sorry (Pat)

What kind of paint did you use on this brick if I may ask Rick?

Mark

You nailed it once again Jay. Can't hide behind 'it's only values' painting this time. Hue, Chroma, Values were all present here. Your designs I would say really have been stellar. Thanks for sharing. You've graduated! Mark ** a little Abe Lincoln humor. A man accusing Abe of being two faced, Abe sa...

Very nice to see this type of work. Faded away lettering does it for me.
A real brush person here.

Mark

as in you did this from scratch Dan? I'm impressed!

Mark

I think of the man rolling his head on the table have a sense (as all of you have)
of his frustration. My favorite is customer showing up with their Microsoft
Publisher file. My first thought is 'here we go', how do I get rid of this individual.

Mark

Just test drove CS6 beta and really like what they have done. You can You Tube CS6 features to see what is going on. Pay attention the 'healing brush' tools. The 'content aware' is really slick; pick an object up and move it arround. Fix your messed up photos in no time at all. 3D text too. Very use...

I've never had much success trying to brush a transparent glaze and making
it look uniform. On the other hand, as a screen printer, I have always had
success sceen printing a Naz-Dar transparent enamel ink.

Mark

The one big thing that seperates DTP and sign programs is the printing function to our large format printers. Guess I'm of a differnt opinion about my Signlab. Not happy 100% of the time but they have done a pretty good job for me. I have Summa printer (DC3) and Summa cutters and have real good succ...

Thanks Kevin. I appreciate you taking the time.
Good looking sign for your wall.

Mark

So many people into the social media. Never gotten into the Facebook idea. Looking back, don't think I will. Your info is owned by the internet. The new norm? Very interesting concept. Is it really necessary is my question. I will wait to Robare's next post. An architect just left my shop. Doesn't o...

So Robare, any chance you are hooked up to some or most of these. i.e. Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Flickr? Just can't help but wonder how many are really involved with these social medias and their net results. Also wonder just how much time people might spend on those accounts being socially media...

Say Kevin, how bout posting a head on picture of your bear sign?

Mark

For HDU depending on the finish I want. Shiney: spray Chromatic Ti-Cote 1010 clear primer and spray with acrylic enamel. I'm inclined to believe though that anything with 'acrylic' to it doesn't need to prime. Have not done that with automotive acrylic enamel yet. Luster finish: I would go right to ...

Wonder what is prompting this? The obvious; illegal aliens?
Colorado says:
Applicants may provide one of the documents listed below if it contains the applicant's current address:(The list of documents as mentioned) to take effect by April 4th.
I'm sure we'll here more about this new law.

Mark

I can vouch for tranny oil too. Works just fine.

Mark

I've heard mineral oil works just fine. Currently I use use a very light air tool
lubricant. Cleans up readily.

Mark

I was looking real hard at Vector Magic. Without a doubt it's very good. I settled on Imagaro Z-Professional. It will identify a font from your stored fonts or it will actually tell you where you can purchase the font you need. Don't really know about the node thing though with Imagaro. Just checked...

How true it is. Signs of the Times doen't even closely resemble today what what was part of the their past. The mag has gone completlely to the digital gurus. I think Signcraft has kept it's original intent of the craft. Got a call today for someone wanting a signpainter. How long it has been since ...

Let me try this again my photos didn't come up ------------------------------------------------ I've kept this magazine since 11-90 and thought I would share the cover and some insights from various individuals. Some of you will already recognize the style of Noel Weber for the cover. Noel spent 200...

I've kept this magazine since 11-90 and thought I would share the cover and some insights from various individuals. Some of you will already recognize the style of Noel Weber for the cover. Noel spent 200+ hours on design and execution of the cover piece. 25"x33". Lyle Fisk, Fisk Signs is ...

Mike, Welcome from Frisco. I can see where your business would be advantageous to put down the type of frame you used, supplier, matte, glass type as the components are more easily defined (I think). One time I had a work order plan going on but with the advent of the digital age I simply put notes ...

Good night Moses! How many could even paint that well painting from the front?
This really inspires me to push myself when I see work like this. Thanks for showing
us this nice work Dave.

Mark

Vinyl ink last I recall is pretty smelly stuff. Multi-purpose should do the trick.

Mark

The one wild card you mentioned was health care. I don't think people that are
sitting pretty with their group insurance know what it is like to have to fend for
yourself in the private health insurance market. I hear the numbers that families
have to pay and it really is a jaw dropper.

Mark

Here's the thing, yellow page ads are pretty expensive and I am wondering with a properly google'ized web site and all the cell phones that do the web are yellow pages really relevant anymore? There is a downward trend in the yellow page ads I think I hear. How many out there have abondoned the yell...

Ditto for me. 50 banners for a christian outfit and he will arrange shipping to
his location. Pretty comical altogether.

Mark

I'm thinking the question should be "Do we still call ourselves Signpainters". All the technology has changed the question. While I'm sure we all have a good deal of the electronic stuff that makes our job easier we can't lose sight of the drive that brought us here in the first place. Man...

For what it's worth Jay, you did a very commendable job. No way for anybody to compare themselves to a Bill Hueg, I do believe he is at the top of the food chain. And you're no slouch. Maybe not as fast a Bill but take a bow. Thanks for sharing your project with us. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the...

Goooood Stuff Mike! My copy is on the way as of minutes ago.
I'm also very fond of a fine artist out of Jackson Hole by the name of Jim Wilcox.
Are you familiar? Thinking of attending his class in J.H. ...maybe, maybe.

Mark