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Published: 2005-05-11 23:25:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 65774; Favourites: 979; Downloads: 8921
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This is a tutorial I created that gives a basic overview on how to lettering a comic book page. I've had quite a few questions on lettering lately, so I figured I would just write down how I work.Please visit www.balloontales.com for the most comprehensive collection of lettering advice online. You should definately read the entire site if you want to letter. Also, www.digitalwebbing.com/forums is a forum where some great letterers hang out, and they are always willing to share advice. These are the two sites I used when first starting out, and continue to use.
I would like for this tutorial to be a work in progress, so please leave comments, suggests, and further questions!
To check out the actual page featured in this tutorial, go to Black Rose #2, page 15 .
Be sure to check out , who did the lineart featured in this tutorial.
I do mostly writing and lettering, so if you need someone or want to toss around ideas, please drop me a note! I'd love to see more comics action happening around Deviantart, even beyond just posting stuff!
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Comments: 136
Nice tutorial. It's going to come in handy thanks!
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ah! silly me... thanks
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Thank you for your tutorials and guides. I am going to delve into the world of comic book lettering, so I appreciate the time taken to make guides and tutorials. Thanks!
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How am i supposed to view the tutorial?
I'm too dumb, plus im new to deviant art
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You click download image in the left side
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thank you! This is a big help, especially on the bezier curves.
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i didnt know how to do that thanks check out my deviations look up abornazyne
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Thanks for the tutorial
I know its going to be really useful
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Did you draw the comic that is up there, I might put my comic up on Deviant Art soon, but it is nowhere near as good as the one in your example of lettering.
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thanks for this! i am branching into comics and you just saved my life. :]
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Good stuff, I look forward to reading your theory tut.
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Wow, this tutorial is really great! If I ever end up writing the comic idea I had, I'll deffinitly use this tutorial. Thanks for posting!
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ahh, I wish I had some basic knowledge of adobe illustrator! I'm so new to this whole cartooning field that it's kind of pathetic. I'll favorite this anyway for future reference, cuz it looks really helpful 
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This will help me one day in the future....but for now I am so not pro enough to use this!! thanks though I will be adding it to my favs ^^
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This could come in very handy someday.
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Why thanks : )
I pretty sure this will come in handy sometime
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Great tutorial.
Used this for a school project and it looks really nice.
Thanks!
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wow thanks for the comic thing but it was a little to long and boring but you put great effort in it ! anyway try to make it less boring!GOOD LUCK!
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excellent Im creating a huge graph novel right now and have been lettering it myself. Thanks for putting this together I appreciate it.
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thanks man ......................um are you a man or woman......................................................um sorry for asking you
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I definitely learned from this. Thanks, man! You really put the "Mighty" in your name with this tutorial, hehe.
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AWESOME this is what i needed lol
Im tired of trying to do lettering by hand its a pain
and i no i must sound stupid saying i do it by hand but u have to have talent to do that lol
or have friends with like awesome handwritting that looks exactly like that lol well yeah i no i must sound stupid but yeah
thx
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How is it that you place fonts inside a template? I'm rather new to Illustrator, but the help files don't seem to be helping as much as I'd like.
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these are some great tips. i tried to use photoshop for the lettering and word balloons. ended up driving myself crazy.
i have a question about the script. on panel one, for example the script reads:
1.)chimoku: that was a warning. this isn't.
2.)chimoku: identify yourself.
does that mean that the two lines go in different word balloons? i know since you wrote and lettered this yourself, you had the freedom to adjust things. but what if i did the script and someone else did the letters?
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