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| Making A Comic Book Parody |
| I get a lot of e-mails about how I make my parodies, with the bulk of them consisting of very basic Photoshop questions. So, here is quick little tutorial for newbie Photoshop users. |
Common Question: Do I have to have PhotoShop? NO. There are lots of programs that can be used to alter scanned comic books. I've seen great parodies made with just MS Paint. However, Photoshop IS the industry standard, so if you have any aspirations for doing working with art as a professional, it's well worth learning. Where Can I get PhotoShop? Lots of places. I've seen versions for sale on eBay for very cheap. Sam's Club has a version that's like $150 or something. Ask a friend, they may have a old version they aren't using. Where can I find the fonts you use for Comic Parodies? You can get lots of cool comic fonts for free at www.blambot.com |
Getting Started:
Clicking on the Color Squares will bring up a Color
Palette so you change their colors. |
| Step 1: Scan your artwork and open it in Photoshop. |
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| Step 2 - Converting the dpi
of your scan If the artwork is not already 72 dpi, then change to using the Image Size Palette. This can be found under the Image Menu |
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| Step 3 - Making a Text Box |
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| Step 4 - Creating a New Layer for your word balloon |
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| Step 5 - Drawing your Thought Balloon |
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Right Click on the Shape
Tool and select the Ellipse
Tool. Then on the new layer you created in the previous step, draw a word balloon behind your text. |
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If your ellipse is not to your
liking, hit Ctl
+ T to Transform your shape. Then by grabbing the small squares at each corner, you can adjust the size and shape of your ellipse. When you are happy with the size and shape hit the enter key. |
At this point, all you have to do to finish the thought balloon is draw more tiny circles. You can do this using the same shape tool you used to draw your first balloon shape.
However if you want to make it a speech balloon, they you have one more step. |
| Making a Speech Balloon |
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| To make the little triangle that designates who said
the word balloon, I use the lasso tool. I draw a triangle shape with this tool...then I fill it with WHITE using the Fill option under the Edit Menu (see below) |
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| Finished Speech Balloon |
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| Finished Parody |
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A few more word balloons and
you are done! Now get out there and make some parodies! :D Please feel free to e-mail if you have any questions. |
