Sinful_Pen
Dec '24

can any comic makes promote their stuff can read and see how you all do your chat bubbles?

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Leyelle
Dec '24

my method isn't great cuz i'm still learning but here's my way:

KevinReijnders
Dec '24

Over the almost 6 years that I've been working on Trespasser I've developed a bit of a style for my speechbubbles.

It's basically this, a long thing rounded rectangle with a thin line coming from it ending in a sharp point. I try to never stack more than three lines dialogue on top of each other.

One variant on the basic bubble is this for characters speaking off screen. Instead of a line that travels from the bubble to the speaking character, there's an indent in the bubble.

Anoter variant it this stacked bubble. I will use these if there's two sentences spoken in short mount of time. This method allows them to exist in the same frame but makes it clear they're two different sentences. I will alos use it if I want to emphasize a specific portion of the text, such as the example here.

A final variant is the linked bubble. I use these when a single line of dialogue is spread across multiple panels, so the appropriate piece of text can exist in the right frame, and keeps clarity on who did the speaking. But I'll also use it to draw out a line of dialogue over a stretch of time, like when a character has a pause in their speech, such as in this example.

Finally, for some characters I use an entire different style of speech bubble. For this character I wanted to show that they speak in a distorted mechanical voice. So instead of the nice rounder rectangle, I use a squared off/hard cornered text box. I also use a different font to emphasize the difference.

I'm by no means a professional letterer and all of this is just me making stuff up as I go along haha.

NGChloe
Dec '24

I could always use more engagement, yeah
GLASSFLOWER
URSA AND THE SCARF SQUAD
Let me tell you a tale.

From the Dead Oceans, Kumamoto Setsune reawakens after thirty hundred years. Without a home, with who knows how much time left, and with her life the target of many an Aeternum, Disaster Beast, and more, she travels towards her old home. In the Great City of Rem, she seeks to find something for herself.

Welcome to the Recycling Theatre, enjoy your stay
Genres: Fantasy, Action, Drama
Sub genres: LGBTQ, Slow Burn, Sci Fi
Inspirations: Gintama, Symphogear, Castlevania

kyupol
Dec '24

I use the shape tool in ibis paint to do most of them.

Sometimes they're drawn by hand...

ZAPPI
Dec '24

Black bubbles with white text, and color coded outlines

Green = Rivo
Red = Talon
Magenta = Lyndi
Cyan = Jojo

However, i will start using white bubbles during daytime scenes.