The signature, "Kafka" in free script, appears to be about an inch wide, or less. He uses his No. 3 scroll brush and the thing is a marvel. I'm wondering what you all wd use for something like this, or perhaps a Helviticaish typeface that small.
Spelcheck underlines "helveticaish" but it's a perfectly good word which i just made up.
-------------------- dennis kiernan independent artist san francisco, calif, usa Posts: 907 | From: san francisco, ca usa | Registered: Feb 2010
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For really small lettering, I use a no. 4 brown quill, with about 1/3 of the hair cut off by spinning it lightly on a razor blade, right at the ferril. I also have some really small riggers in my kit for fine detail (highlights, hot spots and tight inlines) on airbrush renderings.
Everytime I look at Kafka's work, I'm amazed... It isn't really pinstriping, it's almost like it's own artform.. Very floral, flowing and graceful.
-------------------- Ed The Signwerks 1951 SR 254 Orangeville, Pa. Posts: 199 | From: Orangeville, Pa. USA | Registered: Dec 2000
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I'm not a pin striper, but when I sign my name I normally just use whatever I've been lettering with and turn the quill sideways and use one edge.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Great Video, I also watched some of his other videos.. what struck me is maybe I'm being a little too particular with some of my own work.. on his first Video and his second even though he uses a grid each side is not perfect mirrors of each other, but it still looks fantastic!
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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