I was a sign guy for 20+ years, did alot of vinyl letters, airbrushing painted carved signs, printed truck wraps, etc...the typical quick buck hack sign shop stuff....once I was at a sign convention in Atlantic City I saw a pinstriper/letterhead guy striping an old 50s ford panel truck with both hands at the same time......he could stop mid way through pulling a line talk to you go right back and keep going, you could not tell where he stopped, the rear doors and hood had an elaborate scroll design he did symetrically with both hands at the same time......it was absolutely wild and fun to watch a real artist enjoying his craft like that.....nothing compares to a real hand lettered job especially on an old restored race car, airplane, train etc.
Im 24 since i can remember i did stuff like this like this. Something about showing off your work nothing but your own true skills & years of trial & error. I tried getting into selling & doing stuff like this but seems like not many people care for this & those who do want a great job & want to pay a penny Just another weekend hobby. Congrats for making it
56 years old...... I'm just falling in love with hanfcrafted things. I started with my old motorcycle helmet two years ago. Every time i See a pinstriper in action i can't take my eyes off. Great job!! Cheers from 💚🤍❤️
As a sign artist of 20+ years who learned it from an elderly guy when I was in my 20's, it makes me happy to see it continued by the next generation. I don't get to do it very often anymore, too busy buildeing modern signage, but love my job when i get to. LOVE IT!! keep it up!
Nice work... takes me back to the early 1900s , not that I was around then, I’m 43 yrs. young, but that’s what beautiful art does..... takes u to that time and place.......
great video. one comment mentioned about this not being a lost art. I guess he didn't pick up the fact that it was sign painting. my brother in law's father was in this business. and yes there's not many sign painter's around, at least this type. many just use stencils and spray guns.
Ken Sendelofski thank you, how many people didn’t pick that up, the Lost Art is the name of his business. The amount of negative crap about this video is bizarre. But thanks again for paying attention
People have to convince themselves their technological laziness is evolution rather than the good old fashioned laziness it really is. You would be amazed how insecure people become anytime you mention somebody being good at something too. They think everybody should be equal, despite the hard work some of us put in to be excellent. Like musicians, they are convinced they made a deal with the devil. They can't believe somebody might have actually devoted their life to a craft, something besides their own self interest
@@LongWalkFilms a lot of the people I come across are put off by the unique or the marvelous. I see instead a sad desperate attempt to "fit in." I.e Instagram, fb, snapcbat, etc. cultures that encourage mediocrity. On the other hand, we are just around the corner from a new decade and the changes I see look good
Hand Lettering is not dead .Big Macks and tow trucks still use it as well as bikes and hot rods ,plus race cars. Vinyl is just a tool to manipulate 1-Shot. Vinyl is not for letters.
Yep Ill give him full credit on making a career out of our art, but Id say go learn how to do it properly, as a signwriter myself, 25yrs in, first thing I noticed is his paint is too thick on the brush, BUT its fantastic to see younger ones coming thru my trade
and his letter shape is off, his kerning is out and there are a few others bits Id say he needs to pick up on, but Im sure that he can learn it with a teacher
Im about take on a head position as sign artist but using acrylic markers for the most part. any advice or some good resources to study and practice fonts? Nice work by the way.
TJ is one of the finest sign writers / craftsmen there is. I could watch him for hours. I'd live to know if there are any more videos with him in it? He does seem a bit elusive. Anyway I like his work.
Painting a menu. After spending ten hours on it for a couple hundred you realize a word was missing or misspelled and you can't correct it because the spacing is now way off. Thank goodness for the vinyl.
You seem to be confusing your own limited experience with everybody else. You could have learnt from those mistakes and prevented them from happening again instead of being bitter about it, And hours for a couple of hundred? A lot of people get that for a week so grow up and get some perspective.
Cool work 👍love watching this stuff, wish they would do a show on artists and their works! The car shows is always fake drama never showing the painters enough ( work wise) what’s....what’s with the serial killer music?
William schlenger bring it back with some amazing work, there are still great Signwriters in N.J. Like Glenn Weisgerber and Julian Barret ,both have been around a long time and are well respected.
New Jersey is (was) one of the most respected bastions of hand lettering in the U.S.A. I traveled this nation for almost eighteen years pinstriping motorcycles ,hot rods ,and Custom cars, met many signmen across this nation ,most are still my friends to this day, and their talents are right up their with the GOAT . This and hand pinstriping are by no means dead, one of the tools that I make is a gridding tool that helps with symmetry , since 2009 I have sold 16,000 ! Doesn’t sound like it’s dyeing does it? I’ve also got brushes out that make learning fun, lettering or pinstriping doesn’t matter, I’ve changed the norm in design, and they are actually fun to work with..I will not let this art form die! It’s just too valuable, watch Davidographicsguy videos on you tube!
Not true. It's nowhere near as common as it was (at least here in the US), but obviously SOMEONE still does. This kind of work is still quite prevalent in Latin America.
@@rockabillycat1954 Honestly, even here in NYC there is a TON of handpainting done on elaborate signage, building facades, menu boards, etc. I don't usually do that type of work but there's so much outdoor painting here, I was contacted & recently assisted with painting the characters in a community center mural
hello friend i also do this kind of work i'm from brazil, a city called sorocaba in the state of são paulo i wanted to see if you would not send the press of brushes of letters and fillets like the one you are using you could do this favor to see for me i would be forever grateful here there are no easy stores that sell these types of brushes give me a return since already thank you i'm luiz marcos joaquim
Awesome work this guy is great ! I tried pinstriping and it's alot harder then you would think I couldn't do it . Love to get my bike stripped by him....top notch ! Great video !
To do it correctly you need to use a maulstick. Properly used, your work will look professional instead of how it looks now. I've been in the graphic arts business for 42 years,so I know what I'm talking about!
