HOW HAND PAINTED SIGNS HELP YOUR ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS - SIGN ARTIST ALEX KURAKAKE OF SMART ALEX SIGNS
As recently as the 1980s, it was impossible to walk down any main retail precinct without seeing hand painted signs of some type. Storefronts, billboards, murals, banners, and even street signs were hand-lettered with brushes and paint, relying entirely on the skill of the painter to make them readable and eye-catching.
Since those days technology has come a long way in the signwriting industry replacing simple hand tools with materials of the twenty-first century. This has paved the way for illuminated signage and a variety of vinyl signs that are high impact and very effective for business advertising.
While we all enjoy the amazing impact technology has had on the capabilities of the signage industry, you might also find that technology is not always the best fit. In a highly competitive market space with a variety of marketing avenues, it is important that your business makes an impression, shows off its personality and stands out and a great way to do that is with a professional hand-painted sign artist like Alex Kurakake of Smart Alex Signs!
Traditional hand painted signs or signwriting is freehand lettering of words and symbols with a brush and paint. It is an art and the skill of design and layout. In hand painting, planning and spacing are key as is:
🎨 the knowledge of a variety of fonts 🎨 making patterns 🎨 prepping boards
🎨 mixing paint 🎨 using shadows 🎨 outlines 🎨 highlights
🎨 borders 🎨 centering and balance
Traditionally, hand painted signs often announced a place’s identity or a person’s ownership of a business and were used as promotional tools. There is a rich heritage for the traditional craft of hand painted signs and the use of signs has been around since ancient times, which is a very long history in the realm of artisan crafts.
Like many things in the world, old things become new, trendy and valued again, much like hand painted signs. Because of a number of reasons, retailers and business owners in Orange County - Los Angeles are starting to increasingly turn to sign painters to convey a sense of individuality, to stand out and communicate that their products are unique.
WHY CHOOSE SMART ALEX HAND-PAINTED SIGNS FOR YOUR EXTERIOR WINDOW STOREFRONT?
Traditional signwriting is a highly demanding skill that is resurfacing into modern day business branding and advertisement because it is permanent, easy to touch up and makes a real statement for your business brand. It’s also a classic and stylish way to give your business or home a real feeling of individuality and character.
Hand-painted lettering and decoration suits many applications where modern, computer-generated lettering and graphics are not appropriate. The painted graphics are fantastic for outside of buildings and internal office walls or feature walls in homes. For business, nothing can connect you with customers like a unique design of hand painted signs from Alex Kurakake of Smart Alex Signs.
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Los Angeles, Orange County, Southern California
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