Invitation To Show Off Your Stuff...

[legume]

I have just returned from iampeth, do allow me to show off some of my new knowledge from there

Both from a flourishing class.

 

 

 

Schin... you're making me want to pick up and pens and nibs again, and in my hubris presume I could master it all.

[caliken]

Written with an Osmiroid fountain pen and a no.5 Automatic dip pen.

 

The original is considerably larger than it appears here. The nib edge is 5/8" wide and the width of "heaven is" is 7 5/8".

 

Ken

 

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/Heavenhell.jpg

Edited July 22, 2013 by caliken

[MusinkMan]

Wow! Hard to comprehend that you can letter so fine with a fountain pen. Beautiful Uncials. The automatic pen stuff looks great as well. Looks like fine brush work...nice shading of the colors. I've never used an automatic dip pen, but after seeing this I'm likely going to get one! :-)

[idazle]

The shading in the words "heaven" and "hell" is amazing!!!

 

The text is quite descriptive of

 

I'm really glad to see that Spaniards have replaced Frenchmen in the list as cooks in heaven Does it perhaps reflect the fact that in the last World's 50 restaurants List, announced in London this year, the first 10 places came off like this?

 

1.Spain

2.Denmark

3.Italy

4.Spain

5.USA

6.Brazil

7.England

8.Spain

9.Austria

10.Germany

 

http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners/

[deathbringer1128]

Here's one of my favourite Einstein quotes.

 

http://i.imgur.com/ejMfKOU.jpg

 

[MusinkMan]

Ha! That's good, Deathbringer. Good Spence!

[deathbringer1128]

And here are my thoughts on Spencerian.

 

http://i.imgur.com/bl9oMF8.jpg

 

[caliken]

An example of extended, upright Italic.

 

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/ITALIC600.jpg

Edited July 23, 2013 by caliken

[caliken]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/spencerian2600.jpg

Edited July 24, 2013 by caliken

[MusinkMan]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/madarasz600.jpg

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...........Gasp!!!!............

 

 

Louis Madarasz reincarnate. Why oh why is it so hard to achieve this kind of ability. That is truly fantastic, Mr. Ken.

 

*Musinkman still shaking his head (with mouth hanging open) in disbelief*

[schin]

That L and S is sublime, Ken!

[Stompie]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/spencerian2600.jpg

 

Really quite fantastic Ken.

May I ask though, the word 'style' the y looks out of kilter to me, should it be like that?

 

[caliken]

May I ask though, the word 'style' the y looks out of kilter to me, should it be like that?

 

Thanks, Stompie.

 

I think that it may be an optical illusion, caused by either the upward- extended second stroke of the letter 'y' or the shaded 't' which I've sloped on the left side. Here's an enlargement showing the parallels.

 

Ken

 

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/Untitled-01.jpg

[Mickey]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/spencerian2600.jpg

I spent a few minutes of my morning warm up trying to replicate the L in Louis, finally succeeding with a modern Principal, which seems to suit a lot of Madarasz's idiosyncratic letter forms. I find that shade form especially interesting and attractive, not to mention technically challenging. Not for the first time, I learned something from exercise. (I once spent several hours on a Madarasz 'S'. (see http://www.iampeth.com/artwork/Madarasz_study_as_much.jpg) Thanks for the inspiration.

 

By the way, what nib did you use?

[Mickey]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/spencerian2600.jpg

I spent a few minutes of my morning warm up trying to replicate the L in Louis, finally succeeding with a modern Principal, which seems to suit a lot of Madarasz's idiosyncratic letter forms. I find that shade form especially interesting and attractive, not to mention technically challenging. Not for the first time, I learned something from exercise. (I once spent several hours on a Madarasz 'S'. (see http://www.iampeth.com/artwork/Madarasz_study_as_much.jpg) Thanks for the inspiration.

 

By the way, what nib did you use?

[Stompie]

Thanks, Stompie.

 

I think that it may be an optical illusion, caused by either the upward- extended second stroke of the letter 'y' or the shaded 't' which I've sloped on the left side. Here's an enlargement showing the parallels.

 

Ken

 

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/Untitled-01.jpg

Thanks Ken!

Yep, optical illusion!

 

 

[MusinkMan]

Man that is soooo nice! Drool all over my desk and keyboard. Arrrrgghhhhh.

[MusinkMan]

_{Mr. Ken, do you have your paper angled a great deal when you write this style?}

[caliken]

I spent a few minutes of my morning warm up trying to replicate the L in Louis, finally succeeding with a modern Principal, which seems to suit a lot of Madarasz's idiosyncratic letter forms. I find that shade form especially interesting and attractive, not to mention technically challenging. Not for the first time, I learned something from exercise. (I once spent several hours on a Madarasz 'S'. (see http://www.iampeth.com/artwork/Madarasz_study_as_much.jpg) Thanks for the inspiration.

 

By the way, what nib did you use?

I wrote this a while ago, and I can't remember which nib I used. At that time, it was probably a Hunt 101 but it could have been a Principal. I agree that it really suits this kind of lettering.

 

Ken

[caliken]

_{Mr. Ken, do you have your paper angled a great deal when you write this style?}

As a general rule, I always rotate the paper, depending on the style of writing, so that the sloped writing line is at right angles to the desk edge. This works (for me) with all types of script with all nibs. In Copperplate and Spencerian, with an oblique holder, the pen is held very comfortably and a downstroke opens the tines of the nib equally, producing an even shade.

This means writing 'uphill' but this soon becomes natural.

 

Ken

Edited July 25, 2013 by caliken