comic lettering

Lettering for alternative Southland comic.

http://www.twincomics.com/how-to-letter-comics-in-adobe-illustrator/

http://clintflickerlettering.blogspot.co.nz/2010/10/lettering-in-adobe-illustrator-four.html

http://www.blambot.com/articles_grammar.shtml

http://www.blambot.com/font_digitalstrip2.shtml font.

http://clintflickerlettering.blogspot.co.nz/2010/10/lettering-in-adobe-illustrator-two.html

These links are for lettering in I llustrator.

Indesighn, open on layers,

I decided to use the pen tool on photoshop, which is similar to illustrator.
First I typed up the dialougue on a word doc. as shown below.

Kate, did you just come here to read comics?

They don’t have Tintin in America, Sonia! I’ve not read these.

Hey! He’s falling out of a plane right now! He’s dangling in mid-air!

He falls into a haystack.

Spoilers!!

Oh he does too, he’s totally fine.

That wouldn’t happen now.

They wrap hay up in plastic. Any boy adventurers would bounce right off!

Those little green and pink marshmallows are a health and safety nightmare waiting to happen!

You could still land on a sheep.

Or grab at passing birds.

And the plastic wrapped hay is pretty, like a spoilt giant’s marshmallows.

But so dangerous!!

Are you just talking to stop me reading?

Yes, we need to do something FUN!

You’ve made me really want marshmallows.

Getting jet planes when my mouth was expecting marshmallows is very disappointing.

This isn’t fun.

Come to scouts tomorrow, it’s fun!

You have to wear uniforms at scouts. Nothing fun ever started with putting on a uniform.

Wars start with putting on uniforms Kate, wars aren’t fun.

But it’s basically exactly like Tintin and newcomers can wear whatever they want!

Right, flaunt my uniformlessness to the max yeah!?

Ok, I’m in! If it’s not like Tintin though you have to put your hair in a quiff.

K, Are you ready?

S, I haven’t had dinner yet.

My dad brought you dinner in case. Car dinner!

Car dinners! Breakfast in a bed, dinner in a car, the luxurious life!

Did I tell you I used to go to scouts but I quit?

Why’d you quit?

Um, just basic laziness.

 What! Scary Cindy’s still here!

Flip, hide! Oh God!

Religious much.

This is no time for tired jokes Kate. This is the time for raw drama!

Oh no! I thought Cindy was nice!

Not drama Kate, Horror, Raw Horror!

What happens now?

I don’t know, I haven’t watched any horror movies. I just saw a parody of one once, it was terrifying.

I didn’t leave cause of laziness, I left cause I got sick of being in mortal peril every week, it’s exhausting!

Sonia, maybe do some yoga or something you need to calm down.

And you have friends here, you know Bradley?

Oh yeah I love Bradley!

Do you?

Haha no, I love laughing at him! He’s all yours, Kate.

 You are great at comforting!