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Just a reminder that when I create a lettering video and don’t do the solution you expected to see, it might have been because you were expecting to see it and I wanted to introduce you to an alternative solution 😉

2 days ago | [YT] | 433

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New Patreon video explores various ways to letter that classic "wah wah" voice from the Peanuts cartoons. As always, our Patreon has tons of deep-dive content and access to members-only Q&A videos.

5 days ago | [YT] | 245

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Added a colored background and lettering to this amazing ink wash piece by Lydia. This will be in the sequel to our narrator-revealed-to-be-a-character Short.

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Stunning piece by Lydia, which will likely be featured in an upcoming lettering video. This was also included as a surprise gift for a customer who ordered our comics in Albuquerque, NM, our home town. Black and colored india ink on bristol.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1,950

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We've been making content since 2022, and only recently am I feeling like I'm actually getting decent at it. You may notice that our recent videos are much more about combining multiple parts of the comic creation process. Writing working with paneling and coloring and lettering to evoke something or tell a story. It's been really rewarding to see how much people are responding to this type of content. It just proves that the people who follow us actually care about comics as a unique, powerful medium!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 622

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This one was so fun. Videos lately have been for more elaborate questions that can't just be answered with lettering alone. Content is starting to be about combining things like color, paneling, pacing, writing all together to solve a problem. Which of course is what comics are all about. Coming soon.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 698

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Latest Patreon video dives deep into the details of lettering and explains why one of these is far less awkward than the other. patreon.com/badinkstudios

1 month ago | [YT] | 491

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Make a mistake? Multiverses solve everything! It's the comic book way...

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Fun little study, designed to imitate the illustrations in old 1930s pulp magazines, where the title page of a novella would have a cool, grungy ink piece. I also did this to prove that aliased—stair-stepped line art can work, even if you're going for a classic, non-digital look. Second image is a zoom of the line art. Just a quick follow-up for people who might see how we scan and process line art and think we're making a mistake. The use of threshold and aliasing is very intentional! Encourage others to try it—it's sort of a secret sauce that preserves the grunge of scanned ink work.

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1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 622

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Cooking up something for the Sonic fans. Never ever thought I'd be making a Sonic-themed lettering video, but someone asked a question and I couldn't resist. Unfortunately, I've only ever played the Genesis games, so I don't actually know much about the comics. Decided to just keep it in 16 bit world.

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