes:
“I was wondering if you know what is the way to turn a photograph into a comic book style picture… i.e. to have an outline and the fill colors to be even dots. Actually, it is the look used by Roy Lichtenstein in his “pop-art” series. Is there a plug-in for Corel PhotoPaint or Adobe PhotoShop? I tried various ways using “halftone” filters ..etc, but the effect is not quite there yet.”
Bogi —
You can actually achieve this look using just the basic tools of Photoshop. Here’s how…
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.
Layer Control
Tips for using layers in Adobe Illustrator.
