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"Our signs are better than a stick in the eye"
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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-------------------- Ricky Jackson Signs Now 614 Russell Parkway Warner Robins, GA (478) 923-7722 signpimp50@hotmail.com
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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Normally, I have something to add to these photo posts, but since we have been requested to "play nice", the old rule of "If you can't say anything nice...etc." overides my abilty to post about the sign itself.
Nice spotlights on the roof, tho. Rapid
-------------------- Ray Rheaume Rapidfire Design 543 Brushwood Road North Haverhill, NH 03774 rapidfiredesign@hotmail.com 603-787-6803
I like my paint shaken, not stirred. Posts: 5648 | From: North Haverhill, New Hampshire | Registered: Apr 2003
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"See? Even our plainest ol' signs catch your eye . . . you noticed this and put it on a web-site, right?? . . . "
(secondary copy) "We also have a good line of ball mitts, butterfly nets, bug zappers, critter-traps, and more! Anything you need to catch, we got somethin' to catch it with!"
(If this is their 'eye catching' sign, I'd hate to the plain ones . . . )
What? . . . That was'nt 'playin' nice?
-------------------- Signs Sweet Home Alabama
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"Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, work like a dog" Posts: 5758 | From: "Sweet Home" Alabama | Registered: Mar 2003
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...and furniture sales, fishing supply, kindlin sales, and auto detailing.
-------------------- Maker of fine signs and other creative stuff. Located at 109 N. Cumberland ave. Harlan, Ky. 40831 606-837-0242 Posts: 4172 | From: Ages-Brookside, Ky. Up the Holler... | Registered: Jul 1999
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What, Si, no gradient fades? Triple outlines? Sheesh...
As far as the "real" sign goes... I have seen worse. At least you read what says.
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Remember that game someone posted where a color was spelled out but in a different color and you had to say the color not the word? Is this the signmaker's twist on that?
-------------------- Chris Welker Wildfire Signs Indiana, Pa Posts: 4254 | From: Indiana, PA | Registered: Mar 2001
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Ray...by Be Nice I meant here in our playground to each other.
Hack at the sign all you want...I took this picture abour 10 years ago and they've been out of biz a LONG time.
So far I like mine the best for readablity, but Ricky's just adds that little bit of flair. I just don't like the color magenta Si. I'll have to see the rest of the entries before I cast my final vote.
-------------------- Pat Neve, Jr. 321-537-8675 Capt. Sign
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"Barry,having just purchased his versacamm,hadnt yet gotten to the section on gradient fills in the handbook before the invading chinese army swept in unexpectedly,forcibly interned him in a covert walmart prison camp basement, and forced him to bottle Basic-H so that they could use his 2000sqft shop as a rumpus room that there was apparently no room at for in mainland china".....more to this story as it develops
-------------------- Gavin Chachere Plotter in the garage,New Orleans La.
"Sgts Shugart and Gordon again request permission to rope down to crash site two" Posts: 1223 | From: new orleans.la. | Registered: Mar 2000
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We all agree that it is not pretty. Do we all know why? Or how to improve it? Let's use this as a learning experience.
Here's the idea. Redo the design in the same format. Format is the space the lettering fits into. Don't change the shape or size of the sign.
Use just one color! I suggest black. Black on white or white on black. Your choice. Be prepared to explain what design principles you have employed that make your redesign work.
Now we are learning!
-------------------- Steve Shortreed 144 Hill St., E. Fergus, Ontario Canada N1M 1G9 519-787-2673
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Just a quick attempt; also, spontaneity can be useful sometimes. Haven't analyzed it in any depth but my immediate thought was to make it unusual. I thought the lettering bleeding off the edge might give it an enough edginess to attract attention. Have made 'Eye catching' and 'Signs' reasonably similar in prominence as both are important.
-------------------- Arthur Vanson Bucks Signs Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England arthur@buckssigns.co.uk -------------------- Posts: 805 | From: Chesham, Bucks, England | Registered: Mar 2002
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The name itself is humorous, so Id attack it that way. Graphics of the eyeballs to attract attention to the name, and colors that are vibrant and "eye catching" would be used. The red background would make the lettering, etc. stand out more from a distance than the white does.
-------------------- Maker of fine signs and other creative stuff. Located at 109 N. Cumberland ave. Harlan, Ky. 40831 606-837-0242 Posts: 4172 | From: Ages-Brookside, Ky. Up the Holler... | Registered: Jul 1999
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