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traditional signage: hand lettering

Posted by Nicola McIntosh on 8 May 2005 at 20:16

hi folks been meaning to show this for ages, one of the things ed can do with a brush 😮

it’s the original artwork indian inked ready for printing, for the inside of greeting cards … done the old way 😀 he was a letterer for valentines greeting cards 😛

Nik

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John Singh replied 20 years, 6 months ago 8 Members · 11 Replies
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Iain Gordon

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8 May 2005 at 20:42

My computer stuff does’nt look that good

Brilliant

Iain
Martin Pearson

Member
8 May 2005 at 20:54

I’ve always wanted to be able to do things like that, takes a lot of tallent which I don’t have I’m afraid to admit.

So what happened to the “n” Nik?
Robert Lambie

Member
8 May 2005 at 21:04

very talented, top notch stuff. 😉
Brian Little

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8 May 2005 at 21:14

great ed 😀 😀 😀

Regards brian
John Singh

Member
9 May 2005 at 18:22

Nearly missed this Nik
Its brilliant tell Ed
and with a number 00 brush I believe

Did Ed do this a little larger than the actual greeting card or did he have to contain his work within the parameters of an average sized card?

And does he use ordinary nibs on occasion?

Just been out today on my tressles using a number 7 chisel sable

John
Peter Normington

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9 May 2005 at 21:44

as said by another shorty scottie. Fantabydossie, och eye.
peter
Nicola McIntosh

Member
9 May 2005 at 22:19

Ed says thanks everyone for your kind comments 😀

martin…..ed cannot remember what happened to it 🙄
john, ed says he used a shaved 00 brush, no pens….the finest strokes are the width of the brush, all done actuall size, which still freaks me out when i see his stuff close up 😮

peter it’s (fandabydossie) :lol1:

Nik
Carrie Brown

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9 May 2005 at 23:12

Oooooh Crikey, steady hand indeed!!! 😀 Does he write out your cards by hand as nice Nik 😉
John Singh

Member
9 May 2005 at 23:19

There’s nothing on a 00 brush to shave!!!!!
Amazing stuff

Last time I used a 00 was when I did some honours boards about five years ago
Painstaking work doing 20mm high trajan
Much easier doing larger letters

John
Nicola McIntosh

Member
9 May 2005 at 23:23

quote Carrie:

Oooooh Crikey, steady hand indeed!!! 😀 Does he write out your cards by hand as nice Nik 😉

yes carrie…he’s the best male handwriter i have seen (i always asumed females would be best) 😮

everyone in the family phones ed when they need an invitation of some sort!! 😀 he does not do it for the trade anymore….which is sad!! 😀

Nik
John Singh

Member
9 May 2005 at 23:33

I know how Ed feels
I get the same requests when someone wants there name in a book or invitations
I get Wedding Albums to do too (the bit in the front where it has the bride and bridegroom and a thousand other lines)