With the speech, shout, and thought bubble mostly done, there is just one thing missing. So I start the tail by pressing down harder, then let loose at the end of it to get a tapering effect. This means that the more pressure I apply, the larger the stroke will be, and if I draw more loosely, the stroke will shrink in size. I also set the Size to be indicated by Pressure, and have the range be from 30% up to 100%. In the Scatter Brush Options I lower the Spacing a bit, with a fixed value of 70%. This time I make a slightly oval shape, and use it as the base for a Scatter Brush. Instead it is made up of small bubbly shapes. The tail for a thought bubble is usually not the same as for speech bubbles.

Just make a Pattern Brush from a circle object.Īpply it to an oval shape, and there you have it! Well, almost. Creating a brush to achieve that effect is easy. Usually the oval shape has a bubbly, cloudlike shape to it. 3. Create Thought Bubbles With the Pattern Brush Step 1Īnother common type of bubble is used to convey not speech, but thought. The same brush can make more jagged shapes as well, just by drawing in a more angular way. Now we just add the tail with the brush from before. Play around with the settings until you get the desired amount of jaggedness. While having the oval selected, go to the Effect menu, choose Distort & Transform, then Zig Zag. To indicate someone shouting, make the oval part of the speech bubble a zig zag shape. While having the triangle selected, press New Brush from the Brushes panel and choose Art Brush. To make a brush we can use for making these tails, start by drawing a triangle similar to the one below. Make a Simple Speech-Bubble Art Brush Step 1Ī common speech bubble is usually made up of a oval shape, with a tail at the bottom, indicating which person is the speaker. If you're looking to get started quickly, don't forget that we have a great collection of speech bubbles and comic graphics on GraphicRiver as well!ġ. You will learn how to communicate with your comic readers through text, motion and atmosphere, and when it's best to use words or let pictures to do the talking. A comic is a communication tool all of its own, and comes with specific languages and dialects.ĭepending on culture, genre or style, there may be differences, but comics generally adhere to some common rules, which we will explore in this tutorial. Comics as a medium are more than just the combination of text and pictures.

Thought bubble