San Francisco Sign Guild

36 points by teaearlgraycold 19 hours ago on tildes | 12 comments

[OP] teaearlgraycold | 19 hours ago

I mentioned my work on Tildes before but held off spilling the beans on exactly what I'd done given the criminal nature of the works. I decided I'm comfortable sharing this with the world as long as it's not super closely tied to my name.

I've gotten a couple of grants to install these and have funds for more projects in the future.

TaylorSwiftsPickles | 18 hours ago

When you showed me the last one I didn't imagine that your addition was "New New Montgomery Final". I thought your addition was the "No stopping any time" sign.

[OP] teaearlgraycold | 18 hours ago

Maybe I need one of those big red thumbnail arrows

In my old suburban neighborhood, they put up a sign printed "Stop sign ahead". It was utterly pointless in that neighbourhood, and my then-neighbour complained to the city until they removed it.

It just made me laugh. It got me thinking about a "'Stop sign ahead' sign ahead" sign, and how far this concept could be lampooned.

I wish I had your skills then. Maybe I could have done it. Though I think my neighbour would've been none-too-thrilled.

loremipsum | 17 hours ago

This is amazing and I love you for that.

Asinine | 19 hours ago

I love it! I love my home state and always will, but its copious amount of regulatory stupidity sometimes drove me nuts. (Now I live in another state that has just as bad/much regulatory stupidity, but at least I chose to live here haha.)

And plus, those are pure genius. I'm looking forward to continued criminal works artistic displays!

myrrh | 16 hours ago

...you could riff on the old golden gate tunnel campaign to sow some real mayhem...

I love this so much. I look forward to seeing more :)

goose | 8 hours ago

This both makes me giggle uncontrollably, and reminds me of a random street sign I drove by many years ago which, for some reason, also made me giggle uncontrollably. Thanks for the laugh!

umbrae | 10 hours ago

I used to walk on New Montgomery every day and this just brings me so much joy. I absolutely love it.

Did you already have these sign materials before deciding to make this an artistic endeavor?

[OP] teaearlgraycold | 2 hours ago

No but I had been laser cutting paper for other artistic projects for a few months. Other stuff I purchased with grants. The proper tools and hardware for mounting an aluminum sign are very overpriced. The target customer is spending tax money, not their own.

artvandelay | 9 hours ago

Love this haha, especially the AI grifting sign and the New New Montgomery Final sign.