Hand painting a traditional TATTOO SHOP sign - The art of SIGN PAINTING (Signwriting) | Lettering

This is my latest video, Involving the traditional art of sign painting (Signwriting), in this video I paint a sign for Riverside tattoo. A tattoo shop in Peterborough, Ontario.
Sign was completed for the Traditional sign painting company.
Sign painting is an craft that has been practiced for hundreds of years, and maybe longer.
Sadly few artists still complete works like this by hand.
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The letter head
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[@jamescain8502]

Incredible work, such a joy to watch; I would have got lost keeping track of which highlight goes where, etc. you have a great talent. 🤘🤘🤘

[@theletterhead]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@-the-1-86]

I got my subscription just for the workmanship

[@jamesrichardson771]

Wow 💥

[@gregmullins6927]

I'm not into tattoos but I think tattoo signs are the most interesting and artistic of all signs,excellent work mate.

[@Bandungski]

Master 👨🏼‍🎨

[@theletterhead]

Thanks Mike!

[@gerald326]

Great design, great skill. Love it.

[@theletterhead]

Thanks Gerald!

[@Jezz_Mcfly]

Splendid ! - Looks superb 🙌

[@artgeometrix6346]

How stunning. This is such beautiful work.

[@theletterhead]

Thank you!

[@maikunari]

Looks amazing!

[@theletterhead]

Thanks Mike, Hope your well!

[@monsterforge1763]

Beautiful composistion again, the vibrancy and design is top notch again matey, the only thing I would say, to ease your pain on multicoating letters etc, is to leave te graphic areas under the lettering blank with just the base colour, it will save you time multicoating letters, and soften the the releif surface of the overlaying plane of the lettering on top, brillant stuff again, cheers for the timeyou put in to make these vids.

[@theletterhead]

Yeah this was quite a complicated work file to follow so to save time on the design I left some things as they were. At the detriment to slower painting time, but to change the design would have been worse. Not the ideal recourse most times.

[@sonuartp8539]

Fantastic

[@theletterhead]

Thanks!

[@yasirahmad375]

Great job sir

[@theletterhead]

Thankyou Yasir!

[@swaddington9399]

That’s bloody stunning, great work! I would love to work on something like this!

[@theletterhead]

Thank you! The customer was over the moon with the finished sign

[@artslive66]

Good job

[@theletterhead]

Thanks Murthy!

[@luzbarrera5299]

Are you painting on wood?did you use primer , wood primer?did you put a clear coat after is done?? Thank you!! Good videos!!

[@terryteague6226]

Grasp the roll of tape between the thumb and forefinger and then throw it as far from the easel as possible.

[@theletterhead]

Hahaha! Terry, I promise I will start doing more video's without it. Well especially the ones that aren't paid work. What did you think of this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ-yXoRjrNFnrtk

[@bluejayfabrications2216]

I'd say it's a tool no different to any other and if it improves the work or the process why not

[@CesarGutierrez-pc9ms]

Hey brow, excelent job, What brand of brush You recommended? I see your videos from Tijuana Mexico

[@theletterhead]

I like Handover UK brushes. the synthetic ones are very cheap too.

[@joshtonry4291]

What kind of tape do you use? Is it masking tape? Drafting tape? Painters tape?

[@theletterhead]

I use a painters tape. Although only because of its easy availability as its from a distributor we use often for other things. The thinner tapes are better and leave less of a ridge where the paint meets the tape. When in the UK we used a thinner more plastic based one which was great for this.

[@joshtonry4291]

Some people have a real hate for tape. I had a sign painters friend that had this Wooden backed sign Painter book it was really old either late 1800s or really early1900s. It taught about making Gummed Backed Paper. This was before tape was called tape. Do let people tell you how to do your signs, if something makes your job easier and you feel comfortable taking those steps, then carry on. Some of us that aren't masters are still learning tricks to make the job go more smoothly. I like seeing how the tape (gum backed paper) makes some of those edges a whole lot cleaner and sharp

[@henrymurrell5983]

Hello There How can I apply for these kind of brushes

[@theletterhead]

Hi mate, I get most of my brushes from Handovers uk

[@hacedms]

Did you wait for the paint to dry before painting the outline?

[@theletterhead]

Yeah I wouldn't try to paint over it wet and it would cause it to mix.

[@hacedms]

@@theletterhead thank you 😊

[@toniesk3321]

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[@toniesk3321]

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