It’s hard to imagine given just how accessible and loaded the options are for COMIC LIFE but when it comes to lettering, I often find myself needing ANOTHER type of thought bubble or another font type. The biggest complaint I have with the lettering is that there could actually be MORE VARIETY. While some like Husky Stash Regular, Barbrawl BB, and Three Arrows are not the most ideal for some of the more interesting bubbles and/or word art/ SFX options – they ALL are able to be sized so that they fit the action on the page and remain consistent with the reading experience. You can use them in any alignment and of course, can change colors. The list of fonts are not just serviceable but are incredibly diverse and yet appropriate. You can add multiple tails for example and you can change the shape or angle of it to ensure that you are working around other bubbles and/or NOT covering up too much art. Meanwhile, the tails (the line that goes from the bubble to the person speaking it) can be manipulated in so many ways that are actually rather fun and challenging to construct your panel.
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My favorite of these is WHISPER but there are three EXCITE or SHOUTING speech bubbles, a thought bubble, TV style bubble and weak or ‘ill’ bubble amongst others.Įach bubble can be enlarged or shortened, twisted (via two fingers at least for me - I’ve done it a few times with the stylus by accident), darkened (either the outer line of the bubble or the fill color itself), and skewed (offering a small variation of bubble shape). These are great as they offer a variety of “situational” speech needs. The process is simple: once you import your page of art (or photograph which includes Flickr support) then you can select a bubble or caption box from the bottom of the screen. While you really need a video to do this section justice (I tried, god knows I tried…) what I will say is that this is simply LIFE-CHANGING! To be clear, COMIC LIFE is NOT a lettering app and yet, it is. CLOCK STRIKER art is shown from Saturday AM #62. LETTERING THE COMIC IS EASY IN COMIC LIFE – words can be given backdrops, different widths as well as skewed.
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When I started Saturday AM, I knew we would need some great software to improve our ability to appeal to our fans. Aside from working with a top tier of creators and developing some truly unique manga, we were helped greatly by our ability to work with a variety of free or low-cost tools that could strengthen our organizational communication and workflow. Hand-drawn and/or dated typeset font can absolutely DESTROY the goodwill garnered when a potential fan discovers a unique artistic concept married to serviceable (if not fantastic) art. But, one of the biggest death knells for killing interest in your work is the lack of decent speech bubbles. Nothing ruins a comic book quite like poor layouts, horrible anatomy, and art. And while “quality” is subjective – production is not. For every amazingly talented new artist, there are tons of comics which never finished the first chapter much less crafted a book’s worth of quality material. They can be a wild, wild west of unfilled potential and shameless teases of opportunity. Webcomics (much like ebooks) have helped to bring more transparency and opportunity to creators from around the world! That said, the digital comics space has its’ faults.
Finding talent and/or audience is capable at the push of a button. Webcomics are easier and cheaper! Distribution is global.
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