Effective design creates a powerful first impression
The business’s sign often makes the critical initial contact with prospective customers
These tools make it easy to add textures and patterns to graphics In every issue, SignCraft gives a few sign makers an imaginary project. We ask them to do a sketch of the sign they... Read More There’s more to the experience than handing folks an ice cream cone Find a few projects that will let you stretch your creative wings Greg Preheim: 1945 – 2018 Greg Preheim of Greg Signs & Murals, Irene, South Dakota, died November 20, 2018 of lymphoma. He and,... Read More Timesaving shortcuts from SignCraft readers We’d like to see your shop vehicles!
Using swatches, patterns and tiles in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Design & Price: 4-by-16-ft. storefront sign
Creating a theme and a package for an ice cream parlor
Design Clinic: Take a break and have some fun
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Put a little curve on it
You see a lot of flat signs, and you see a fair amount of 3D signs with flat layers—but you don’t see very... Read More
Get great design ideas on your phone every day
One thing you never have enough of in the sign business is fresh ideas and design inspiration. You’re constantly pressed to come up... Read More
Fix a cutter that doesn’t cut graphics completely
It’s really frustrating to start weeding a contour cut print/lam job only to find that some of the cuts are incomplete because the... Read More
Download this helpful sales tool
Even when you make them every day, it’s easy to overlook some of the potential sign needs of your customers. Dan Mika created... Read More
