How To Letter Comics: The Underwater Robot Deep Dive

Two commenters asked about robots and probably thought we completely ignored them. Instead, we secretly spent a month creating our most elaborate comic tutorial yet. Here, you'll learn how to create highly-stylized lettering, but we'll also dive into character design, classic comic inking, color theory, and storytelling.

0:00 - Intro
01:27 - It's Not That Simple
02:18 - Different Kinds of Robots
03:14 - Typography
04:04 - Speech Balloon Style
04:54 - Combining Type and Balloons
06:41 - Temperature and Color
08:12 - Visuals Based on Shared Experiences
09:30 - Lettering The Robots
12:04 - Embracing Comics as An Artform

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Artwork (as always) is by the amazingly talented Lydia Roberts, whose hands can be seen inking with dip pen and brush.

Script, VO, editing, and coloring by Evan Schultz.

Some of the music in this video was composed by Bad Ink creator Evan Schultz and can be purchased at:
http://www.badinkstudios.bandcamp.com/

We are not sponsored or affiliated with Blambot, but we are big fans of Blambot fonts and the work of Nate Piekos.
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