visualchemist

will you be my bridesmaid?

visualchemist — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:05:29 +0000

Along with mixing custom colors, last night, I also printed up some new blind letterpress cards for Etsy. The message is quiet and simply stated. I didn’t really want to add color, leaving this card open to alternate envelope colors.

orange-gold-pistachio custom mix

visualchemist — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:53:18 +0000

Last night, I mixed up three custom PMS colors for an upcoming job I will be printing within the next two weeks. I’ll probably add just a touch more black to the orange to really hit the burnt orange PMS color my client is looking for.

a pig, a word, a thank you, and a moving truck.

visualchemist — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:44:04 +0000

The other day, I made my first sale on Etsy. Woohoo! So, last night I was inspired to print up a few more letterpress greeting cards to add to my tiny, but growing, collection. I wanted to test some of the vintage blocks I had laying around. Some worked and some didn’t. The teddy bear I had hoped to print needed a little shaving on the edges. The turntables I printed up were just eh. I managed to put this little (big) piggy and an old moving truck to good use. I also printed up some vintage type blinds on the cool tags I bought weeks ago. I’ll be posting these items for sale on my Etsy shop (visualchemist.etsy.com) real soon. By the way, I finally fixed the header links up above. Now if only I can finish up my sites.

This vintage blue pig is actually part of a larger collection. Eventually, I hope to design twelve cards representing the entire Chinese zodiac lineup.

This card was inspired by good times and great friends. I have yet to verify this typeface and measure the height of this larger font.

Simple and sophisticated. No ink. Oooohh aaaahhhh, my favorite so far. This type was set using 36pt Stymie Light.

I bought this block because moving may be in our future. Someday.

I’ll be adding plenty more cards to my collection in the near future. Thanks for stopping by!

metallic silver on black

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:30:53 +0000

I’ve had several requests to print metallic silver ink on black. This was a quick test I did this morning to see how well the ink coverage performed on two sample dark substrates. Small Type INVISIBLE was set in 18pt. lead type and it printed quite crisp with even coverage, as did the huge WORD.

Word.