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by Larry White
Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:00 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: A different kind of lettering
Replies: 7
Views: 6326

Re: A different kind of lettering

"Fictional Nostalgia"...another thing I'm good at, but pays nothing.

I'll get out!


I"LL GET OUT!!
by Larry White
Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:42 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Just Checking In
Replies: 1
Views: 1911

Re: Just Checking In

Welcome Simon!

I've found this art & craft fascinating for the last dozen years or so.
There's probably not a question you could ask that the answer isn't already on here.
Keep in mind to do a search of the older posts, there's a ton of information on here.

Good luck, heh?...
by Larry White
Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:37 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

It was right there on the easel, turn around and take a look at it! Good thing it wasn't a snake...woulda bit ya like a rattlesnake or sumthin'. It's at 4:50 of Ron's video he posted in "Dead Man 2012" post. By the time Somethin' in Dunfries rolled around, I had the acid embossing complete...
by Larry White
Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:03 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

Well, I ain't much of a printer....I mean, I never have been. I typically approach a project figuring out how I can execute it without printing. Often times I define various areas via a computer, or handcut stencil, for acid etching, glue chipping, or sandcarving and such. This stencil work leaves a...
by Larry White
Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:42 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

Ain't no glue chippin'! :(
by Larry White
Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:04 am
Forum: Hand Lettering Techniques and Step by Steps
Topic: "ageing" letters on glass
Replies: 6
Views: 9853

Re: "ageing" letters on glass

http://www.walljewelry.com/post/LosDeadmanweb.jpg The background panel around "Deadmen" is 12K white gold, gilded with beer size. It yields a mottled matte finish, rather than the uniform finish that would be achieved water gilding over varnish or using surface gold size. http://walljewel...
by Larry White
Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:04 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: "ageing" letters on glass
Replies: 6
Views: 5323

Re: "ageing" letters on glass

http://www.walljewelry.com/post/LosDeadmanweb.jpg The background panel around "Deadmen" is 12K white gold, gilded with beer size. It yields a mottled matte finish, rather than the uniform finish that would be achieved water gilding over varnish or using surface gold size. http://walljewel...
by Larry White
Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:22 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

Why, no. Its... Its not printed, Robert. Well, that's good. I mean that's good to know. Otherwise, you'd been thinking wrong. We wouldn't want to do that. I took an enlarged, reversed, color copy and registered it to the face of the glass, I then handpainted the whole darn thing....musta mixed forty...
by Larry White
Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:10 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

Good eyes...I don't even see the illustration signature you're talking about!
And, yes, I did leave off the printers signature at the bottom...
but what I was thinking was the letter center ornaments on G.A.Schwarz...
I just went with a plain blended color...gettin' lazy I guess....

Aho!

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by Larry White
Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:20 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

Upon close inspection, the reference artwork that was supplied was very loose, more like a hand drawing, than a refined lithograph. Perhaps when this art was created, that's all they could afford, or needed for their particular application. After weighing my options on how to transfer this image to ...
by Larry White
Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:13 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

http://www.walljewelry.com/post/GASdetail1web.jpg http://www.walljewelry.com/post/GASdetail1Bweb.jpg The G.A.Schwarz text is 23K water gild into face up acid embossed outlines, with blended japan color letter centers, with a handpainted split shade. http://www.walljewelry.com/post/GASdetail4web.jpg...
by Larry White
Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:26 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

http://www.walljewelry.com/post/GAScorner.jpg The outer embossed border line was created via face down acid embossing. The inner embossed border line was created via face up acid embossing. I trust you can see the difference in these two techniques. Both have been water gilded 23K, then outined to ...
by Larry White
Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:02 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

I surely can....

The finished framed piece is 26" x 36",
I took right around 70 hours, over 3 months.

Like Jenco says, "Once you get that deposit check,
there's no reason to hurry."

It was a pretty day for makin' things right!

-Aho!
by Larry White
Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:40 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Color Lithography
Replies: 2
Views: 2970

Color Lithography

Found this film on the Huntington Library's collection of old lithography pieces.

http://www.huntington.org/colorexplosion/index.html
by Larry White
Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:39 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Replies: 24
Views: 19648

G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods

I just finished up this request to replicate this old
victorian era trade card into a reverse glass sign.


Image


Image

Came out pretty good, truth be told.

