Thanks Larry, hello to everyone out your way.

Does anyone have any ideas for reference information for the decals/graphics on a Pittsburg Safe Co safe?

Hi Roderick,
I've used it on holidays.
I found it a bit flat, I think that is due to the wax binder.

I use Duplicolor Perfect Match or Motomaster Near Match spray bombs. When doing gold I use a few shades and mist them on in streaks, it gives some nice dimension/sparkle on larger letters. If using on plastic I use the bumper versions. Because they are made for vehicles they hold up well. The mica i...

Just a little heads up. I also got a letter from Adobe suggesting I change my password because it was possible that my account could have been one of the ones compromised. I did change the password, but the past three days I have had a number of fraudulent charge attempts on my card. Fortunately onl...

You can cut directly from Corel Draw with Roland plotters and I understand you can with most other plotters too. You need to make sure your artwork has no fill and is a hairline outline. I have a Roland CX 24 and Corel Draw and I "print" directly to my plotter. How to set up vinyl cutter/p...

Lovey piece of artwork. W&B are wonderful to work with and have been very generous to the Living Sky Letterheads. We're still hoping to see Urban in Unity this weekend.
Hopefully they'll add this beautiful glass to their website.

Beautiful work, well thought out and executed. I've dreamed of doing a large glass tabletop with an old world map in this style and method. Having run a few practice pieces I have great admiration for the amount of time and skill you have put into these pieces. Well done!

Beautiful work, well thought out and executed. I've dreamed of doing a large glass tabletop with an old world map in this style and method. Having run a few practice pieces I have great admiration for the amount of time and skill you have put into these pieces. Well done!

Try glue chipping some for me, I've always wanted to see how that would turn out. I'd suspect if you chipped it, it wouldn't look as nice because of the areas that would stay blasted would have too much contrast, but if polished or etched with acid after I think it would look lovely. Mica acid etchi...

Nice Eric, I'm glad you managed to find a source. There is no supplier in North America, but Dasha had told me there were two left in Europe. The black glass is beautiful and nothing I've seen can come close to making gilding pop like it does! I've managed to find some salvaged pieces for the projec...

Hi Rod,
Right click on an image and choose copy public link and send it to whoever you want to share it with, or if they are in a folder you can right click and choose share this folder and import contacts from your mail or facebook and choose who to share it with.

Effects>Stylize>Rounded Corners Choose from the drop down menu and set pt or type in your own value.
I'm not sure which versions of AI this is available in.
This can mess with other parts of your text so do on a copy and compare.

Here is a link to what is offered. There are programs for game development, screenplays, web development and fonts, Behance and ProSite as well as Photoshop and Behance for ipods, Iphones, androids etc. I wish Photoshop Elements was included as well because there are some things I find simpler and ...

Lighroom is part of the cloud package Mike.
Muse looks like an interesting option for web pages for those looking to offer simple and user friendly web development.

I signed up for the cloud a few months ago when they had a 1 yr promotion @ $30 /month. You download the programs right to the computer and as long as you go on line monthly they keep updating and running. I wanted the opportunity to explore some of the programs in Creative Suite to see if I wanted ...

I too prefer the hand rendered look, but then what did you expect to hear on "The Hand Lettering Forum"?

The only time I was uncomfortable was when you picked up a mug of coffee or tea to drink. I still had it fresh in my mind that you had poured some acid onto the glass & I was about to reach out & stop you from drinking. Heck, that would have made a lousy ending. That's interesting, exactly ...

You may be able to get around the people in the pictures by inserting a text box or detail shot over them in your image. When done correctly it can look perfectly natural. I often use an image as the background and then superimpose photographs on top in my books and it looks nice. Just for the recor...

Have your spoken to anyone on the legality of using the pictures in a commercial book Doug. I have no idea if there are any issues involved, but if you haven't, it's the first step I'd take. There is a whole lot of fuss on copyright and property rights these days, people are getting sued all over th...

I'd like to see a closer view of that carving as well as the panels. I've always been fond of Mucha, but since being at the Mucha museum in Prague, even more so. The think I keep thinking when looking at the easel is how it looks like it protects the glass from accidental bumping. Looks like a fair ...

They've changed the site recently and I don't like it's new interface nearly as well, but colourlovers has endless colour pallets and different patterns that you can try them out on, or you can just create your own pattern and easily try out different colour combinations. You could do the same in Ph...

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Please take care of yourself Pat, the world needs more like you. Don't mess around with this.

Thanks Dan.
Looks like another fun get together, quite the goatee you are sporting.
Hope you all had a great time, every year I view the group picture with a bit of a nostalgic feeling. Maybe some day I'll make it back.

Thanks Dan.
Looks like another fun get together, quite the goatee you are sporting.
Hope you all had a great time, every year I view the group picture with a bit of a nostalgic feeling. Maybe some day I'll make it back.

Susan Banasky wrote: Is there any chance that someone could post a group photo?
Did anyone take picutres of the projects that were worked on?

I'll second that!

Susan Banasky wrote: Is there any chance that someone could post a group photo?
Did anyone take picutres of the projects that were worked on?

I'll second that!

Someone (Nancy I believe) decided it was time I was a project leader. I'd be a lot more comfortable taking a few key team members with me. I have the fire department mural and think we could have some fun with ornate borders. More importantly, you'll keep me laughing so I won't get all stressed.

It turned out excellent Rick! It's always great to see your projects, there is such a wide variety.
Are you going to come to Kewanee and help me next summer?