15 Mar 2012
Flag Makers sign in San Francisco faces uncertain future
Photo: Joe Thompson
This blog post signals a likely future RIP for this ghostsign in San Francisco.
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‘It hasta be SHASTA’: Great slogan and preservation debate from San Francisco
Great collection of signs and a write up on the Perception Filter blog about this soft drink campaign in San Francisco. More here.
15 Jan 2012
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Rick Janzen of Streamline Studios creates a ‘ghostsign’ from scratch
Photos: Rick Janzen This photo essay shows the various stages in recreating the effect of a ghostsign using water-based paints (the rest of the blog is worth checking out too, especially this post and this one). This appears to be a different technique to that employed by Colossal Media at the end of this video. […]
11 Mar 2012
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Sign painter tributes from Colossal Media and the Sign Painter Movie
This was new to me today, the first film from Colossal Media and a tribute to the team at Sky High Murals who execute their huge hand-painted advertising murals in the USA. Nice. (Read more Colossal Media posts.) Another tribute comes in book with the publication of ‘Sign Painters’ by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon. This […]
31 Oct 2012
