Tips/Tools for Lettering and Creating Comics

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Essential Tips Before Embarking on the Creative Journey to Making an Awesome Comic Franchise

Tip1:
If you are to create a successful comic franchise. It's good you have a team of people to work with. So find like minds of your peers to build a comic from scratch.

Essential Team Members

1.  *Editor/Comic Script Writer(s)  
2. *Penciller(s) 
3. *Inking Artist(s)  
4. *Colourist(s) 
5. *Comic Book Cover Artist(s)  
6. *Letterer(s)  
7. *Graphic Designer(s)  that composes the final print layout.

Very important: It is a good thing if all team members can draw in case of emergency to fill in the gaps.

Tip 2:
Recommended Software Packages: Adobe Illustrator,Photoshop,InDesign & CorelDraw.

Tip 3:
Learn how to draw well to an extent is a must. Graphics Design knowledge & Print Layout Composition is necessary in the final comic book design

Tip 4:
Research the internet,no one here can really answer you with all the solutions like Google,make it your best "FRIEND".



Some links that can help you.

Comics Experience Script Resource

Creating Comics and Planting Trees

Comics For Beginners

Blambot Site for Comic Fonts

Creative Bloq - Guide for Creating and Publishing Comics

Creative Bloq - Free Photoshop Brushes



LETTERING KEY FOR COMIC BOOK SCRIPTS:


Underlined = bold lettering

Italic = Italic lettering

Capitalized = display lettering

(bl) = oversized lettering

(sl) = undersized lettering

fx = sound effect

(th) = thought balloon

(wh) = whispered balloon

(sb) = splash/burst balloon

(elec) = electronic Transmission balloon

Anything else will be specifically requested in the script itself. Thanks.



Tips & Tools For Drawing Colouring & Lettering Comics

*Adobe Illustrator: Industry Standard used by the likes of Marvel,DC,Vertigo & Image comics etc. Also works superbly with Photoshop(photo manipulation/digital painting) and InDesign(compositing/final print layout) [www.adobe.com]

*CorelDraw: Not an industry standard comes in a close 2nd after Illustrator because it has tools & feature similar to the above.  [www.coreldraw.com]

*Affinity Designer: Another good tool though with limited capacities for manipulation formerly exclusively for Mac users now available on Windows [www.affinity.serif.com]

*Inkscape: Give it a try if you want an alternative [www.inkscape.org]

*Manga Studio: Great for manga style comics & lettering not so for all genres of comic lettering[my.smithmicro.com]

Creating Your Own Fonts
*Fontagrapher and Type Tool [www.fontlab.com]

*Glyphs [www.glyphsapp.com]

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