How do you draw a B in bubble letters?
Draw a thin B, then trace around it at an even distance: a flat back on the left, a smaller top bowl, a bigger bottom bowl and a deep notch where they meet on the right. Put a small hole inside each bowl, close the outline and erase your guide lines.
- Pencil the stem. Draw a straight vertical line for the back of the B.
- Add two bowls. Attach two bumps to the right side, the top one slightly smaller than the bottom one.
- Trace the back. Draw the outline down the left side, keeping it almost straight with rounded corners top and bottom.
- Swell the bowls. Curve out around the top bowl, cut in sharply at the waist, then swing out wider around the bottom bowl.
- Punch two holes. Draw a small oval inside each bowl. Make the lower hole a bit larger to match the bigger bowl.
- Finish. Ink the outline, erase the pencil and shade the side facing away from your light source.
What makes a B easy or tricky in bubble letters
The B is easy to inflate but easy to lose. Two equal bowls with a round back turn it into an 8, and a shallow waist turns it into a lumpy D. The fixes are a flat back and a clear pinch on the right. The waist notch should reach well into the letter, almost to the stem, so the two bubbles read as separate shapes.
Lowercase b in bubble letters
Lowercase b has just one bowl, sitting at the bottom of a tall stem. In bubble form the stem becomes a rounded tower that rises above the other lowercase letters, and the bowl bulges out to the right. Keep a visible step where the tower meets the top of the bowl, or the letter looks like a stretched D lying on its side.
Cute, 3D and graffiti bubble B
A cute bubble B can wear a small bow on the waist notch, which also hides any wobble there. For a 3D B, the drop shadow wraps around both bowls and shows up inside the notch, which makes the pinch look deeper. Graffiti writers often split the two bowls apart or flick an arrow off the bottom.
Common mistakes with a bubble B
- Rounding the back so the letter becomes an 8.
- Making the waist notch too shallow, so the two bowls melt into one lump.
- Drawing both holes as thin slits that close up when you add the outline.
Printable bubble letter B to color or trace
Each letter fills a full A4 page (choose "fit to page" to print on US Letter), so it is big enough to color, trace or cut out for a banner. Download the uppercase A–Z PDF, the lowercase a–z PDF or the numbers 0–9 PDF, and print only the pages you need. More sheets are on printable bubble letters.