Just a little something that I noticed while a particular incident occured. My neighbor at his booth was asked to letter a small amount of "Script" copy on the back of a Chevelle. He came to me for approval of his layout a few times and eventually I say: Let me lay it out for you. Did a chicken scratch couple of versions and forgot about it. When the car was backed in to his booth for some shade, he came to me and said: please do this car, I'm afraid I'll screw it up. Interestingly, a lot of stripers were doin' thier thing all day but I had not touched a brush. So as soon as the word got out that I was going to letter this car...a big a$$ crowd starts to gather and it made me discover a wierd phenomenon, New stripers, cant letter! It took me about three minutes to put the words "Sixty eight", 1 1/2" high on this car in Script and I became a "God" on the spot.
Moral? An old geezer like me turns the screws on all the young stripers and now they want to set up a class some where to learn some tricks from the old dude. Should I show em'how....?
CrazyJack
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
Jack, I approached a local striperand asked for some instruction and was told flatly "NO". That the market would be affected by new stripers. Then in the next sentence, I was told that for $10k, he would consider it. When I asked him if he did lettering, he shook his head quickly again "NO" I don't mess with it!
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Jack.............
Posted by Curtis Denton (Member # 579) on :
Hi mr wills Just came bak from Myrtle beach bike week and i did a lot of lettering on bikes and i am stilll amazed at the "Stripers" who cant or wont do lettering ....im not in the class of a lot of the folks here but i am glad i kept up my lettering skills when the vinyl craze came out i always said there will always be a market for it .....i get 40$ for a name and can do them almost as fast as i can write it with the omni pencil......i am also amazed at the "stripers " coming out of the woodwork ........or maybe the dvds hehehehheehe ....but i try to help anyone who asks and think there is plenty work for us all......anyway i am and have always been a big fan of yours and would like to say thank you for the inspiration through the years..........T
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Good fer you Jack!
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
...and, Jack, there is a bigger lesson to be learned, (other than striping)?
Posted by Nancie W. Phillips (Member # 3484) on :
Somebody needs to keep the craft going... why now you, Jack (Your Excellence)?! I say, have someone video tape you professionally and sell DVD lessons. I'd buy one!
Posted by Len Mort (Member # 7030) on :
Jack Back in 1957 I was intrigued by the pin stripers of the era, Dean Jefferies, Von Dutch, Ed Roth as well as others. Learning the trade I found that if you wanted to eat regular you needed to learn to do more, like letter vehicles of all sorts and design signs. That way you would have work that would take you through the year. Learning to letter signs and design signs was a great help in those years as well, as I worked for many local sign companies that did not have fulltime sign painters or designers. I have designed many signs in my area, belt, storefront, pylon, monolith, plastic, channel letter, electricial and neon, many of which are still visible today.
I can't understand why anyone with a talent would not look to further their creative talents.
Pinstriping ties in with lettering and sign design as the old coach painters would attest to if they could be reserected.
It is all in the eye and hand of the beholder. Long live the Brothers and Sisters of the Brush!
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Amen Mort,
I did not intend in any way for the post to be a putdown to anyone here on the board and I must also confess to the fact that I live and breath computer work. I also occasionally do some vinyl work for select clientle.
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