Vehicle graphics is a term in today’s parlance that describes what we as sign painters used to refer to as truck lettering. This would also include pin stripping and any air brushed murals or illustration work done on vehicles. I would also include motorcycles in this category of work. RJ [...] Read more »
I believe sand blasted redwood signs started making a showing in the early 1970’s. Walter Methner was doing sand blasted signs down in the beach area of Orange County. There were also a lot of redwood signs being done with a router, but the router limited the design and the [...] Read more »
Every sketch was done by hand using the pencil or pen and markers in the days before computer drawing programs. This building is one of the oldest in the Rancho Cucamonga area. It was home to one of the first wineries in Cucamonga and owned by Tiburcio Tapia, a local [...] Read more »
I always did a scale sketch for any job that came up back then. I’d do a pencil sketch first, then a colored sketch once the deposit was received. A good friend of mine, Bob Babcock, owner of RWB Party Props in Orange, had me doing prop painting and sign [...] Read more »
I always liked doing custom banners and I still do. I use scaled artwork converted to a transparency and hand letter my banners with one shot enamel. When I had my shop in Anaheim I could do 40’ banners if necessary. Most of the time they were around 8’ in [...] Read more »