23k gold with 18kt matte horizontal rules and dark blue split shade. The script and oval emblem are screen printed 23k gold.
“I created the Art Deco influenced logo for this business as well as the window signage,” says Dan. “It’s important that the artwork looks good in black and white before adding color. Airbrushing as well as various karats of gold leaf were used in the lettering. The movie camera is done in 12k burnished gold.”
CNC-router cut from 2-in. HDU board with an aluminum bracket to follow the sign shape; finished with 100% acrylic paints
23k burnished double-outline with 16k centers and a transparent green outline between the double outlines. The traditional symbol for pawn shops is three spheres, so Dan incorporated gilded watch crystals into the design and adhered them to the glass with cyanoacrylate glue.
“This was fun to design,” says Dan. “It’s double-sided ¾-in. overlaid plywood, airbrushed background, hand lettered and painted pictorial.”
2020 is 1-in. HDU board and the secondary copy is ¼-in. acrylic. All lettering is finished with 23k gold. The 2-by-3-ft. background is repurposed maple box-car flooring, stained and finished exterior acrylic satin clear. Dan wanted the clean lettering to contrast with the background.
“On this one I tried to take an existing logo and adapt it to make a unique sign. I made the sign shape to mimic a bat. I had the 109-by-35-in. panel cut out of HDU board on a CNC router. The lettering is an additional layer of ¾-in. HDU that was gilded. The background and borders are painted a faux bronze and copper patina.” Click on Blog on www.danseesestudios.com to see the blog post about the sign.
Substrate is 2-in. HDU board, painted with 100% acrylic. Tree profile on bracket is ¼-in. aluminum, hand painted.
A combination of vinyl graphics and hand painting on 40-by-54-in. panel of ¾-in. overlaid plywood.
“This is a combination of HDU board and acrylic,” Dan says. “I designed the bracket from elements in the logo and had it cut out of ¼-in. plate steel. All elements are painted with Matthews catalyzed urethane [www.matthewspaint.com].”
6-by-6-ft. transom designed to complement an historic renovation in Telluride, Colorado, with a glue-chipped background. Lettering is 23k gold with glue-chipped centers and mother-of-pearl. The 201 is depth-carved into the glass and gilded.
Acrylic lettering on 28-by-36-in. HDU panel
23k burnished outlines, 18k matte centers, red split-shadows. The copper leaf acanthus motifs were adapted from the columns on the building.
Gilded ½-in. cut-out PVC letters on 48-by-27-in. panel of 1/8-in. aluminum faces screwed to aluminum frame with decorative rivet caps. “The stormy background was built up with transparent paints,” says Dan, “and finished with UV clear."
Designed as a faux ghost sign inside a restaurant, this was painted with acrylic paints, then distressed and a muddy glaze applied before clearing with a matte finish.
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