The last step. (I added text to the comic for the shake of the tutorial)

Step 1: Sketch
Step 2: Inking
Step 3: Flats
Step 4: Color
Step 5: Speech Bubbles

Ever since Adobe added Layer effects to Photoshop, speech bubbles are easy to make.

I mentioned earlier that I created a comic page template. In the template I created a “dialog” folder. Inside the folder, I created layer called “bubbles” and applied a layer effect to it. The layer effect that I added was “stroke”. (Layer->Layer Style-> Stroke…) Above the “bubbles” layer will be all the text.

Using the text tool and the font DigitalStrip from blambot.com, I add in the dialog.

This is what the layers look like, clean, simple and organized.

Now I select the “bubbles” layer and create the bubbles.

Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool, I create oval selections around the texts. Hold down the shift key to add multiple selections.

Use the polygon lasso tool to add the triangles (pointy thingys) to the bubbles. Once again, press the shift key for multiple selections.

After I make the selection shapes, I make sure the foreground color is white. Then I press option+delete (Edit->Fill) to fill the selection. That’s it, the layer effect does the rest, it creates a stroke around the fills.

If I want to add or attach more bubbles, all I have to do is add the text, create the selection shape and fill.

All done!

I would like to thank everyone for having patience while I did this “tutorial”. I will convert all this into a PDF so it can be downloaded. But right now I need to start on my homework and catch up on my class readings.

If you have any questions about the steps, feel free to ask them here.
PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THREAD AND MY PREVIOUS POSTS. I’M TIRED OF ANSWERING THE SAME QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER.

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