Topic: Road-related Illustrations (Read 374461 times)

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1150 on:** July 10, 2010, 08:01:14 PM »

to me one of the interstate shields looks more rounded than the other. (leave it to Maryland to do that!) Furthermore, one has the inner blue section with rounded upper corners, the other with squared off upper corners.

I also noticed I got the corner radius of rounding incorrect on the white inner rectangle. And the fonts are fairly hit or miss. And the arrow's top may or may not be too pointy (hard to tell if there was any rounding given the resolution of the original image), and TRUCKS TO is definitely too large and a bit too bold.

I'd need to see a higher-resolution photo of this sign to be able to make a really accurate copy. I don't think I'll sell this one, so it doesn't matter. It's a 48x24, which is a fairly awkward size to work with. 24x24 and 36x18 are about the biggest I can readily work with. 36x24 if you ask nicely and appreciate my disproportionate markup!

TheStranger · « **Reply #1151 on:** July 10, 2010, 08:17:21 PM »

One thing I'm guessing - and unfortunately that photo isn't high res enough to tell - is that it seems that the top isn't quite red-on-white, but rather a very very faded white-on-red (which became a reddish white-on-faded pink).

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1152 on:** July 10, 2010, 08:23:07 PM »

I made further modifications - fixed the corner rounding, the extra boldness of "TRUCKS TO" and the bottom points on the shields.

the oddly rounded top corners to the blue field may be explained by the sign layers peeling, but I kept those because they randomly look good. Of course, this implies I have to keep the background behind INTERSTATE white - even though you're probably right, it faded into inversion.

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1153 on:** July 10, 2010, 08:49:01 PM »

here it is with correct non-faded crown color.

TheStranger · « **Reply #1154 on:** July 10, 2010, 08:51:08 PM »

Looks great! Is that an early retroreflective, or a non-reflective metal sign?

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1155 on:** July 10, 2010, 08:52:49 PM »

I believe it was at one point retroreflective, and then it faded into being barely so. It would explain the color inversion, which is much more likely to occur on retroreflective materials.

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1156 on:** July 10, 2010, 09:39:06 PM »

one more. same basic idea. 24x36 guide sign, with the design taken from a 1944 reference manual that showed a black sign with a US shield, updated to late 50s specs.

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1157 on:** July 10, 2010, 10:14:18 PM »

and here is the 24x36 US guide sign from 1944.

this sign was to be enclosed in a wooden frame; I omitted that in the drawing. The wooden frame is about 1" wide in pictures I've seen of this style of guide sign, and it's mounted to poles, therefore there are no mounting holes on the sign itself.

the 1944 reference manual does not specify the shield size, so I shrank a slightly later 24" Maryland US shield down to 16x16. The only US route shields mentioned in the manual are 16x16 embossed - perhaps an embossed route shield was to be affixed to the guide sign? Examples are, alas, sadly lacking.

also, the 1944 manual specifies either Stimsonite buttons, or reflective sheeting. This design clearly has the sheeting option.

froggie · « **Reply #1158 on:** July 13, 2010, 08:32:30 AM »

Side note: I think we have enough of the "Perkins Union" material to create its own thread...

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1159 on:** July 13, 2010, 11:07:05 AM »

Quote from: froggie on July 13, 2010, 08:32:30 AM

Side note: I think we have enough of the "Perkins Union" material to create its own thread...

split.

BigMattFromTexas · « **Reply #1160 on:** July 14, 2010, 06:21:38 PM »

Here's one I made for a fictional state. I created some weird type of state highway shield. And I made a weird toll road sign. This would be along the U.S.-Mexico border, and you'd exit off to get to the Customs and what not. The toll road goes right along the border. So here's the sign:

BigMatt

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1161 on:** July 14, 2010, 06:38:28 PM »

so basically you can take the toll road along the border before officially entering the US at a point of entry?

BigMattFromTexas · « **Reply #1162 on:** July 14, 2010, 06:54:53 PM »

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 14, 2010, 06:38:28 PM

so basically you can take the toll road along the border before officially entering the US at a point of entry?

Umm, I thought about that, it hurt my head, but I think that's what I mean. I don't have this one drawn out like the other fictional places I've done. But I think that's right. You'd like exit off the tollway, then you'd like take Toll 141 to the customs stuff. Then you'd come into the States. But I did it wrong, I shouldn't have said "U.S. Customs and Port of Entry" cause it's supposed to go to Mexico, and I should have just said "Mexico" or something. But I'll change it from a U.S. state to say an entire fictional country between Mexico and the U.S. and then, umm, oh shoot, I'll just make a map of it.....
BigMatt

BigMattFromTexas · « **Reply #1163 on:** July 20, 2010, 05:40:03 PM »

I have another sign project I'm gonna be doing. It's of a fictional city I'm making on MS Paint. I have to finish all the roads that'll have exits/on ramps to the freeway. So I should be done with that soon. Just throwin' that out there

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Here's how I know what to make the signs look like when I'm doing the ones from maps I draw. Instead of having a huge poster board in front of me on my laptop. So here's the picture:

Sadly that's the best picture I have.

BigMatt

BigMattFromTexas · « **Reply #1164 on:** July 25, 2010, 07:41:52 PM »

I don't really care about the triple post cause no one has posted in a while except for me so;
I made some for San Antonio:

This one I made the shields "faded" instead of the normal darker blue and red.

BigMatt

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1165 on:** July 25, 2010, 08:03:35 PM »

nice fading! the red tends to fade a lot more than the blue, so maybe fade that one nearly all the way to white?

BigMattFromTexas · « **Reply #1166 on:** July 25, 2010, 11:17:23 PM »

OK, so I made three different fades, which one would look best on the BGS one post above this?

BigMatt

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1167 on:** July 25, 2010, 11:29:23 PM »

Quote from: BigMatt on July 25, 2010, 11:17:23 PM

OK, so I made three different fades, which one would look best on the BGS one post above this?

BigMatt

the third, for sure. now add a state name to the 10 shield.

BigMattFromTexas · « **Reply #1168 on:** July 25, 2010, 11:46:23 PM »

Here it is. I'm real new to state names, but I guess it can't be too bad for a first time.

BigMatt

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1169 on:** July 25, 2010, 11:49:49 PM »

Clearview was devised in Texas more recently than the state name was dropped, so go to Highway Gothic with the state-named shields!

BigMattFromTexas · « **Reply #1170 on:** July 26, 2010, 12:22:49 AM »

Ooops, this one has centering issues, I'll fix that.

BigMatt

agentsteel53 · « **Reply #1171 on:** July 26, 2010, 12:23:36 AM »

sweet! now add '61 spec button copy US-87

TheStranger · « **Reply #1172 on:** July 26, 2010, 12:26:18 AM »

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 26, 2010, 12:23:36 AM

sweet! now add '61 spec button copy US-87

And a 410 with a state name from the mid-60s!

I don't know if Texas ever used the tall 3di shield like California has and does though.

BigMattFromTexas · « **Reply #1173 on:** July 26, 2010, 12:39:17 AM »

I used your shield generator,I know it ain't very good but hey, I ain't used to button copy

BigMatt

BigMattFromTexas · « **Reply #1174 on:** July 26, 2010, 01:04:34 AM »

Here you go. I made it with the 410 state name on it:

BigMatt

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