If you want to make your lettering look more colorful just move on to the next step! Colorize your bubble letteringįill the shapes with some colors.

For example to create a bubble font or something like that. You can stop here if you just needed the outlines of a bubble lettering. Use a rubber to erase all unnecessary lines. Finalize the shapesįinalize the shapes of your bubble letters by tracing the main lines with a fineliner. You can even decide to draw more than one reflection – as long as you keep the consistency. Drawing consistent reflections will make your bubble lettering look really professional.Ĭhoose a light source and draw a reflection on every single letter. It helps the viewer to get an understanding of the threedimensional shape. One of the most important detail is the typical reflection on a bubble or a balloon. You can achieve that by drawing some inner letters first.Įrase the baseline to get a better look of the letter hierarchy. Make it look a little random instead of using the same pattern from left to right. In this step you can already decide which letters will be in the foreground. I love to make the letters overlap because it emphasizes the appearance of bubbles. For our tutorial we will stay with a simple circle. You can also change the look of the counter. The smaller the inner part of your letter (also called counter) the more bubbly it will look. They are very rounded and when you try to shape them their outlines stay smooth and rounded. Think of ballons and soap bubbles while doing that. The next step is to outline every letter. It’s okay to have the letters close to each other. Rotating each letter by a few degrees will help to make your lettering look more dynamic.Īttention: Make sure that you can still recognize the letters. Try to draw playful and rounded letters instead of sharp edges. Let’s use the word “bubble” for this tutorial (what else?). The look of your lines will define the appearance of your whole bubble lettering. Sounds easy but this part is very important. The first step is to write your desired word in a monoline font. Bubble lettering is more about the right technique than about using many materials.

Font with bubble letters for word