Word balloon Aesthetics

Word balloons are so common -- so freely accepted as a part of a cartoonist's visual syntax -- that many of us haven't given the subject a whole lot of thought. Looking back at my own work, I know I didn't for the first several years. Choosing last Friday's Archive Dive made me remember a post I've been wanting to do for a long time: Word Ballon Aesthetic.

It's time to look at word balloons again for the first time.

This post discusses several methods of incorporating word balloons into panels and creating graceful, natural-looking word balloons that communicate clearly. Log in for the entire post.