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I am working on a layout right now that works very well on one side of a vehicle but looks horrible on the other. My design conscience says I shouldn't put different layouts on either side of the vehicle other than maybe mirroring some aspects. Would love to hear thoughts. Thanks!

Hello Team, How do you scale all of your artwork based on sizing a single item in that artwork. Example: Vehicle wrap with the word "Poop" on it. I know that I want the "o" to be 12"h. How can I enter in that value and have it scale the rest of the artwork accordingly? Seems like...

Hello folks!! Kind quiet today and I had this idea..wrap the file cabinet and get a better look for my shop...Pleas leave your message and let me know what you guys think! see ya Material used: Oracal 3651 / lamination 210g

I want to put floor graphics on my entire shop floor (about 20x30'). No heavy equip rolling over other than laminator and my desk chair :). (I am going to wrap the room from floor to ceiling with graphics so we can show our capabilities to customers and I want to work in outer space or the...

What is a reasonable billing approach to art / setup time incurred while sending a project to production? Are art fees necessary? Should the art time consumed in house by a hourly employee be billed at all? Is it better to accurately bill the art by the minute or round it out to the hour?

I found Signs101 googling a vendor. It looked like a good community, so I decided to stay :wink: I do graphics, and tell my clients if it can be printed on I'll find it for them. My business is micro - I'm hoping to grow to small by the end of the year! But I am also pacing my growth with the...

Hi everyone, Wondering how other shops handle their digital files. Currently we have our designers create a layout file, then after its approved we create a separate CUT file for our plotters and a PRINT file for our digital printers. All equipment we run uses FlexiSIGN and we design with...

Hi folks, I really wanted to see the designs for my newest lantern project reach people who had a cutter/plotter and so I figured this would be a good place for a plug. I made this Quasicrystal Star Lantern with a Craft Robo Pro but they can probably be made with just about any vinyl cutter...

I’ve been trying to decide which RF image subscription would best suit my design business. There’s plenty of choice out there among the plethora of established and fledgling sites (the latter having a nasty habit of vanishing as quickly as they appear). So first I narrowed it down to six -...

Good Evening SignMakers! I am designing a wrap for a motorcycle helmet. If you have any templates or input for designing and or installation of the helmet wrap it would be appreciated. The finished product needs to look like a flaming human skull. Thanks, CC

Hey Guys, I have done a custom made logo for my friend, She wanted her First letter of her Name and Surname. Which is S T. I wanted to do something different big and bold So....I sat down on my laptop and started messing about with shapes. I got a line and curved them from each end and...

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My name is Arthur Kucher. I'm design engineer in sign business. Nice to meet all of you.

I dare you to print this and hang it somewhere. Get permission first, of course, or design your own and print that. Or link to it from a blog post about the value of good design.

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Im working with a logo for an ventilation firm, but i dont feel comfortable with my ideas... This is what i have done so far...what do you think? They also whanted me too use the color RAL 5021 or RAL 5018 , but i dont think that color will fit.

I pay attention to what works (and what doesn't) in all kinds of design. It's kind of a nerdy obsession. One thing I have never been able to wrap my head around is why some font combinations work... and others don't. When you want to combine fonts, what should you consider? Where do you start...

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Wow. I love stuff like this. I'm curious to know what you folks think.