Site Survey Project - #5 Aliceanna

Source Photo - This is part of a custom sign we provided. I had to go back and resurvey it as the client had changed their logo and wanted to see about modifying or replacing this sign to reflect the new brand. This was one of the rare cases where the intent of the original sign was to be rough and worn rather than shiny and new.

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The Site Survey Project is a series of graphic images created from photographs I took during site surveys for my work at Chesapeake Sign Company. For more details about this project see my original post about it here.

Site Survey Project - #4 Tic Tan

Source Photo - A big interior illuminated cabinet that the client was considering retrofitting with LEDs. A costly proposition that was never implemented.

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The Site Survey Project is a series of graphic images created from photographs I took during site surveys for my work at Chesapeake Sign Company. For more details about this project see my original post about it here.

Site Survey Project - #3 Washington

Source Photo - Some vandals made off with the sign that was supported by this post (and it's mate not shown.) The posts had become loose over time making it easy to yank the sign out and make off with it. I imagine it's decor in some teenagers room right now. The purpose of this photo was to note the nature and location of the routs on the post so a new panel could be made to fit.

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The Site Survey Project is a series of graphic images created from photographs I took during site surveys for my work at Chesapeake Sign Company. For more details about this project see my original post about it here.

The Site Survey Project #2 - Wyndhurst

Here is no. 2 in the SSP series. This image was of a roof where we were contemplating placing a sign on a custom fabricated bracket to fit the pitch of the roof and hold the sign vertically. In the end the signs ended up being placed where the old existing signs were, elsewhere on the building. As is often the case this original idea was a bit of a dead end. But I don't consider such things a waste of time, rather a valuable step in figuring out the final solution. Often dead ends contain hidden doors to a more desirable route.

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The Site Survey Project is a series of graphic images created from photographs I took during site surveys for my work at Chesapeake Sign Company. For more details about this project see my original post about it here.

Introducing the Site Survey Project - #1 Alterwood

SSP - Alterwood, originally uploaded by Mr & Mrs Speeed.

The Site Survey Project is a series of graphic images created from photographs I took during site surveys for my work at Chesapeake Sign Company.

Original photos were purely utilitarian photos to record some detail of an existing sign or site to be repaired or replaced. No thought was given to artistic composition at the time. I came up with this idea and went back through old site survey photos and picked ones that seemed to have some compositional interest. I then vectorized them through a color trace process using only 3 or 4 colors. Made some tweaks to color sometimes adding a couple more colors by using different stroke and fill colors on an object.

Something about taking a non artistic photo of an object designed for graphic communication that is in decay, then reducing that photo to a few colors and turning it into it's own graphic and then presenting it as a piece of art says something about the cyclic and transient nature of communication and design. Though I'm not sure what.

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This image is from a section of an sandblasted sign that was falling apart due to poor construction. A delivery person had hit the previous sign and offered to replace it. He did a very poor job making the replacement and it was not long before we were called in to replace it properly.

sea witch

sea witch, originally uploaded by Mr & Mrs Speeed.

I worked this Cecaelia up over the weekend. We recently got a membership to the aquarium so perhaps that influenced this marine based monstrosity. As is typical with a lot of my drawings I did not start out with a plan, or rather I did and then quickly diverted from it as soon as I began. It reminds me of a blend of Mayan, Greek mosaic and modern pop styles.

paperwork

I had a meeting with a client this week at one of the cafe's downtown. He was running a bit late so I sketched the man sitting at the table across from me. The man was working away on a bunch of paperwork. Despite my trying not to be obviously staring at him I think he picked up on me looking over at him periodically and eventually he got up and left. I can't help but wonder what he was working on so intently.