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The hand painted bakery sign in Charleston had me sketching on a napkin at the counter
I was in Charleston, South Carolina last month for my cousin's wedding and I ducked into this tiny bakery on King Street called Sugar Bakeshop just to get out of the rain. The sign above the case was hand painted with this wobbly lettering over a mint green background and a little lemon slice in the corner, and I could not stop staring at it. The letters were not evenly spaced at all and the edge of the paint had this soft brush look instead of a clean line, but somehow it felt warmer than any logo I have seen on a screen. I pulled out a napkin and sketched the little lemon shape at least four times while I waited for my coffee, and the woman at the counter laughed and told me the owner had painted it herself about six years ago. It got me thinking that most of what we make now is so crisp and perfect that it loses the human hand in it. I want to try painting something for my own little workspace wall instead of printing a poster, but I am worried it will just look sloppy. Has anyone here ever gone from digital work to actually painting a sign or a poster by hand, and did the uneven parts end up helping or hurting it?
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veraramirez4d ago
Painted a wobbly menu board for my kitchen last year and the uneven edges made it feel cozy, not sloppy.
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