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I too am fascinated with your thinking - truly. It is obvious English is your first language, though your comprehension of the written word is sorely lacking. This thread is about/was started by someone wanting some direction on how to get started hand lettering - period, end of thought. I have...

The first place I look when signing in is the upper right hand corner to see if I have any PM's. I'm having quite a severe drought in that regard. I miss the excitement and anticipation of seeing what someone is contacting me off the boards about. I guess nobody is seeking my sage advice these...

Man, you are a thick skulled imbecile aren't you? Why don't you find a thread where you can contribute in a positive way? Aside from that, I'd prefer you simply get lost.

Joe... thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard of that guy but checked out his website - very impressive stuff. He definitely shows the levels to which hand letterers can attain. Your comments also made me remember I created a typeface with the brush years ago I had forgotten all about ever...

Welcome from a former resident of southern Indiana who has spent considerable time in your beautiful state. Favorite time was a week spent in a cabin fishing on Green River. Only time in Bowling Green was a stop at the airport during a flight to Smokey Mountains in small airplane. I love the...

Wow... I've been gone a few hours with every intent of coming back and schooling you sj, but i see numerous of my friends have done an adequate job. I still doubt you'll ever get it though from that fog of negativity you operate within. What hand lettering has in spades over digital is the...

Dude... did you READ this thread from start to finish? In case you missed it or it went over your head, it's about learning to hand letter. Though I have no need to defend myself to you, I will let you know I bought the third Signmaker computer sold in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. A brush will...

I nearly spit out a mouthful of coffee reading this. I have more memories of these type fiascos than I care to recall... although they are entirely humorous to me now. I had an enormous case of hero worship going on for the master painters I was exposed to and an intense desire to prove myself...

You doubt you would have the patience or persistence now I assume because you know a push a button method is available to create signs? I too learned how to hand paint because that was the only way to create signs back then. I addressed my former post to the mindset required to help people...

Speaking purely from my own experience, I can only describe wanting to hand letter as an addiction. I found myself craving practice and looking for any excuse to have a brush in my hand. During the first year of my marriage, I had a small easel set up in our dining room. Our small university...

I am giving you an awesome gift. This is a link to a performance by a group called Straight No Chaser. They formed at my Alma Mater Indiana University, They got back together ten years later and released a cd of awesome acapella music. I saw them on local PBS channel last night. I kept rewinding...

Here's a daytime pic showing the matte black backplate.

Thanks.

I too got extremely depressed with the advent of computers. I can still remember my forehead breaking out in a sweat first time I watched a Signmaker operate. I thought the previous ten years I had spent trying to be as good as my mentors had been a total waste. I remember thinking that soon a...

Thanks. Coming from you, that means a lot. It was literally the first idea I had for the layout and took me less than an hour to do. I labored over another idea I actually liked more, but they seized on this one. Good thing too because it has attracted 3 other businesses in the center to ask us...

Far as I know, handwriting is no indicator of possibility of learning to hand paint. The desire to learn coupled with the drive to practice like you've never practiced before is what will get you there. I'd say go for it. Being able to create a sign with a brush can be as satisfying as another...

I can't tell ya how many painted edge quarters are layin' around here. My brother always used to complain about me using shop screwdrivers to stir paint and not cleaning them off. I called 'em plastic handled paint stirrers. Another thing that was in this kit was a supply of old double edge...

I hear ya on the re-formulation of the paint. A local supplied decided to stop carrying 1 Shot a year or two back. They offered me $3,000 of the leaded formulation for $300. I didn't have it because it was right after a surgery and I wasn't able to work for months. It would have been nearly a...

I've wondered a time or two if artists thought they were a dying breed with the advent of photography. You can take a landscape photo of a scene and have a good artist paint the same thing. The artist's work appeals to a deeper aspect in humanity than the photo. Many people never had a concept...

I dunno what the neon is. Polycarb clear backs. The keyboard is 3 separate channels spaced less than 1/4" from the "g".