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Once in a while I have a sweet customer that ask me with the magic words "Do you still do some old school hand painted lettering?" Well, here's my reply...
It takes months after a job like that to wipe the smile off my face!!
Yup, life is good!
[ December 11, 2007, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: Pierre Tardif ]
-------------------- Pierre Tardif P. Tardif Inc. 1006 boul. PIE-XI sud Val-Belair QC. Canada G3K 1L2 418-847-4089 pierre@ptardif.com Posts: 800 | From: Quebec city | Registered: Aug 2002
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Sure know how to make a girl smile Pierre! SUPERB job.
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Very nice job. It's a nice clean direct layout.
-------------------- Mark Kottwitz Kottwitz Graphics Ridgely, MD www.SeeMySignWork.com -------------------------- Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein Posts: 746 | From: Ridgely, MD | Registered: Oct 2000
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A timeless uncluttered clean look which will last for years. You can't say that about a wrap! Excellent work, Pierre. Love....Jill
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Way to go Pierre, keep the craft alive and well. When asked what the font is, tell them it is one from your own brain and not one found in the books. Bill
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Rock and Roll means well, but it can’t help tellin’ young boys lies. Mike Cooley - Drive By Truckers Posts: 453 | From: Greenwood, South Carolina | Registered: Apr 2007
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Did you have to go to school to learn how to do that? Can my son come over on his lunch break and you show him how to do that? Do you do that freehand? Will that wash off? Does it bother you if I watch? I once knew this old drunk signpainter. His hand shook like a leaf until his brush touched that truck. Great job Pierre; that gave me the warm fuzzies seeing that pounce pattern hanging there. Props man!
-------------------- 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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I'm surprised someone hasn't said this but- I suppose you're wrapped with the look!
Well done- great job & 1950s-60s look!
(shouldn't this thread be in the portfolio section...?)
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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No Ian, this doesn't belong in the portfolio because it isn't about showing one particular project, it's about showing the direction that the whole industry has taken...
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And to me it says that the trucks owner is also "Old School Reliable". We just don't seem to see enough of that anymore. Great job Pierre! Keep the brushes busy! Don
-------------------- Donald Miner ABCO Wholesale Neon 1168 Red Hill Creek Dobson, NC Posts: 842 | From: North Carolina | Registered: Apr 2006
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