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  1. I did a ba-a-a-a-d thing...............................

    What does El Prose mean? I asked my parents and they had no clue... they would have went with the gold tooth.
  2. I did a ba-a-a-a-d thing...............................

    People don't know how to spend their money nowadays... That guy could have used that 88 bucks to buy a fake gold tooth... That could have bought 176 tacos at Jack in the Box... He could have tattooed that on his forehead for 88 bucks... okay, maybe the "EL" part... He could have...
  3. Business cards

    I think that matches your site more... one thing though putting your Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest blah blah means very little if I can't click on your card. You are treating your like it's dynamic... They will go to your site, or google you, if they go to your site, then lead them to your...
  4. Business cards

    I get jaded when I read someone is a photographer, I studied to be one for a while and in my early days carried a camera around all the time. I saw your work and you are really good. My sister nieces and nephew do similar neo-portrait/event photography very well and they travel all over...
  5. Rant: how little others care about appearance

    I would like to join in on this, as I'm going through the same thing these past few weeks... then a job comes up and I'm able to design something again.... I'm usually wallowing in my own mediocrity, then I go to places like pinterest...
  6. Mortgage Lending Logo

    I saw the same thing... Anymore ideas? After reading and looking up escarpment/Niagra Falls, it looks like a generic rock mass. If there wash an area that has instant recognition, (or could be abstract) then it might be something to pursue. Right now, I'd put this aside and flesh out...
  7. Making a sign look illuminated

    Very nice presentation!
  8. Making a sign look illuminated

    Those were not for any clients, it was done for the forum... Most small mom and pop clients have no imagination... it's why we get to design. It's also a request, I never freely offer it up. Geez, just thinking about this, I mean all the renderings I've done that were requested by theme...
  9. Making a sign look illuminated

    I have to do this all the time, I put a warning on the page that it's just a simulation... I mean really, all drawings are simulations... I do this in Illustrator, but works the same in Corel I put a CMYK black over the whole image, adjust the transparency, the move the "lit" portions...
  10. Can a city, town etc... bar you from using your trademarked logo or logotype?

    A municipality may not be able to restrict a trademark, but a private property owner can. I have designed plenty of sign programs that restrict some usage of a trademark for sign uniformity on certain sign types, or complete retail/business centers that use a project typeface as requested by...
  11. Sign Shop on CNBC's "The Profit"

    Investing 200k+ doesn't make the father rich... he was sweeping the floor and is probably there to watch his investment. I'm sure the move from New York to South Carolina was a strategic one, you need a Sign erectors license in New York, and you have to deal with a long permit process...
  12. Man, House Industry fonts are a rip off!

    I'm pretty selective of my font purchases, but I can't complain, I've made a lot of money off my House Industry fonts. I think they're cheap IF you are a designer... if I was replicating a design, then pass the cost to the client, Vector Dr, have them send the right file, or redesign it.
  13. Sharp corner bend in aluminum.

    :goodpost: this is what I would do...
  14. Mike Jackson?????

    http://www.handletteringforum.com/forum/index.php?sid=bf3164d604ec8e6fd4277aae5914a919 http://www.goldenstudios.com http://www.letterheadfonts.com/fonts/artists/mikejackson.php
  15. Dimensioning Tool for Illy?

    I thought you can install it on up to 2 devices. I'm running it on 2 machines right now with no issues.
  16. Printing side of the sign industry

    A few questions: I noticed you have been here for 8 years, so you have been doing vinyl for at least that long. In all that time, did you design other things like business cards or marketing materials? How are your design skills? In all this time, how efficient have you gotten with...
  17. ugly?

    Wow, that is bad... I have to wonder, was it the design firm, or client who pushed this direction... The agency involved with the design ---> http://www.wattisretail.com/index.php
  18. (Faster) Evacuation Maps

    No wonder it took long, what a mess! A lot of that is unnecessary... but since it's existing, what can you do? Here is a recent job. It's an apartment project built in the 70's and updated. I was lucky enough to get an egress diagram, I plopped the floor plan in Illustrator and made a...
  19. Some recent HDU projects

    Very nice!
  20. Illustrator Highlighted Objects

    Looks like you have the bounding box on... I think the bounding box command is in view
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