-Aho!
by Larry White
Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:54 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2083791

Re: Original Dead Men

Nice gildin'!....Very nice gildin'!

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by Larry White
Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:04 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Lettering noob looking for pointers
Replies: 4
Views: 4644

Re: Lettering noob looking for pointers

Hi Justin- I've taken a liking to these, Scharff Sign Painting Brushes Probably the most common one used for singal stroke lettering would be the quill, I prefer the grey quills over the brown quills, but that's just a matter of personal preference. There are also liners and stripers for various oth...
by Larry White
Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:30 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2083791

Re: Original Dead Men

Finished up this little ditty...

Image

Nice antique frame, executed on a really old piece of glass!

Aho!


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by Larry White
Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:58 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2083791

Re: Original Dead Men

Button it up! http://www.walljewelry.com/post/LosDeadmanweb.jpg Finished up this little side project we did in Dunfries. Thanks to one Mr. Stubby Preston Esq. for the artwork, screen acquisition, and pullin' the squeegee...under direction of Mr. Dick-in-son, of course. Seems everyone learned someth...
by Larry White
Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:17 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2083791

Re: Original Dead Men

I figured I'd saved Jenco's career from a life of vinyl... ... and given him another chance with hand letterin'. At least for the foreseeable future. As for the unforeseeable... ... well, it’s out there waiting for him. Jenco headed straight into the setting sun and drove west at an easy pace. It wa...
by Larry White
Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:08 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: On wall
Replies: 5
Views: 3928

Re: On wall

Here...try this...

Mark Fair shows ya how!

...cake...

Aho!


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by Larry White
Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:41 pm
Forum: Letterhead Events
Topic: Deadman Meet 2012
Replies: 12
Views: 12097

Re: Deadman Meet 2012

I'm wrappin' up my "Somethin' in Dunfries" piece,
and pretty soon I'll be postin' it...

Best get some sleep.

-Aho!
by Larry White
Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:41 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Deadman Meet 2012
Replies: 12
Views: 10589

Re: Deadman Meet 2012

I'm wrappin' up my "Somethin' in Dunfries" piece,
and pretty soon I'll be postin' it...

Best get some sleep.

-Aho!
by Larry White
Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2083791

Re: Original Dead Men

We don't know them boys yer lookin' for.
We're just weary gilders...

Well, the Dead Man gang has come and left...
and all we have now is this little video Ron Percell
put together...

Town of Machine

AHO!


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by Larry White
Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:43 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2083791

Re: Original Dead Men

Image

HEY! Where ya goin'? You forgot the scorecard!

YOU FORGOT THE SCORECARD!!

CLEAR A PATH... I'M GOIN' HOME!



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by Larry White
Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:26 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2083791

Re: Original Dead Men

The best gilder is John Dickinson.
He is a tipless gilder, 23 double X,
and paint mask don’t enter into his thinking.
He loves to pull a squeegee.

Where can I find this, "Dickinson".

Dunfries, I recon....
by Larry White
Wed Jul 18, 2012 5:31 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: hand lettering... still keeps on giving
Replies: 2
Views: 2705

Re: hand lettering... still keeps on giving

By steak, you'd mean, steak and peanut butter & jelly?

Nice work, Jenco....

Could a fella have a steak with ya on the 21st?

...but I don't know....
by Larry White
Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:30 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2083791

Re: Original Dead Men

Now the slappers I can forgive on the basis
of pure "D" stupid.... But YOU!
You otta have enough of this mahl stick took
to your back to lay a lick of sense into that
vinyl consumed maggot mind!

You & your worm-rot brained Dead Man brothers!



...okay....

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by Larry White
Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:29 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Shading
Replies: 6
Views: 5071

Re: Shading

The amber color is airbrush faded about 5" down in the top section of the clear center panel, the rest of the panel is left clear glass, with the smalt panel is behind it. Yes, the smalt is adhered to a masonite hardboard panel. Some more information can be found here: Blended Letter Shades Ble...
by Larry White
Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:42 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Shading
Replies: 6
Views: 5071

Re: Shading

Indeed it is... Sometimes it's hard to know exactly what you're looking at in a photo. The white background is actually a white glass smalt product called "Diamond Dust", that I got over at Michael's Craft Store. It's adhered to the face of a masonite panel stood off of the glass by about ...