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Sometimes the simplest logo idea can be the strongest way to communicate
Simple but effective logo design … more →
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Sometimes the simplest logo idea can be the strongest way to communicate
rthomasboyd wrote 21 hours ago: Simple but effective logo design … more →
It's very tough to get a color blend right but this one looks great. I liked it even before it left the shop.
rthomasboyd wrote 1 day ago: Here's a billboard with some great color … more →
This is a great new technology. High density urathane can be made to do just about anything.
rthomasboyd wrote 3 days ago: High density urathane foam, sand blasted & hand painted … more →
Another from Chez Joel. Joel is a great guy. I enjoyed working with him.
rthomasboyd wrote 4 days ago: MDO sign @ Chez Joel on the SW side of Chicago. … more →
I did this one in the late 1980s. The thing was that the window was loose in the frame at the time so I recommended it be repaired. It was'nt & shortly after someone broke it. The cool part was that all the leaf work was undamaged so they had it cut & hung in the new window in sections.
rthomasboyd wrote 5 days ago: Leaf work in McHenry, Il … more →
Christopher David Ryan
thestarryeyed wrote 5 days ago: Christopher David Ryan is a graphic artist from Portland, in Maine, United States. One of his proje … more →
Pawel Is A Comic Artist
Another World wrote 5 days ago: Pawel Piechnik came to Belfast a few years ago to work as an architect, now he’s back in … more →
Crisp and clean is one way to do it! Add a hand painted illustration as well as a handmade maple frame & you've got a great little sign.
rthomasboyd wrote 5 days ago: I enjoyed doing the little illustration on this one. He's cool is'nt he? … more →
I can't count how many of these I've made over the years. This one I think is very nice.
rthomasboyd wrote 1 week ago: Sand blasted redwood sign … more →
Glass painting is very rewarding. It always seems to come out looking spectacular
rthomasboyd wrote 1 week ago: Reverse design on glass … more →
Made many of these the old fasioned way. Classic constuction sometimes counts!
rthomasboyd wrote 1 week ago: A-frame sign designed on the PC & painted by hand … more →
Here's a spin on your usual water color painting. I have to say it came out better then I thought it would.
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rthomasboyd wrote 1 week ago: Nude rocker, Water colors … more →
Going up downtown! This is a hand painted wall sign.
rthomasboyd wrote 1 week ago: Alumni Club, Downtown Chicago … more →
These are nice little signs I did some time ago. We hand cut the mask material back then.
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rthomasboyd wrote 1 week ago: Sand blasted redwood, Wonder Lake, Illinois … more →
If I remember correctly I did this sign about 20 years ago. They're really durable and beautiful.
rthomasboyd wrote 1 week ago: Sand blasted redwood sign … more →
This sign was from the early 90s. It still looks as good as the day it was installed.
rthomasboyd wrote 2 weeks ago: Hand painted MDO plywood … more →
100,000,000 letters? Maybe. Painting menu boards really builds your brush skills.
rthomasboyd wrote 2 weeks ago: Another fun menu board … more →
Here's another menu layout from Mon Ami Gabi yet another french restaurant
rthomasboyd wrote 2 weeks ago: Mon Ami Gabi, Flexing their mussels. … more →
I worked at this billboard shop on two occations. The first time as an apprentice and the second as the foreman. Great gentlemen over there.
rthomasboyd wrote 3 weeks ago: Billboard in my Duo sign and billboards days … more →
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