The Art and Magic of Comics Lettering: Discussion with Richard Starkings (53:09, 48.6mb)
With Ivan Salazar and Taylor Morgan asking questions, Richard spoke about the classes that he teaches on lettering. He went through a slide show of different lettering types and spoke about where and what is lettering. He showed where balloons should be placed, how it can assist with the art, 2 and 3 dimensional planes, gave examples from works he felt were really well done, why he pioneered digital lettering, how to deal with difficult creative situations and losing the organic feel of pen lettering.
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