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My new "WebComic"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nelson Dewey Sep 21.
To hand-letter or not to hand-letter...?
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Here's another pet peeve: sloppy hyphenizat-
ion.
I really enjoy reading Doonesbury, but I always cringe when they break words oddly. Often, I can see where, with just a little thought, the dialog could be arranged to ...
I give it the Nelson Seal Of Approval!
I think I posted some names earlier, but for my CARzy blog, I created an illustrated Top Ten list. It got expanded to 13 before I made myself stop. And these are just car-cartoonists.
It's bizarre... but I like it! And I don't even own any spandex!
Update: I added a new page of Prints I'm offering.
CARzy Prints
The blog has been up for a couple weeks. Now I've added a page of prints for sale.
Nice work. Love the Handle "Bar". You should patent that!
Guy~
Wednesday, I'm launching a new website, called CARzy. Its inspiation comes from what seems to be renewed interest in the old 'Toons comics: CARtoons, HotRod Cartoons, CYCLEtoons, and SURFtoons.
I did lots of work for them, and thought it'd be a go...
Hey, Ross --
I'm not British... but I live in Victoria, and I say cheers (or write it in emails, anyway) a lot. It's okay to pretend...
My handwriting is horrible. I tried at first to force my hand to control itself, to force the block letter, but my hand had other ideas and I quickly realized it was an uphill battle. I eventually decided to check out the fonts on www.blambot.com ...
By coincidence, I surfed into a website devoted to older photo-realistic strips such as The Heart of Juliet Jones, Apartment 3G, Rip Kirby, and others and learned that e-lettering -- the concept, anyway -- has been around since the mid-60s. ( See ...
We think alike, Brian. I always wished I knew enough about programming to write an application that would automatically alternate the different versions of each letter -- especially when they were side by side.
I put away the Ames lettering guide and made my own font of my cartoon handwriting years ago. I have 3 versions of each letter in the font and don't like to use the same letter close to or next to other. I like the way it looks for my work. It's a...
P.S. I definitely agree about the spacing of text in the balloons. That is every bit as important as the letter-spacing (kerning) and the line-spacing (leading)!
P.P.S. One good thing about e-lettering (when done well) is legibility. Aesthetics a...
Nelson, I initially didn't even notice the sign text because my eyes were lost the first balloon's enormous white space. But now that you've pointed it out, I'm wondering how the "y" fits on the last line when "ou!" are sitting on the edge.
I don...
My main point was the e-lettered sign in the cartoon, but I agree about the deadness of e-lettering in dialog balloons.
I sometimes letter electronically and sometimes by hand -- depending on the job and my mood. Same with drawing, although I mos...
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