Nate Simpson just posted an article entitled “Paths to Glory” on his project blog (if you haven’t visited Project Waldo yet… do it!). Nate’s comic is supercool, and I’ve really enjoyed following his progress. When he decided to blog about his method for creating word balloons, I couldn’t help but think “hey, that’s how I was doing them just a few months back!”.
However since then, I’ve improved somewhat on the original process, mainly by employing the “Add to Path Area” option. I emailed Nate about this, and at his behest have decided to make this little tutorial available for everyone. So without further ado, here’s how the word balloons for that latest four or five pages of Gone to Ground were created!
Before we start, I’m using Adobe Photoshop CS4, but as far as I am aware, the tools and options used in this tutorial are available in older versions of the software. Please, if you discover different – email me and let me know!
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