muh conspiracy cartoons

[drut]

Feedback welcome (eg. if you find text hard to read, think shading would help etc)

[Kami]

We don't have access to attachments on your forum.

[drut]

Feb 20, 2015 21:52:53 GMT -8 Kami said:

We don't have access to attachments on your forum.

That sucks. Guess I'll have to use photobucket. Can only members of a forum view the attachments do you know (ie. can guests view them)?

[Kami]

I believe so, but you might want to double check with the folks in the support board.

My biggest criticism of the piece is the text. It's not that it's hard to read, but the bubble overlaps with the speaker's head, which is something that is considered a big no-no in cartooning.

Personally, I'd use the format other political cartoons use for this particular piece, wherein the quote from the speaker is at the top or bottom of the panel, without a speech bubble, using a serif font, like this:



But if you like the speech bubble effect, I'd a) lessen the line weight around the speech bubble, b) change the font to a more comic-appropriate font like something from here, or this. Not too bold, not too angular (unless you're aiming for shouting), and c) follow the tips in this tutorial for good bubbling and lettering (for example, not having wide bubbles and keeping them as circular as possible).

If you have to have the bubble overlap one of the characters, it's best to do it away from their face. Here's an example of some lettering I did just the other day:



As you can see, the speech bubble is clearly coming from the speaker, but is set off to the side so you can see the entirety of their head.

I hope this helps (: