User talk:Jazzmanian

Pocket Guide
Hi Gerald,

My copy of the Pathfinder Pocket Guide came in today. I was pretty excited to see your artwork in there. Congratulations! I haven't finished reading it yet, but maybe later tonight I'll get a chance to.

BTW, I made an initial stab at Lettering & Poster Making. But then I thought that perhaps you would be a better candidate for working on this one. Would you like to take a crack at it? --Jomegat (talk) 01:26, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm teaching this one, so I might as well add in the answers as I go. May not be instantly done though.Gerald (talk) 08:07, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Jomegat (talk) 16:46, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

I left a comment on Lettering & Poster Making. Maybe you can incorporate that in there somewhere?
 * Have you been watching the lettering and poster making honor Jim - There is progress.
 * Yes! It's looking good.  I like the additional alphabets you added.  Maybe the terminology is obvious, but I don't think it would hurt to define ascender and descender.  I had to think about those for a few moments.  Perhaps adding labels and braces to the lettering guides would be a good way to do that?

_______________________ _______________________} ascenders _______________________} x-height _______________________} descenders

Food for thought! --Jomegat (talk) 22:55, 29 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Good ideas - apologies on the name slip - don't know where my mind wondered off to. Gerald (talk) 23:58, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikibook Pins
Hi Gerald,

I am in the process of trying my hand at pin making. I have a crude clay model of the book logo you did for us (PF keychain). I left out the hands, due to lack of skill as much as anything else. I plan to let the clay harden, cast it in plaster, and then... try pouring molten aluminum in it. We'll see what happens.

Hopefully, I can clean it up with a file & dremel tool when it's in its aluminum form. If it doesn't come out looking too bad, I'll use it to do another plaster cast and start making copies. I plan to cast one for every significant contributor to the book (you are one of a handful who fall in that category). I'd like to have them ready before Oshkosh. Problem is... they might not do the book justice. They will almost certainly be sub-professional! --Jomegat (talk) 20:15, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow - that sounds fun. Let me know if I can send any files that may be of assistance. (just the book as a graphic for instance) Gerald (talk) 17:28, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * If I knew how to turn the graphic into clay, that would be very useful. Right now I've got the clay plug sitting in plaster.  I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to remove the plug without breaking it, and I fear that the plaster won't look all that great when I do get the plug out.  I'm going to let it dry for a couple more days while I think about it.  While I wait for an idea to come, I'm also trying to think up ways to convince the Mrs that it would be a good idea to blow $250 to have real pins made. --Jomegat (talk) 19:17, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * So your making the "positive" first in clay, then attempting to cast the negative mold in plaster. After which you hope to cast aluminum into the plaster negative ? What is the overall size of the pin you are making ? Gerald (talk) 23:06, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that was my approach. The positive broke when I pried it out of the plaster, and the plaster didn't look all that great.  I made it as small as I could, but that was not very small (it's about 4cm long).  Back to the drawing board. --Jomegat (talk) 00:42, 30 January 2009 (UTC)