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Arthur, how did you manage to make all-caps BS look so cool? Love.....Jill
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Some great designs guys...and as a person who HATES brush script and points it out EVERYWHERE (much to the annoyance of my friends), I have to hand it to Arthur for his efforts in making all-caps Brush Script look better than it has any right to
This could be a cool idea, post a little restrictive graphic challenge once in awhile. Doing little design exercises within strict boundaries is a great way to stretch your creative muscles. I love it.
-------------------- Ryan Long Magic Light Neon Sign Co. Crawfordsville, IN Posts: 132 | From: Crawfordsville, IN | Registered: Jul 2005
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We could do something like that, Ryan. I've been on other art sites that have similar. One Adobe Illustrator site even gave out software and hardware as prizes.
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My first idea using, a baseball theme, was to put a baseball in for the "o" in "town". Chris O'Brien absconded with my concept without compensation. Time for a new topic: "Letterheads stealing from the brains of others without permission". I know, I should have gotten the design deposit first!
In keeping with the baseball motif, I came up with the following:
Sign faces to be 49” x 96” sandblasted Black Galaxy Granite with 23K Gold leaf finish on “Cooperstown” and outline of home plate graphic, Palladium leaf on baseball and interior of home plate graphic, paint fill on dividing stripe and balance of copy. Overall size of sign to be approximately 9' height x 13' width.
Baseball to be stage blasted to give relief. Stitching to be stage blasted and hand painted--So there! Raymond.
Structure to be brick with cast stone column caps and arched 120” radius bull nose top cap. Columns to have embedded cast stone home plate elements on three sides. Base of sign to be tapered stone with cast stone water table.
Date panel (Yeah! I know--this is unauthorized additional copy) to be sandblasted cast stone.
Installed price, including foundation for double face sign is $23,478.00, plus tax and permit. Single face sign would be $19,863.00, plus tax and permit.
Oops! My installed price doesn't include a trip to New York. We have done out of town masonry signs of a similar nature. For us to haul our crew that far would add about 14K to the job. It's a lot of trouble to bring all that equipment and plan for the various contingencies.
I would also fly up there a month or so in advance to check out everything on the job site, handle things with the city, and also visit with and arrange for local suppliers we would need to use.
It would take us about three long days (12 hours each) to excavate, pour the foundation, and build the structure. We would have about three days each way in travel time as well.
We would probably leave on Saturday morning, start setting up Monday afternoon, work Tuesday through Thursday, goof off a bit on Friday and see the sights around the area, and start back Friday night or Saturday.
If Jill will sell it, I'll be happy to send her a 10% finder's fee on the non trip portion of the job. Of course, the customer will usually say they want something like this but then buy from Toxic Signs because they're a few bucks cheaper.
Now, I need to get back to some real work. This was a fun exercise and I'm awe struck at what Arthur managed to do with upper case Brush Script. His grasp of typography always amazes me.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5089 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Thanks, Bob. Now, I just have to get Jill to sell it! Once she does, I'll raise the red stripe a bit--it's too low. The customer will never know I tweaked it.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5089 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Wait a minute! I don't know about you but I see a lower case Brush Script "t" in Cooperstown. The upper case "T" wouldn't read well. I do think it looks kind cool too, Authur....even with the lower case "t". Judy
-------------------- Judy Pate Signs By Judy Albany, Georgia USA 229-435-6824
Live simply...Love generously...Care deeply...Speak kindly...Leave the rest to God. Posts: 2621 | From: Albany,GA,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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