I'm continuing to make videos at @sam publicly available and just noticed that one of those from today is coming up for its sixth anniversary next month.

Jump on a virtual plane 'down under' to meet veteran showcard and ticket writer Barbara Enright:

https://video.bl.ag/w/eVsmXTj7Y8Skhbir8Xv83c

Given the global situation at the time, this film premiered online at the 24-hour digital marathon that was Lockdown Letterheads:

https://bl.ag/lockdown

#Showcards #Tickets #Lettering #BetterLetters #Biopics #Shortfilms #Lockdown

When Better Letters Met Barbara Enright

https://video.bl.ag/w/eVsmXTj7Y8Skhbir8Xv83c

One from the archive, ‘An Introduction to Quick Showcard Lettering, Norwegian Style’, with scans from Kåre Madsen’s self-published instructional booklet ‘Ny Skriftbok for Hurtigtegning av Plakater’ (New Lettering Book for the Quick Drawing of Showcards).

https://bl.ag/an-introduction-to-quick-showcard-lettering-norwegian-style/

#Lettering #Showcards #SignPainting #Norway #Norwegian

After nearly three years of trying, I've finally tracked down a viable digitisation of Mike Stevens' 1h 40m brush lettering instructional VHS.

I'm working to make some improvements, but for now here's a small taster of him painting a condensed Gothic letter S.

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Showcards #MikeStevens #VHS #Brushwork

New(ish) at bl.ag online, 'The Mike Stevens Journal, Volume 1, Number 5', reproducing this issue where he's riffing on brush technique, letter formation, and mahl sticks.

https://bl.ag/the-mike-stevens-journal-volume-1-number-5/

#SignPainting #Lettering #Signwriting #Showcards

Thank you @amsterdam for sharing this video with me, 'L'ultimo numeraro di Napoli': https://yewtu.be/watch?v=dBj1aeTKl2M

The film can also be viewed on the fanpage.it website here: https://www.fanpage.it/napoli/pasquale-lultimo-numeraro-di-napoli-chi-e-lartista-dei-prezzi-esposti-nei-mercati/

#SignPainter #SignPainting #Napoli #showcards #tickets #market

I've updated my online shop with some new stock in the realms of sign painting and lettering. Some of these titles are the last new copies on sale anywhere in the world and once they're gone, they're gone.

https://shop.bl.ag

#advertisement #signpainting #signwriting #lettering #design #graphicdesign #layout #type #typography #ghostsigns #showcards #gilding #books