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Why do most comics have uppercase text in their balloons?
While it's well known in design that lowercase is easier to read.
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Background to create comic book
I am not a graphic designer but a programmer. Recently i wrote a short story in answer of a technical question. Then I realized if i convert it into graphical comic book story then it would be more ...
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Font needed for 30's comic strip
Greetings from a beginner! I am part of a team trying to restore a 1930's newspaper comic strip for possible publication. We have to use newspaper scans, and the text is often very messy. It has to be ...
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Building hand-written fonts for lettering
I am looking to build a custom font from my handwriting for lettering a comic.
what professional tools exist to build such a font and export it into one of the mainstream formats (TTF, OpenType, or ...
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Where to get feedback from professional comic artists?
I'm looking for a website where I can get technical advices from people in the profession.
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Digital way of detecting and removing pencil traces?
I draw pencil sketches on paper and "ink" them using a variety of pens. (I'm using the term "inking" very loosely here to describe the process of drawing the final lines over a pencil sketch, no ...
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Colouring illustrations - RGB or CMYK?
I am in the process of colouring a series of hand-drawn illustrations in Photoshop using a graphics tablet. The colouring process takes place mostly using Photoshop's native drawing tools - the ...
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Suitable font for Japanese-language text in comic?
What's a suitable font for Japanese-language text in a western-style comic?
Comic sans serif doesn't seem to handle Japanese. (I deliberately chose it in part to be contrarian, and in part because it ...
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Is there any good free website or tool to make cartoon from pictures?
Is there any good free website or graphic software to make cartoon from pictures of person?
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Solutions for a comic production workflow?
I am looking for suggestions on a convenient solution for the following workflow.
Scan a hand-drawn panel
Fix and retouch drawing errors (using a small set of simple brushes)
Separate elements ...
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What's a good site for human body props resourcing?
I'm trying to improve comics style, and I'm looking for a good resource where I can find human body and/or comics layouts, scene building, etc. Is there a good place for these? Thanks!
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Free alternative to Comic life?
Free alternative to Comic life?
http://plasq.com/
The main feature is to make comics out of your photos.
