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The sign shop should be shot for using corrosive screws...

Like mentioned before, inset the lettering and paint or I get having a single piece of wood and routing it, but tool marks are not all that pleasing. I would use a walnut backer Frame in walnut Purchase custom dimensional letters (maybe stainless or brushed aluminum?) and rule lines and attach...

Before I answer, what experience do you have in designing logos, or is this from another designer?

If I am understanding you correctly.... You just need a vector for contour cutting... Select all the vectors (not the bit map images) and COPY Then paste in back Weld or unite all the vectors, color it black, add an outline for bleed, then copy Paste to front... remove fill color, give the...

I've never worked for a sign shop for more than 2 years, I do have a sign shop client that I have had for over 10. Unless your current friend/employer is paying you the going rate for the experience you now have, most of us hungry/skilled/talented designers with production skills have to find...

I would assume the learning curve you speak of was when you were doing your 4 years of apprenticeship to learn the trade and not while you already had a license unless you had it before LED's were popular. It may be easy to take the test, but having verifiable 4 years of training is the tricky...

My clients (and myself) usually hate exposed attachments. I would mechanically attach a backer (full size or undersized) to the wall, then VHB/adhesive the sign to the backer.

I think some of my esteemed (and not so esteemed) colleagues are missing is the you are in Illinois and you plan on contracting a sign in Iowa, since each state has different contractors laws, you may or may not be able to use your current license in the state you are in. If you are license in...

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As scientific as that survey may have been, I believe more than 30% of sign shops give design away. We only do layout and design of signs and business collateral. We work directly with corporate clients and we have sign shops we freelance for. Either way, we have to get paid. But currently, all...

Well deserved!

If a designer can’t figure out on their own where you are with the clues you have already given, I doubt they can navigate a printer or plotter menu... he’s in Bristol, UK By the way, I want to ditch design and be a ska/mod/northern soul DJ I also would not worry about young designers, I would...

Yes, Mike Zee was a sign painter, I didn't know his last name but he had some guru status when I was growing up, last time I saw him was around 2002, he was hand painting signs I designed. I just took a look at your work, a little envious, I would love to do craft signs again... right now, we...

feck it, guess I'm wasting your time...

Our speciality is residential/business complex signs (design only) Can you do more than wood and foam?

What kind of sign work? How big, is BIG?

Any relation to Mike Zee? I started learning lettering and was a graphic designer before computers and when they started taking over, I went into construction. Couldn't see myself using one but ended up buying one after jacking up my back. I love all the great work going on lately, makes me wish...

Have you tried here? http://www.car-clip-art.com

This is going to go against what you were taught, what you want to do, and kinda what that book references... This is what I did at a production sign shop - I was the only designer, I also worked the cutters and printers and they were always running. Obviously, signshop work may not be art -...

It depends on how "fancy" it is - what is fancy? Fancy to you might mean standard to someone else. I think if you are vending out portions of the job, and you get 3 quotes yourself from this vendors, you need a week. Most sign shops I know are larger than you, can build almost any sign in-house...