How to make a cool sign

[whiteyhouston]

so.. I saw the 'angry' thread and I have long felt that old-timey sign makin' was a dying art. I've made a few sets of lights and signs for various things (plays and bands mostly)..
here's a small set of pics detailing how I made a giant sparkling sign for our NYE show and upcoming video:



plan:


grid:


cut then drill:


painty:


sparkle:


metal cladding:


light test:


helper:


santawig:

[micro]

very, very cool.

[Joshua Lexvold]

Nice!

[ASPrintingPress]

Holy shit man that's awesome, nice work.

[mono_666]

I want to do that for my flatstock booth

[standard]

as far as GP process threads go, most don't end with cheering crowds. So kudos on that.

[victor_howitzer]

Yeah, nice work man!

[kentdd]

rad, i am working on a sign as well. what is and where did you get that red glitter/sparkly sh*t

[breeree]

Heavy stuff Whitey, are those lights just regular christmas lights?

[dustin wallace]

as far as GP process threads go, most don't end with cheering crowds. So kudos on that.

you should've thought of that when you were working on that mural.