Lettering Comic Books with Illustrator

- Hi, I'm John Roshell, and welcome to this course all about lettering for comic books. The letterers job is to take the words from the writer's script and render them onto the artwork drawn by, who else, the artist. You'll learn to create word balloons in all kinds of styles. Generate sound effects from the startlingly small to the earth shatteringly enormous. I'll explain the process of lettering comics using the computer. Specifically Adobe Illustrator. You'll have the chance to express your creativity in titles, captions, and special voice balloons. And we'll also cover the professional side. Providing proofs and final files to your clients, and tips for finding those clients in the first place.

Lettering sometimes called an invisible art. When it's done well, the reader's hardly even aware it's there. But it's not magic, it's just a series of rules, tricks and techniques, that convert words on the printed page into sounds in the reader's mind. And lead them into and through the journey of the comic book story. So come down into the secret underground lettering lab, and let's get started lettering comic books.