Fire your vinyl sign maker, and paint one yourself!
Okay, that might not always be so easy, but you have to admit that hand painted signs have a wonderful charm. Even when they are done poorly!
Below are some of the hand painted signs from around our little town of Carrboro, NC, although one is a tag that I thought was hilarious, and another is of some old vinyl letters that are slowly peeling off of the side of a building. The crinkling paper-like quality of the aging vinyl wins my vote, and thus is allowed in to this gallery. If you have any links to hand painted signs, feel free to add them in the comments, I would love to see some from near where you live. (Is it me or am I beginning to sound a bit like Mr. Rogers?)
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Sunday type: dotsquared type | i love typography, the typography blog added these pithy words on Apr 06 08 at 9:39 pm[...] 6 — Unzipped Baseline grids in Indesign — CreativeCurio Hand-painted signs — ableparris Numerous Numerals explained — FontFeed Get the [...]
Able Parris | Collage, Design, Inspiration, and Creativity » Blog Archive » Found Type Photography added these pithy words on Jul 13 08 at 9:55 pm[...] for more found type, check out my post of local hand-painted signs. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]
Able Parris | Collage, Design, Inspiration, and Creativity » Blog Archive » Carrboro Outsider Art added these pithy words on Aug 16 08 at 1:26 am[...] Hand Painted Signs of Carrboro Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
Eve added these pithy words on Aug 18 08 at 5:39 pmCheck out mysticbluesigns.com. If people are looking for examples of hand painted signs, they should not overlook the professional sign painters–digital typography initially put sign painters out of work, but some of us refused to quit painting–we are making more CREATIVE signs to fill the gap left wide open by the limitations of the computer. Lettering is a wonderful means of self-expression. Funky folk art signs are not the only alternative to vinyl!
Able added these pithy words on Aug 18 08 at 5:59 pmEve, thanks for the link to your work, you have some great work there. Keep painting, it’s great!
contract added these pithy words on Aug 19 08 at 6:00 pmPainting is art when it’s so effective It really mean much.So nice looks keep it up…………
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