PRIOR ART

INSPIRATION PHOTOS 

IN-STORE PHOTOS

WINLEY TURNER ORIGINAL PROTOTYPES 

Form/Function of original prototype: My original prototype has a "rustic/wooden" aesthetic. I had based this aesthetic decision off of the website of Graffiti and Silk. The website had pastel coloring and a retro vibe. With this gathered information from the website, I decided to create a sign based off those observations.

what new information was gained at site visit: Through the visit of Graffiti and Silk, my total vision had changed for our project. Visiting the thrift store gave us an idea of more bold colors and actual graffiti font. This helped us created an online design through Canva to collect a more accurate representation of Graffiti and Silks vision.

AMELIA JOHNSON PROTOTYPES

Form and Function of the original prototype: My initial prototype was based on a hanging sign so that it could be visible without getting in people's way on the sidewalk. I envisioned a dark background and while the lettering was softer, more pastel coloring. 

What I learned from the first visit: After visiting Graffiti & Silk I realized my idea was a little off and the vibe shifted more towards street wear and it had a lot more edge than I initially thought. Our idea now is to paint a mural of some sort with a paint or spray paint medium to create a more "city" like graffiti look. 

Design Phase 2

CANVA PROTOTYPES

Final Prototype/Vision & Dimensions 

MATERIAL LIST

Design Phase 3 & 4

FINAL PROTOTYPES

FINAL DESIGN REVIEW SLIDES

Rough Draft of Sign (To Scale)

Progress

• Meet with Amy Burns and Allison on November 8th for our final design review. We got feedback from Foxcroft design review remembers aswell as Amy and Allison from Mobile Hope.

• After our final design review, we came to a final decision for our sign (an image above is showing our final prototype)

• We tested out our original ideas, such as spray paint hearts for our background, but quickly discovered that spray paint will not work for our design vision. We got the suggestion from Ms. Patty (former owner of a sign company) to create our hearts with sign paint instead. 

• Most recently we started on a scale model of the sign on black paper. We had to redo it as we had messed up the first paper dimensions and restarted. After doing our second life-size prototype we realized our hearts were too small to see from a distance. We were able to take away how the design process would feel, final decisions, and the overall look of the sign through this practice prototype.

• Paint has been ordered. 

Goals

• We need to finish a final to-scale model 

• Reach out to Amy and Alison to approve our design 

• Communicate with Mobile Hope about the Purcellville Town requirements/rules, final details, and their preference for "thrift store" wording.

• Acquire all our materials. (Paint is ordered) 

• Make a scale of text.

• make stencils for the text

• Produce the sign

  • Prime sign

  • Paint sign black

• Deliver our final sign to Amy and Allison

Process 12/1/22

We started with a base primer and a layer of black paint for the background which dried overnight. An issue we had was that the paint was dry to the touch but with long hard pressure the paint molded to the pressure. We then measured out the dimensions for the "Graffiti & Silk" text, then we cut out an accurate sized prototype and turned it over and put body powder all over it, the flipped it back over. We then traced the lettering with regular number two pencils.

Design Phase 5

USER MANUAL 

INTENDED PURPOSE:

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING THE DESIGN:

MATERIALS:

• 5X3 FT MEDIUM DENSITY PLYWOOD
• 1-SHOT SIGN PAINT (RED, ORANGE, BLUE, WHITE, BLACK, YELLOW, GREEN, AND AQUA)
• SCRIPT SIGN BRUSHES
• PAINT THINNER
• KILZ PRIMER
• 8 SQUARE TIP PAINT BRUSHES
• BABY POWDER
• POSTER PRINTER
• PHYSICAL TO SCALE PRINT OUT WITH ACCURATE FONTS
• SKINNY MASKING TAPE 
• VINYL PRINTER
• ADHESIVE VINYL
• WAX PENCIL

• GRAPHITE PENCIL

• T-SQUARE

• WOOD GLUE

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DIGITAL DESIGN

• DOWNLOAD ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR (FOXCROFT HAS ACCOUNT)

• CREATE A NEW DOCUMENT SIZED 5'x3'

• ADD A BLACK SQUARE TO COVER THE BACKGROUND

• ADD STENCILLETA FONT FOR GRAFFITI, MYRIAD PRO FONT FOR "BY MOBILE HOPE" AND "&", AND LINSEY SIGNATURE FONT FOR "SILK"

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING SIGN:

1. PRIME PLYWOOD FRONT AND BACK
2. USE WOOD GLUE ON EDGES THEN PRIME
3. PAINT ENTIRE PLYWOOD BLACK (MULTIPLE COATS)
4.  USE THE T-SQUARE TO MEASURE OUT THE LETTERING ACCURATELY 
5. SPRINKLE BABY POWDER ON THE BACK OF THE POSTER PRINT OUT (THIS IS SO WE CAN SEE THE LINE INDENTS MADE WITH THE PENCILS)
6. PLACE A SCALE PRINT-OUT SIGN ON PLYWOOD, TAKE A SHARP PENCIL AND TRACE THE LETTERING WITH AGGRESSION
7. TRACE THE LETTERING WITH A WAX PENCIL 
8. USE SKINNY TAPE TO MAKE PERFECTLY STRAIGHT LETTERS
9. USE WHITE 1-SHOT SIGN PAINT (RECOMMENDED TO DIP IN PAINT THINNER FOR A EASIER/FASTER PAINT STROKE) AND SCRIPT BRUSHES TO FILL IN THE LETTER. LET DRY
10. USE WAX PENCIL TO SKETCH A LINE WHERE THE HEARTS WILL BE PLACED
11. PAINT RED AND ORANGE HEARTS. LET DRY!
12. PAINT YELLOW AND GREEN HEARTS. LET DRY!
13. PAINT BLUE AND AQUA HEARTS. LET DRY!
14. USE WHITE 1-SHOT SIGN PAINT TO PAINT ANOTHER LAYER ON THE LETTERING. 
15. FINISH BY PRINTING OFF THE PHRASE WITH A VINYL PRINTER AND PLACE ON SIGN. 

TIPS AND TRICKS:

1. MAKING A SIGN IS ALL ABOUT BEING PATIENT, DON'T RUSH, LET THE PAINT DRY FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS
2. WAX PENCILS ARE NOT PERMANENT
3. WET SIGN PAINT CAN BE REMOVED WITH PAINT THINNER 
4. IF SOMETHING ISNT PERFECT, LET IT DRY AND PAINT OVER IT.