Making titles
We are going to look at some possibilities for creating title text by using methods we have just learned in this chapter. The title text is not only for telling what the manga is called but also showing the feeling and tone of the content, such as thriller, horror, romance, comical, fashionable, or tragic. Let's have a look at the potential of title texts.
The following screenshot is a title for a light-hearted manga story. I used a ready-made font, and added a vector cloud drawing, then finally gave them the same color. The cloud shape is placed like a crown on top of the title, to emphasize the theme "sky," hence the use of the color blue too:
Figure 11.23 – Screenshot of title text 1
The following screenshot is the second example, which is a title for a science fiction, horror manga. I used a ready-made font, and then fading, scratching, and dripping textures were added using ink tools. Using the color white only on...
