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Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :
 
Drum roll please........

Here, for your amusment and amazement!!!
SPLASH, the early years!





And you thought I was ALWAYS this good!!!
A

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'

Benicia, CA
707-746-7847 (shop)
707-550-4553 (voicemail)
adrienne@splashsigns.com

[This message has been edited by Steve Shortreed (edited January 29, 2001).]
 

Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :
 
We all had to start somewhere Adrienne. You've sure come along way!

I'd like to see a discussion on what it is that makes these just slightly less than pretty. It might even be fun to select one of these layouts and drag it back to the drawing board.

I see a great opportunity here to talk about design elements like negative space, panels and proper typeface choices. The goal, as I see it, would be to come up with a checklist of design fundamentals we could use to "troubleshoot" future designs. Are you game?

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Steve Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, Ontario
Canada N1M 1G9
519-787-2673
steve@letterhead.com
ICQ 316338
www.letterhead.com/profiles/shortreed/



 

Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
 
Well Steve, I don't know if it's fair to pick on Adrienne, but...I 'm game! I do the first one: wallpaper mini blinds I like the layout it is a good use of panels and artisticlly good renditions of both products!
However, an otherwise good design is lost behind bad color chocies and scrpt on an arc!

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"A wise man once said that, or was it a wise guy?"

Ken McTague
The Witch city
Salem, MA

 

Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :
 
OH, pick on ADRIENNE HUH!!???
What about MY feelings????

hehe....

Go for it.....

A

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'

Benicia, CA
707-746-7847 (shop)
707-550-4553 (voicemail)
adrienne@splashsigns.com


 

Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :
 
HAHAHAHA Well Adrienne....we must have some balls.....er guts to post these huh? I have put this one on board before. It was my first paying job. (poor customer!)

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Cheryl J Nordby
Signs by Cheryl
(206) 300-0153
Seattle WA.....!
signsbycheryl@hotmail.com
A day without sunshine is like, you know...night http://signsbycheryl.homestead.com/home.html
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Posted by Chuck Peterson (Member # 70) on :
 
If I saw this on the street I'd say it looks like the work of a beginner who has potential. I like the panels in the top one. These are above ugly sign contest material, talent just wanting to be developed. Thanks for sharing these.

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Chuck Peterson Graphics
1860 Playa Riviera Dr.
Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif. 92007

 

Posted by Marty Happy (Member # 302) on :
 
Yep!!! We've come a long way! I've seen your recent stuff here Adrienne and it's awesome!

Happy Signing.....Marty

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Marty Happy
Signmaker Since 1974
Happy Ad Sign & Design
Regina SK, Canada S4N 5K4

306.789.9567
e-mail: happyad@sk.sympatico.ca
website: www.happyad.ca

Get Happy & Get Noticed!


 

Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :
 
Here's one of my "boners" Adrienne. Took me 3 days to make this mess.

To tell the truth, I thought this job was great when I first did it. Funny how bad it looks after a few years of learning and experience.

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Steve Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, Ontario
Canada N1M 1G9
519-787-2673
steve@letterhead.com
ICQ 316338
www.letterhead.com/profiles/shortreed/


[This message has been edited by Steve Shortreed (edited January 30, 2001).]
 

Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :
 
Steve, I don't see much wrong with that ..of course if we saw it upclose.......
A

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'

Benicia, CA
707-746-7847 (shop)
707-550-4553 (voicemail)
adrienne@splashsigns.com


 

Posted by Ed Williams (Member # 846) on :
 
Gee----I thought it was just me..
This is a great post, keep it going.

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Ed CJ Williams
CJ Graffx
Christiana,Pa.
cjgraffx@epix.net
Just have'n fun....



 

Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
 
Isn't it amazing how good we think we are at the present, only to look back several years later and be ashamed at our work? Just means we are learning and progressing, I guess.

No one starts out with masterpieces. One of my heroes, Noel Weber, did some pretty rough stuff (and that's putting it mildly) in his early years only to become one of the greatest in our craft. It should give us all hope that we too can become more than we are today. No one said it comes easily, though.

Sign Business magazine has a section called "The Drawing Board" that would love to have your early day photos (or even present ones for that matter)to use as design studies. The guys that do the critiques are rather gentle and try not to make anyone look bad. I think it is a great way to see how you can improve your layouts. Just mail your photos to Eddie Wieber (the editor) and he will take it from there.

I would post some of my early jobs here but when I started they hadn't invented photography yet.

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Chapman Sign Studio
Temple, Texas
rchapman@vvm.com
 

Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :
 
Several YEARS????? How 'bout the next day!? Man, sometimes I look at my recent work and wonder if I will EVER 'arrive'!

Just recently I got a call from a client that was disapointed with what I did on her windows for Christmas.......guess i rushed it and didn't do as good a job as i usually do.
I was actually glad she caught me on it, I felt the same way.
(I'm making it up to her as she is a long time and loyal customer)
It was a good lesson for me.

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'

Benicia, CA
707-746-7847 (shop)
707-550-4553 (voicemail)
adrienne@splashsigns.com


 

Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :
 
Adrienne,
Perhaps some day my best days will be as good as your bad ones. Hard to imagine a customer being disappointed in anything you do!

Kathy

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Kathy Joiner
River Road Graphics
41628 River Road
Ponchatoula, La.70454
PH. (504)386-3313
casey@i-55.com

Old enough to know better...Too young to resist.


 

Posted by Gilead Stellar (Member # 158) on :
 
So... the fact that my current work is about on par with your early work means I'll be as good as you one day? Cool!

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Gilead
Phoenix AZ
http://members.tripod.com/Stellargraphics/Gilead.htm



 

Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :
 
GILEAD!!!!! NO WAY!! you are way better than me NOW!!! Go ahead, show em your sci fi critters, they totally ROCK!!!!!
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Yeah, she was pretty unhappy......and it wasn't the best I've done, it was cold, dark, late, i was tired, hungry, lazy.......

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'

Benicia, CA
707-746-7847 (shop)
707-550-4553 (voicemail)
adrienne@splashsigns.com


 

Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
 
Hi Again.
Jeez, I just can't see anything that wrong with your van job, Steve!
I always feel like every sign I do could go on this post. I love to go to meets and get overwhelmed and jealous at the same time. I think I pretty much suck at signs, but I keep on plugging away. I know I've improved since my early days. I wish I wasn't such a techno-nerd and could figure out how to send you all some photos of my er-attempts at creativity. I too am self-taught, and I learn something new every day! At first I thought negetive space was when a signpainter had the blues! I used to cram as much as I could on a signs, you know, give 'em their money's worth! I'm usually OK at choosing colors, I will say that. TTFN Love...Jill

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Jill M. Welsh
 

Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
 
I have to say the tree sculpture that effectively hides a stupid Happy Face can't be all bad...

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"If it isn't fun, why do it?"
Signmike@aol.com
Mike Languein
Doctor of Letters
BS, MS, PhD
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You know what BS is, MS is More of the Same, and it's Piled Higher and Deeper here


 



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