Valencia Signs Pallet USA
This photo’s realistic effect was achieved by using tools within Photoshop, but again still hand-rendered and drawn. The computer was not used as a ‘cheat’, rather as a tool in the same way as pencils…
Clocktower Website Header
Hand-drawn for the Clocktower’s corporate branding on their website and menus.
Brewery Font Design
This font was designed to be reminiscent of the old brewery songwriters letter faces. The font name is now called Factory, and is popular at Letterhead Fonts. See the icon LHF FONTS at the side…
Witchell's Pickled Walnuts
Designed in 2007 for a good friend by the name of James Witchell. This hand-sketched design was built using vector and colouring tools in Photoshop.
Gold Leaf Workshops - Photos
In my desire to pass on this knowledge to other craftsmen, I regularly hold reverse glass gilding workshops where sometimes on a one to one basis & sometimes in groups I teach the techniques of…
Web Button Design
This Design was developed from an original pencil sketch I designed and then re-drawn in Gerber’s Omega 2.0 software. Finally finishing all colour rendering in Photoshop.
Letterhead Studios Design
Commissioned by Chuck Davis. Title lettering and background designs for Letterhead Studios front webpage. USA 2009. A combination of hand drawn sketches and computer generated designs using Photoshop tools, but still all hand made.
Victorian Era Brilliant Cut Glass
A step by step article I wrote for Sign Business Magazine in Denver, Colorado, USA in 2006. Explaining the lost art of Brilliant Cutting .Treble acid embossing White acid toning and silver-staining in kiln fired…
The Smith Tip
This gilding tool which I designed in 2007 is known as a Smith Tip. I developed it for the application of applying full gold leaves to glass and flat oil gilded surfaces.