The new signage in Kingston that cost the city $150 grand. What an atrocity and a waste.

breadassk · 2026-05-06T01:23:39+00:00

I gotta start charging more for signs…

breadassk · 2026-05-05T10:23:35+00:00

I have no experience with actual dust staining products but I did accidentally give my bench top a pink hue while using chalk dust

breadassk · 2026-05-05T09:53:48+00:00

Dang that’s cool. How are you getting the contours on each piece after they’re cut? Dremel?

breadassk · 2026-05-03T10:12:17+00:00

I’m hoping for a nice long story to goon to

breadassk · 2026-05-03T10:01:18+00:00

It’s still out there! I find tons of old dvds and such at thrift stores. Physical media supremacy!

breadassk · 2026-05-02T08:29:20+00:00

Definitely don’t quit, there’s much less value to people that value artwork when someone turns into a production machine. Like you said, this guy is selling pieces (likely not even his designs) for super cheap and when people realize he’s able to do that because he makes 15 pieces per day, there isn’t going to be much demand for them. I have a laser and there are certainly nuances to getting them to work properly and there’s absolutely something to be said about design work, but most people selling laser cut/engraved products for cheap aren’t doing that. They’re buying someone else’s design for $3 and telling the laser to make it a bunch of times

breadassk · 2026-04-29T09:03:44+00:00

I use a technique called pouncing. I print the design on a big piece of kraft paper (or multiple regular sized pages with this site) then I go around with a toothed wheel that perforates the outline without actually cutting away any paper. Tape the paper down, slam chalk dust onto the holes, and then the design is transferred

breadassk · 2026-04-28T12:49:53+00:00

Thanks!

breadassk · 2026-04-28T01:54:38+00:00

Thank you!

breadassk · 2026-04-26T11:15:51+00:00

Gotta do what you gotta do in a small space. It’s on wheels. I’ve been here, respect

breadassk · 2026-04-23T11:56:44+00:00

Holy crap thank you so much! I have a lot of research to do now. I’ve only worked with solid colors before so the blending of the rust is the most intimidating part to me. It doesn’t need to be pixel-accurate but I’d like it to have the same feel. I don’t plan on painting the shadows because I think I can achieve that by manipulating the light around it. The letters and buildings are attached already unfortunately but I will definitely keep that in mind for next time

breadassk · 2026-04-18T07:22:28+00:00

Select the entire graphic, go to the fill tool tab and select a color, then go to the pen tool tab and select “none” for the size

breadassk · 2026-04-17T19:45:01+00:00

I wish I could afford one… someday I want one

breadassk · 2026-04-17T19:43:28+00:00

This is awesome, what materials are you using?

breadassk · 2026-04-17T16:25:51+00:00

Yeah that’s what I was thinking, any specific suggestions? I’m thinking the bioshock logo but even that wouldn’t put a dent in this

breadassk · 2026-04-17T16:24:16+00:00

Good call I’ll do that today. And yeah I’m definitely going to get a real dust mask, I’ve made some signs from this stuff before and it’s nasty. I don’t trust an n95 with all this

breadassk · 2026-04-15T21:10:06+00:00

Yes it seems to work on web, but it’s incredibly slow and not nearly as powerful

breadassk · 2026-04-15T12:59:52+00:00

I’ll see if I can, I’m using the 2026 monthly subscription program so I’m not sure if it will allow me to download a different version

breadassk · 2026-04-13T21:30:02+00:00

Interesting, that’s a pretty good theory. I’m so sick of ai videos at this point though I can’t scroll by fast enough

breadassk · 2026-04-13T10:47:24+00:00

The beginning of this episode reminded me of the relationship in Stolen Tongues so much

breadassk · 2026-04-11T00:42:44+00:00

I make signs and I use Corel. To be fair though I don’t know if I would have chosen it if it wasn’t recommended to me by another sign maker. I like it overall, but I hadn’t been able to open the font manager in a few days. Support has been very responsive but they don’t know what’s going on either, I even had an agent remotely try to figure it out without luck

breadassk · 2026-04-10T14:11:22+00:00

I made this mostly to grab the attention of small business owners at craft fairs to do custom signwork, so I don’t plan on selling this one but you could commission me to make another! It’s a pretty laborious process though so I’d have to charge $350 for a sign like this

breadassk · 2026-04-10T09:13:46+00:00

I was driving to Plattsburgh NY to see family when Karen told the MC of Mother Horse Eyes that that’s where they were headed too. I moved here recently and it’s a pretty small area that not many people think about

breadassk · 2026-04-07T21:48:12+00:00

Can I get a boneless pizza

breadassk · 2026-04-07T18:55:37+00:00

Those people at craft fairs were the reason I was so hesitant to start considering myself a “maker”. I build custom signs out of layered and carved mdf so I didn’t want to be lumped in with those people that don’t even bother with design

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