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When I was a striper at IronHorse motorcycle factory, they were taping off graphics on raw paint without the "inter coat clear". The marks from tape that did show up (not much) disappeared beneath clear coat.

Hi Main... I played bass for 15 years in the praise orchestra at my church. Prior to that I had played guitar my entire life. A few years ago I went back to guitar when I gave the bass role to an eager youngster. I recently acquired a 40th anniversary reissue Ovation Balladeer that is famous for...

For any of my guitar picking friends... I recently met a man online thru a Skype video call in Toulouse, France. His name is Jim Bruce. He produces a series of blues guitar instructional DVD's. He's a great old guy with a true gift for teaching. If you are interested in learning some advanced...

I've had two guys as customers for years with the most successful multi million dollar earning partnership I ever saw. I asked one of them once why it has worked so well and he said because I am the one with 51%. Somebody with a final say is absolutely crucial.

Thanks a lot. This gives me a new approach to try. The plotter was set up as a printer for Corel when it was working fine and was attached to a null modem which I thankfully still have. I will try deleting the printer and selecting the plotter again in GSP setup. I figured they had a driver for...

God I love this place, even tho I'm sadly no longer an actively productive sign guy I still get tons of free entertainment in here.

For a few years I had this Roland workhorse working just fine with Corel. I didn't touch it for a few months and all of a sudden the computer wouldn't communicate with the plotter anymore... it just prints out a line of what looks like an internal code. I've tried every cable configuration...

So from his misspelling of the word you go on to refute every point he made about its usefulness? Wow... that's what I call a REAL stretch bro. All that aside, I have a question about QR Codes. When scanned, if they contain info on a website, are you automatically directed to that site? I have a...

One of the BIGGEST marketing mistakes people make is they taint their marketing decisions by basing them, either by accident or on purpose, on their OWN habits. You can get real creative with QR codes. Print one up at a decent enough size to be seen and have it on facing the audience on your...

Thanks Craig. The black shade on red letters is because I'm an old sign painter and we used to do that a lot. I would have preferred grey shadow with black outline on everything. I submitted one that way and the guy printed it out and colored it in with a black shadow and sent it back to me. I...

Maybe... if I knew what one was!

Okay, shadow is gone as well as gradient fill in letters. I know the headphones need a lot of work. Do you really think this is better than the original image in this post?

In the first few drawings I sent the guy I had one with the pepper playing a guitar. The guy said he thought it would be "offputting" to the other musicians who played other instruments. The pepper couldn't have an instrument. I went thru a few revisions before I got the arms in a position he...

I don't get a few of your observations. The stem of the pepper is a gradient filled vector just like the rest of the objects, but I'd like you to suggest how I could revise it because that is a very astute observation. The "balloon effect" on the lettering is a circular gradient fill. It looked...

I'm working on making the pepper look more adult. I like the headphones idea and will give it a try. I offered the work for free because I have way too much idle time on my hands. Working up this logo kept my mind out of the bell tower. Yes, the Canadian smoked sockeye salmon was amazing. Got to...

Thanks for the observations. The pepper was derived from a pic he sent me with a similar face that he said he wanted. I tweaked it quite a bit, but I agree with you it looks more like a cartoon for kids. Maybe I could try putting a goatee on him? I'll see what something like that looks like.

I am on a guitar related forum. Recently I posted a business card design for my hand lettered signs and pinstriping there. I went on to explain the benefits of musicians having business cards to give to owners of potential venues where the musician might like to play. I offered to design band...

In the past, I have used Kem-Lustral oil base enamel from Sherwin Williams to paint older box trucks - just the cargo box area. I applied it with a foam roller. It worked just fine and looked good several years later when the trucks were finally traded in. Quick, easy, down and dirty way to...

Years ago I took a $2,300 deposit on a sign for a small strip center. Before I could buy the materials I got a call from a woman wanting to meet with me to discuss a "revision" to the order. Shortly after getting there, I learned she represented the new owners of the center. She asked me to...

One year to go and you will have been in this trade a quarter century. I remember the year it dawned on me that I had been doing this for 25 years. I immediately set out designing a 25 Years crest to put on my shop truck and biz cards. I remember it well. It had been a good ride at that point. I...