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by John McMahon
Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:11 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: The Future of Hand Painted lettering with Gold Leaf
Replies: 16
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Re: The Future of Hand Painted lettering with Gold Leaf

Kevin, I've worked for Noel for about 15 years and did the work on that Hercules piece. He asked me to post a few production shots for you. The artwork is a panel designed by Mike Jackson (thanks, Mike!) and the font (Lasso) was hand drawn by Noel, digitized by myself, and formatted as an Opentype f...
by John McMahon
Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:13 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: October Gold Leaf Workshop, Boise, Idaho
Replies: 37
Views: 23430

Re: October Gold Leaf Workshop, Boise, Idaho

Apologies for being metaphysical (it's a scan), but I wasn't given anything else to go off. I should mention that shop monkeys bear no responsibility for misuse of homophones, although they may bare their teeth when riled. Alas, I have little information but endless speculation. For the real deal, g...
by John McMahon
Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:11 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: October Gold Leaf Workshop, Boise, Idaho
Replies: 37
Views: 23430

October Gold Leaf Workshop, Boise, Idaho

Noel Weber is hosting a gold leaf workshop in October, and asked me to upload this pencil drawing. In reality, however, this file is neither a drawing nor in pencil. Discuss.
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