Our own Letterhead/Walldog super-designer just took top honors in the International CorelDraw Design Competition. We're damn proud of him, but I bet his mama's about to bust.....
-------------------- www.signcreations.net Sonny Franks Lilburn, GA 770-923-9933 Posts: 4115 | From: Lilburn, GA USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Congratulations, MR. Diaz. I was simply astounded by the quality of your submission, and obviously those Corel Judges thought likewise.
-------------------- Ken Henry Henry & Henry Signs London, Ontario Canada (519) 439-1881 e-mail: kjmlhenry@rogers.com
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Joe, hope you don't mind if I post a pic of the winner. I'd also like to add that Joe was the only artist from the USA to win any of the categories....
Let's all meet over at Stella's for the victory party.....
-------------------- www.signcreations.net Sonny Franks Lilburn, GA 770-923-9933 Posts: 4115 | From: Lilburn, GA USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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I can't wait to see the next mural he designs, and how great it would be to work on it. Bill
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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yeah I saw this on Facebook, that is quite an honor! Congratulations Joe, by the way...soooo when can we meet Stella?
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Be Careful on letting Cisco Meet Stella,.....We saw what happened to the gals in Plymouth.
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-------------------- Sam Staffan Mackinaw Art & Sign 721 S. Nokomis St. Mackinaw City, MI dstaffan@sbcglobal.net Posts: 1694 | From: Mackinaw City, MI | Registered: Mar 2004
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No surprise here either Joe. I see a lot of CDR drawings and could tell right away you were in the top 1% of the CorelDraw users. Outstanding design and well executed!
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I have had the honor and privelage to see that design coming together and I've got to tell you it is extraordinary. What's extra cool about it is when you zoom in to see all the detail. Mercy!
It is very well thought out and seeing it develope from scratch was very magical. We are proud of Joe and with his talented and hard working brother Ben with him, those 2 have already taken our business to a higher level and it'll be exciting to see it grow under their reign.
-------------------- Bill Diaz Diaz Sign Art Pontiac IL www.diazsignart.com Posts: 2107 | From: Pontiac, IL | Registered: Dec 2001
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Way Cool Joe...Well deserved!! Congratulations
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-------------------- Catharine C. Kennedy CCK Graphics 1511 Route 28 Chatham Center, NY 12184 cck1620@taconic.net "Look at me, Look at me, Look at me now! I't's fun to have fun, But you have to know how!" Posts: 2173 | From: downtown Chatham Center, NY | Registered: Feb 2004
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I don't really know what to say. Thanks Guys. It was a lot of fun working on that design. And we were so happy when they contacted us that my design had won.
Steampunk Stella's may be a fictional establishment, but moving forward I'd like to turn this into a dimensional piece. I have been talking to a fellow walldog/letterhead about helping me with that. I actually used 3D software to design most of Stella herself, so I am interested to see if that can be sent over to a router. We will see.
-------------------- Joe Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, IL 61764 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 538 | From: Pontiac, IL | Registered: Aug 2005
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Incredible work Joe. All I can say is WOW and congratulations!
Havin' fun,
Checkers
-------------------- a.k.a. Brian Born www.CheckersCustom.com Harrisburg, Pa Work Smart, Play Hard Posts: 3775 | From: Harrisburg, Pa. U.S.A. | Registered: Nov 1998
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WOW!!! Congratulations. This is just a public recognition of something that the rest of us already knew. And he (and his brother) are just kids! Wonder what the future holds?
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Great work Joe! It's encouraging to see such talent coming up in the sign business. With so many sign franchises these days being operated by people with no art training, much of the true sign artists work seems to be getting scarce. I'm not knocking franchises, I am applauding those who rank sign design up there with profits.
-------------------- Jean Shimp Shimp Sign & Design Co. Jacksonville Beach, Fl Posts: 1266 | From: Jacksonville Beach, Fl. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I'm so pleased you are the winner Joe. Congratulations.
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