I've had this light box for over thirty years. When I was doing a lot of commercial calligraphy, it was a frequent companion. Now it sits tucked in the corner and is taken out occasionally. I used it yesterday for combining a quote from Thoreau with a circle created in Photoshop. After creating the image, I printed it out. I taped a blank piece of paper on top. Using my favorite Pentel brush pen I wrote the quote from Thoreau around the circle created from a photograph of raindrops on leaves of grass. This was preceded by several other attempts so when I didn't like the "y" in my, I wrote another one above and made the correction in Photoshop. I scanned it into the computer and worked from there.
And with wonderful results. I miss my light table, but don't really do much that requires it. This has got me thinking though...
ReplyDeleteI rarely use it in my artwork but I have used it when working on images for my bookmaking instructions and books. I haven't had the strength to face Illustrator and I kind of like the feeling of hand.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful...I love the idea of raindrops on leaves...with the quote... How did you achieve the effect?
ReplyDeleteThe raindrops were in the photo.
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