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I finished a sign with blue background and yellow vinyl lettering. When I originally designed the sign, I had planned to use a brown/gold vinyl as a contour shadow for the letters and an oval under a decoration and a double border stripe. I cut a "&" in yellow and the contour and, knew I didn't want the look. I quickly fell back to a metallic silver for the oval and shadow and opted a single yellow border stripe. I hung the sign but still thought it lacked readability from a distance. The contour was wide enough so, I outlined the yellow w/ a Deka blue that matched the background. This solved my readability and also added some additional dimension. Can anyone suggest some other techniques to add dimension to flat work by utilizing color? Shadows and outlines combine with color variations are what I am trying to work with at this time. Thanks
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Ok, heres one, and a real easy one to get something to pop off the surface. A simple shadow. If the image doesn't load, right click then click view image. If painting use a pattern. Pounce the pattern then shift the pattern over and down and repounce. I usually take and clean off the intersecting lines with a cloth. Paint the shadow up close to the letter, paint the letter then paint the outline, no waiting. The same thing can be accomplished with vinyl, I would recommend some sort of "cookie cutter" on the shadow. The key to the success here is proper choice of the shadow color. You want it to look like an actual shadow. Something just a little darker than the background. Hold your hand over the surface and see what color shadow your hand casts. Try to match that. Some of that trucast vinyl would be good here.
------------------ George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@ixlmemphis.com
"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left"
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You might try adding some dimension within the letters themselves using either a beveled or prism letter or a forward extrusion (i-beam). You could also add a second outline or contour of white. Did you submit a color print to your client for approval? If he approved it and HE isn't complaining...he just might like it the way it is....and isn't that the goal in the first place?
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Hi, I just came across 3D vinyl software for $210 at Procut-plus.com. Very interesting! Imagine making patterns of 3D perspectives and pouncing them for painting too!
------------------ Jerry Jaran Moab Sign Design Moab, Utah
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