from the book: "Architectural Lettering" by Arthur E. Burke. 1953.

Practicing calligraphy & lettering on blackboard, see more on bit.ly/A6gGz0

"Cannibals prefer those who have no spines."- Stanislaw Lem

Public Domain: Studio handbook lettering over 250 pages, lettering, design and layouts, new alphabets

archive.org/details/studio00welo

For a new outdoors print.

Try to paint using overlapping strokes. Note how one edge of the shadow is done first. A little dry time before adding the overlapping strokes helps keep the color from blening too much, enhancing the aged look.

with Josh Luke

Typefaces shown:

Bonaparte

Bonaparte Biform

Brodovich Albro

Bonaparte 5

Bonaparte

Exotique

Allen Lancet

Fugate Crougers Biform

Broadway Graphic Ultra Swash

Bonagura Fantasia

Sisty Rubato

Slaughter Shark

Consul Condensed 4

Consul Condensed 6

Consul Condensed 4

Consul Condensed 6

Haft Grotesque Narrow 4

Fun, loose lettering for a beautifully restored 1950's Sea King boat.

Illuminated O

Illuminated P

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Justin at Kats Like Us Tattoos

"Take my hand as we drift towards happiness."

Tunes for Bears to Dance to lyric that I always loved. This is kinda just an experiment with halftones.

(#crossprocessing in Amsterdam)

Rollei CR200

Illuminated G

One of several quick random word rollerball sketches fleshed out and redrawn in Photoshop.

Illuminated R

For the opening of my solo show at the GO Gallery I’ve did some lettering on the window. In this photo you can see the famous Amsterdam canal houses in the reflection of the window…

Public Domain: Studio handbook lettering over 250 pages, lettering, design and layouts, new alphabets

archive.org/details/studio00welo

One of several quick random word rollerball sketches fleshed out and redrawn in Photoshop.

Some hand drawn lettering and experimenting going on here.

Read about it here...

www.flickr.com/photos/steveczajka/9170374478/

As Nina observed: horizontal stress, no stress, vertical stress.

For the first, see Zipper, although it's not quite a match.

butcher

France, détail d'un plan de rue en braille

Orléans

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“A century ago, Salt Lake City was a model for transit. … After it became one of the first five American cities to generate electric power in 1881, electricity replaced horsepower to drive the trolleys.” Will Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune, Dec 9, 2001

More Trolley Square history.

History

© Original 35mm Kodachrome slide transparency

Lettering workshop.