Adding sound effects in speech balloons
Sound effects are a part of art in manga. Manga readers encounter tons of them with and without noticing while reading through stories. It’s not just about choosing the right word; there is creative space for sound effects, expressing the sharpness, loudness, and heaviness of sounds.
Most of the time, I add them in handwriting, because in that way the sound effects naturally blend into my art. If you look at the India ink subcategory in the Brush tools, there are good organic-feeling brushes, such as the Bit husky brush.
When you write a sound expressing solid objects being crushed, it would be better to turn Stabilization and Post correction on and set them to strong in the Correction setting to have good, clean straight lines.
It’s good to remember that artistic writing still needs to be legible and placed close to the object that is making the sound. If you write sound effects on a separate layer, it will save a...
