Michele Nidenoff (http://www.michelenidenoff.com/) provided us with the Program Presentation at our March 8th Guild Meeting. Michele instructed us on the Neuland calligraphic typeface (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuland). Neuland is a German typeface that was designed in 1923 by Rudolf Koch. Michele taught us not only how to do the basic typeface using a broad edge calligraphy pen, but also creative and interesting ways to use the lettering with colour and illustrations as shown below:
It was a great class and Michele is an expert and an amazing instructor. Next month (April 12) Michele will be teaching “Brush Markers”, and the month after (May 10th) Susan Nelson will be teaching “Akim Cursive”.
If you are not a member of the Guild, but are interested in attending any of these sessions kindly contact Janet Macmaster, President, 416 425 3463 ext. 7388 from 9:00 to 4:30 p.m. or janetmac55@hotmail.com
The "Digital Arts Course" is a one day event that teaches artists and calligraphers how to get their fine art onto the web to connect with others through: flickr, twitter, facebook, and other social media services. Learn free software that is comparable with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator ( www.gimp.org , www.inkscape.org). Learn to create your own online portfolio using a free Blogging service called Posterous (www.Posterous.com). Welcome to the world of Digital Arts!
Date: Saturday May 12, 2012 (one day class) Time: 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Place: 56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke, ON M9C 1V7 Cost: $60 CAGT Members, $70 Non Members Materials Fee: A Step by Step Video Tutorial DVD will be made available for purchase. Register: 1.Download and Print the brochure below 2.Clip out the Registration form and Mailing Address 3.Mail in your cheque. Register soon as seating is limited!
Contact Steve Czajka for more information at: steveczajka@hotmail.com Subject: Digital Arts. Visit Steve's Online Portfolio at http://steveczajka.posterous.com This course was formerly known as "Virtual Vellum". This course is being offered by the Calligraphic Arts Guild of Toronto.
Normally I post one calligraphy piece each week on http:\\steveczajka.posterous.com. I have decided to release additional pieces in 2012 for monthly calendars, and holiday specials. I hope to build up a portfolio of works.
For the January desktop calendar, I couldn't decide on which image to use, so I posted both an Orchard Edition (not shown) and a Berries Edition. The new gothic identity shown in the lower part of the image with the red "S" is going to replace my current avatar. I plan to slowly roll this out into the new year for all new pieces and my avatars on my social media properties: posterous, twitter, google+, email, flickr, youtube, and a few others. The hand done, authentic calligraphy for the January piece and my gothic "S", was inked as part of my gothic typeface project which is now more or less complete. More about this typeface calligraphy project later. Thanks to the photographers for their royalty free photos: Berries - Photographer: Nossirom on sxc.hu http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1252451 Orchard - Photographer: night fate on sxc.hu (not shown here) http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1330247 Cheers Steve
These are the planned 2012 Meeting Events for the Calligraphic Arts Guild of Toronto. A special thanks to Susan Mentis for coordinating all of this and pulling it together for us.
The above calendar can be downloaded and printed from PDF version on legal or regular 8x11 inch landscape paper. If you are interested in joining our Guild, click here posted from http://steveczajka.posterous.com, where you can also download a Mayan 2012 Calendar.
In the fifth and final part of this video tutorial series, lean about the final images and how you can freely use them yourself. Also check out my final thoughts on the project.
Image Licenses Preview image (C) Corner detail shot (CC-BY-NC) Medallion detail shot (CC-BY-NC) Full edition - Textured Background (CC-BY-NC) Full edition - White Background (CC-BY-NC) The four images will be made available under a creative commons license - CC-BY-NC. This means that you can take this, add a poem / lyrics , create a certificate, and use this for yourself or a friend provided it is not sold in any way, and that you maintain the attribution. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ If you are a graphic designer and want to use this for a commercial project contact me directly, as I have the original source files both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator / GIMP and Inkscape formats. I also have the associated template source files in a vector format. Framed Print If you are interested in acquiring a professionally printed and framed edition contact me directly. I plan frame at least one of these for myself. My Thoughts Overall I like the overall feel of piece, it is reminiscent of my original border done 20 years ago. I am happy with it. It is a piece that I plan to hang on my wall. The original border was a big breakthrough calligraphy piece for me, and now this circular border marks another milestone in that it is a bit of a breakthrough from an open source digital perspective, and that's important to me. I also like the response this series has received with over 2500 views at the time of posting this piece. My Dislikes The Border was too black, as a result of a poor scan. If you compare the original border, the original has a more textured feel to it. Wrap up I want to thank everyone for their comments, and I look forward to my December 2011 Calendar project which is well underway. Next week I have a intermediate level, step by step tutorial on a piece called, "The Enemy Within". It was great fun creating this. I hope you enjoyed it. Cheers Steve
In part 4 of the video tutorial series, learn about how the final circular calligraphy border image processing was done using open source GIMP software. Keep in mind that this video is designed for GIMP users who have an intermediate skill level.
