posted February 18, 2003 08:08 PM
This site sign started out as a 4x8, but at the last minute they changed to a 6x8, which kind of threw a monkey wrench into what I was trying to do with the design. Bah!
Sketch:
Sign:
Except for a few nit-picky things with the script, I really like this one.
I guess I was in a Mike Stevens mood on these: The truck wasn't there when I stopped to take a photo, here's part of the sketch:
-------------------- Bob Darnell London, Ontario, Canada
posted February 18, 2003 08:12 PM
Yeah I'm not alone! Another color nut. Very nice and crisp. Good stuff. Bob did you create the car wash rendering or was that supplied?
-------------------- Bob Stephens Skywatch Signs Zephyrhills, FL
posted February 18, 2003 10:01 PM
Like Bob Stephens, I to am a big fan of color. I really love your work Bob Darnell.
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posted February 19, 2003 07:13 AM
Ditto to all the above. also I like the Panel work, nice subtle changes in tone between them. And like Lotti asked what fonts are used? I really like them.
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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posted February 19, 2003 07:23 AM
Nice job Bob, like the others here i am also a color nut. I really like the letters and contrasts, and it helps a lot when you get the customers point across, as well as you did to sell what they supply to the public. Very well done.
-------------------- Mike Norcross Mikes Signs and Graphics Box 1232 172 adams street Afton, Wyoming 83110 Posts: 82 | From: Afton, Wyoming | Registered: Dec 2002
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posted February 19, 2003 06:53 PM
Thank you very much. It feels great to get such praise from people whose work people I also admire.
I wanted to mention that the whale with the car sitting on the water spout -> customer's idea, I just had to work with it.
Yes, I did the elevation rendering as well, which is a common for a lot of my sketches, but this time it went on a sign too. Usually if photos aren't available or the place hasn't been built yet, I scan an architect's drawing or receive an Autocad file that I "draw behind" on a different layer to "colour it in", and then add the proposed signage over top to give the client an overall picture.
I drew the lettering for "Convenience", which is why there are a few inconsistencies in angle and stroke widths that I should have paid more attention to. When I try to do script lettering, I try to emulate a one Steve Shortreed, who does some of the nicest scripts I've ever seen. A lot of his scripts have a "big bounce" on the bottom left with a wide stroke width - as you can see in the Letterville logo too.
The lettering for Whale of a Wash started out as Benguiat Bold I think, and then I've messed around with it and added some whale tails and fins to reinforce the theme a little. Pretty strange name for a car wash if you ask me. The "of a" copy was hand drawn as well. And on the plumbing sign of course is a Mike Stevens script.
-------------------- Bob Darnell London, Ontario, Canada
posted February 19, 2003 08:38 PM
Great work, Bob Darnell!
Ready for another party? Cool.
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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posted February 19, 2003 11:33 PM
Everytime I see Bob's work my chest swells and a lump forms in my throat. I am so thankful to be around to see him blossom into an outstanding design artist and Letterhead. You make me very proud Bob.
-------------------- Steve Shortreed 144 Hill St., E. Fergus, Ontario Canada N1M 1G9 519-787-2673
YOUR WORK IS OUTSTANDING. THE LAYOUTS AND COLORS ARE CRISP (AS MENTIONED), AND BALANCED WITH ALL THE FINE ELEMENTS OF A GREAT SIGN, AS THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE PROBABLY WALKING ON THE CLOUDS TOO! TIS THE TRUTH, RIGHT FROM MY HEART!!!
-------------------- Deb Fowler
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