June 2015 Guest Tutorial Tips and Tricks - Cast in Gold by Frances Proctor

**stygg2003** · 09 June 2015, 02:20 PM

Last one I promise

Stygg

**Gare** · 09 June 2015, 03:39 PM

I think that is totally inspired and terrific, Fellow Alchemist Stygg!

**csehz** · 09 June 2015, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by stygg2003

Last one I promise

Stygg till the next month no need for such promise at all!

**stygg2003** · 09 June 2015, 06:55 PM

Thank you for your kind comment Gary, made my day

@csehz- cheers csehz, and come on, it's not like you to not have ago at that alchemists symbol for Gold

Stygg

**csehz** · 10 June 2015, 04:28 AM

Stygg you are trickily motivating

You will see eventually on the weekend I will come up with such an alchemists symbol that Xara will give the fractal noise on it

**angelize** · 10 June 2015, 08:59 AM

Good work on the Alchemists symbol Stygg! I look forward to seeing what Csehz comes up with

**Gare** · 10 June 2015, 11:15 AM

@Stygg—

If you'd like some inspiration (from me??!?) or just a neat background, here's my contribution to better alchemy through science:

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It's a whole bunch of alchemy symbols for metals, plus a few Celtic runes characters.

Embedded in a XAR document, free for all to use, Bouton's Express Permission (BEP).

My Best,

gare

**stygg2003** · 10 June 2015, 12:33 PM

Thanks a lot Gary, those symbols are really good and hopefully I will come up with some ideas.

Stygg

**stygg2003** · 10 June 2015, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by angelize

Good work on the Alchemists symbol Stygg! I look forward to seeing what Csehz comes up with

Thank you Francis, glad you liked. I also look forward to what csehz comes up with? I knew I'd push him into doing the symbol

and besides he comes up with some neat ideas.

Stygg

**Gare** · 10 June 2015, 12:48 PM

The Book of Signs, originally published in 1934 written by Rudolph Koch (who was also a typographer and did a few nice fonts) is largely a book you can download for free if you subscribe to some reading site (who charge $).

But Google books will show you several pages from the eBook, along with explanations of symbols.

Example?

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Just remember that with Frances' tutorial—and just a lot of tutorial we have here—you're not limited to a target shape the author provided! I have the hardest time convincing people who have bought a book I wrote (so why am I complaining?!) that you don't have to start or stop at the file I provided. Use you own along with the principle I shared with you.

Improvise.

Innovate.

Recreate.

-g