Ron's post promted me to post this one. I did this a few weeks ago. This is a new customer, he requested paint and I was more than happy to oblige Since he has a fleet, I made a pattern. The pattern was done entirely by hand. I've reached a point to where I am absolutely sick of seeing the same letterstyles over and over again, no matter how nice they are. The time it took to scratch out this pattern took no longer than fooling with the computer. The script I used is pretty easily rendered, most of it done in one stroke. The rest of the lettering was all single stroke. The graphics and all the lettering was done with HOK urethanes.
-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left"
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It is an extreme pleasure to see real fine hand lettering. It is very seldom that any can be seen. 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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Way to go, George. When you get a customer that requests paint,it's extremely hard to hold in the grin. Hang on tight.
Looks great,simple but elegant.And the colors you chose allow the Holmes & Son really bang out. I really miss those triangle days. I've never tried the HOK. I'd be afraid it would dry too fast for my pokey mitts.
-------------------- Ron Costa Sign and Design 28 Ingerson Road Jefferson, NH 0358 Posts: 620 | From: New Hampshire | Registered: Oct 2002
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There is no doubt that a well executed hand lettered job looks so much better than a sterile computer cut one. I'd love to be able to hand letter, but it's one of many skills I wish I had that take a lot of practice and I'm running out of lifetime (I think I was at that stage when I was 15 already ) I'm content to enjoy some of the quality stuff that some of you seasoned veterans post and I'd love to enjoy more, so bring it on!
-------------------- “Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?” -Winnie the Pooh & A.A. Milne
Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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George, that is an excellent example of truck lettering. Really hard to beat a good brush man. Kelly, you are never to old to learn new things. Whoever said 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks", was never in the sign business!
-------------------- Donald Miner ABCO Wholesale Neon 1168 Red Hill Creek Dobson, NC Posts: 842 | From: North Carolina | Registered: Apr 2006
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-------------------- Terry Baird Baird Signs 3484 West Lake Rd. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Posts: 790 | From: Canandaigua, New York | Registered: Dec 2002
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Is this one of those trucks where you wonder whether to follow the upper angled door style-line or the straight lower door style-line?
Todd, the customer requested that some of the graphics continue onto the cab.....not easily done on this rig due to the big chrome vent and the layout of the fenders. I ended up following a body line with the purple. It more or less dictated the lettering go on a slant.
-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left"
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That's kinda what I figured.... darn nice job!
Most vehicles have sweeping window lines...and straight lower panel lines...which sometimes make me go, "Hmmmmmm...ok, at what angle with door application look best?!"
I kinda like it cocked a bit following the style line.... little bit of edgy attitude! Again - great job.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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Since he has a fleet, I made a pattern. The pattern was done entirely by hand. I've reached a point to where I am absolutely sick of seeing the same letterstyles over and over again, no matter how nice they are. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
The time it took to scratch out this pattern took no longer than fooling with the computer. The script I used is pretty easily rendered, most of it done in one stroke. The rest of the lettering was all single stroke. The graphics and all the lettering was done with HOK urethanes.
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) I'm content to enjoy some of the quality stuff that some of you seasoned veterans post and I'd love to enjoy more, so bring it on! 
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