Sign Making with a Computer Page 1

Updated 12/22/2003

The following is a step-by-step process I used to create this billboard:

The first thing I did was some research on the internet.  In this case, I knew what i wanted to advertise on the billboard.  But, since the name of Hunt Paints was fictional, I needed to create my own image. So, i used the internet to find a picture of a paint can.  In this case, Benjamin Moore had a picture of a paint can.  A lot of companies include history on their websites, which is a boon for creating vintage signs.

So, now I had an image, but i wanted to replace the name of the company and manufacturing locations on the label with my own data.  You can use different software for this, but I will show you how it is done in Paint, since everyone has that. Using the "Zoom" feature in Paint, I zoomed into the lower half of the label.