Speech Bubbles?

Hi,

Does anybody have an idea of how I can create speech bubbles in Xara?

This tutorial shows how to make them in Photoshop: http://www.eeight.com/cartoon-tutorials/speech-bubbles/

I'm trying to figure out how to make the same thing in Xara Extreme. If anyone can offer some tips or help, I'd really appreciate.

Thanks!

Hi
I bet its quicker and easier in Xara.
Draw an oval, draw a shape to point at a mouth. Select both shapes go to arrange>combine>add and there you have a speech bubble of sorts.
Derek

Hi gnyk,

Welcome to Talkgraphics.

As Masque says it is easier in Xara Xtreme. Please notice there is no beginning "E" in the word Xtreme. :D

An alternative method to the one Masque mentioned is shown in the attached image.

See mini tutorial attached. There are other methods of doing this, I'll let someone else show you. I see I was beaten to it. :)
Saludos,
Bob.

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You can also create a brush ...!

kindly,
ivan

Does this answer your question?:D

It does. Thanks everyone!

I apologize for writing an xtra "E" in Xtreme. I don't xpect it to happen again.

I do cartoon dialog balloons a lot. I like a more hand drawn look--here's how I usually do it:

1. Make an oval (or freehand whatever shape I like).
2. Give it a black fill.
3. Make another on top, white, a bit smaller and placed at an angle. That gives a varying line width for a little bit of character--and more control than a caligraphy pen nib.

For the arrow (I think it's officially a "call out"?) I make a black triangle at the correct spot on my balloon, then I dupe that, turn it white (fill and outline). Move the white triangle over the black to create the arrow. Group everything and "Bob's your uncle."

Super fast and looks "real."

Tom

Cool Fin - I like that :)

yes its a great way to make them 'vector-style' Fin :)

IVAN - oh I like that brush idea it's very much you :D

Tehre was a few of those "bubbles" in clipart at one time. I forget where they are now and the wife is screaming at me to eat, so I don't have time to look at the moment.

another one :)

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Originally Posted by handrawn

IVAN - oh I like that brush idea it's very much you :D

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Thanks Steve ;) The advantage is that you can imaginate a lot of different expressions that way !

kindly,
ivan

yes - and to me that's the point

it depends what you are doing, but to me the balloon has to be part of what is being said, not simply a container

really they date back to the days before computers when lettering was done separately and manually pasted onto/into the artwork - a balloon outline 'covered up the joins', as well as enabling the text to be 'plain' type without looking too much out of place

these days a lot of cartoonists [self included] don't bother with them at all, or only where they 'add something'

a surfeit of balloons is boring - just like most other things.... but never your brushes :D

Nice examples!

There are also fonts out available with many styles of call-outs. I use one called Balloons.

And here's a way to make cloud type bubbles.

I never saw this one before. good thread for anyone wanting to know how to make those bubbles. :)

BlamBot have some good quality free balloon and sound effect EPS files: http://www.blambot.com/resources.shtml

Thanks for that link. I think most of those bubbles and text could be made in xtreme but that was a good site to check out.