Letters can be living symbols in their own right — in art.
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This piece is from my earliest and most enduring typographic explorations, and one of quite a few with the same title. It was originally drawn entirely by hand in the 1990s, and is now presented here in a subtly beveled, luminous gold rendition. It belongs to a long‑running series of “rogues” — highly stylized characters and experimental letterforms, often exaggerated beyond conventional typography, and applied on my own original fonts.
In S-Dragon Gold, the dragon’s body becomes the spine of the letter, its wings and curves enhancing the glyph’s natural rhythm. The glowing gold against a dark field evokes both the preciousness of a treasured initial and the mythic aura of a legendary beast. The beveling in this rendition creates the visual impression the form has been cast in metal — a jewel‑like artifact from an imagined heraldic tradition, but is not a part of my jewelry suite.
This work is a typographic experiment, but also a personal sigil, and a visual synthesis of language, identity, and myth. It stands at the intersection of calligraphy, emblem design, and symbolic storytelling.
