Scanlation Thread

Only these three are most probably fonts, the rest is handwritten. The only thing I can tell you is that the hearts are probably MWHeart font.

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So how are these generally made? some sort of drawing tablet?

It's pretty much as simple as getting a decent drawing tablet (I've been using the same old Wacom Bamboo for over a decade) and drawing them on some layer in PS or CSP. Depending on how small your RAWs are, you may also want to apply a sharpen filter or go over with the sharpen tool by hand, because PS AA for their brushes is stupidly blurry.


Some FAKKU manga letterer made a tutorial for making your own font if you're interested in that.
youtube.com/watch?v=6SOOuYneQiw

Another manga letterer made their own donationware brushes recently (they have default mode set to dissolve, so you may want to set it to normal, but up2u).
gumroad.com/l/sarasbrushes

could you get by with drawing on paper and scanning in?

Thanks for the links. I'm using a Huion H950P which is also pretty solid for the price.

I don't see why not. It's more work, but might even look better in the end if you know what you're doing.

On a related note, is there a simple way in PS to achieve something similar to the Isolate Lineart plugin in PaintNet (making all white transparent, including gradients)?