Hommage to Bad Brains' 'Yellow Tape' as a t-shirt design for Ben the Baker at The Electric Bakery, Bude UK.
Swipe to see the original, Bude's storm tower and my 1989 Bad Brains concert ticket.

#handstyle
#fancylettering
#panafricancolours
#rastapunk
#badbrainstheband
#oldpunks
#oldpunksneverdie
#alwayshandletter
#alwayshandpaint
#letteringartist
#letteringartistcornwall
#rockandrollletteringartist
#womenwhosignpaint
#jillstrongsigns
#jillstrongart

After a six-month break from social media, I'm back in the workshop. Big exhibition planned at The Castle, Bude, UK for September 2026.

#handstyle
#blackletter
#tuscan
#sanskrit
#ornamentallettering
#fancylettering
#funkylettering
#victorianornamentedlettering
#nineteenthcenturytypefaces
#amberedsilver
#fauxgoldleaf
#flamboyants
#alwayshandletter
#alwayshandpaint
#letteringartist
#letteringartistcornwall
#rockandrollletteringartist
#womenwhosignpaint
#exhibitionatthecastlebude
#jillstrongsigns
#jillstrongart
#nahmateimakecakesnow

Had a top day out in Marseille, meeting my favourite (living) graffiti lettering artist @fuego_29 for a sign swap.
Look the way his beautiful fire lettering moves... crazy talented dude :D
In return, I did some of my 'fairground tuscan' style with ultra-black shadows.

Took the slow train south to spend time taking in the dusty countryside and vinyards I'll soon be leaving :-)

#fuego
#firelettering
#graffitilettering
#signswap
#trocdepano
#fairgroundtuscan
#nineteenthcenturytypeface #victorianornamentedlettering #alileaf
#flamboyants
#vantablack
#musoublackpaint
#alwayshandletter
#alwayshandpaint
#peintreenlettrestresrock
#peintreenlettresdrome
#womenwhosignpaint
#letteringartist
#jillstrongsigns
#jillstrongart

When your children built a raised bed from found wood and you could quite resist hitting it with the Blackletter ;-)

#blackletter
#thecoffin
#nosferatu
#signpainter
#signwriter
#letteringartist
#alwayshandletter
#alwayshandpaint
#gothicmum
#rusticblackletter
#recycledwoodraisedbed
#jillstrongsigns
#jillstrongart

Got a very special house guest here for a day-off on his European tour...
Mike Meyer is painting royalty (even if he did show up with a massive suitcase full of dirty washing :-)

#mikemeyersignpainter #mikemeyersignwriter
#europeansignwritingworkshops
#mikemeyervalencefrance
#signwritingroyalty
#signwriter
#signpainter
#alwayshandletter
#alwayshandpaint
#jillstronglaundryservices

'Brochier-Basso plage' is a sign in the style of the Parisian metro that I made for my friends Audrey and David.
They've turned their garden into a mini water park and this sign sits proudly in the beach hut.
The sign is completely flat with the tile border painted as trompe l'oeil. Swipe to the last photo to see the flat version.

I did this in the middle of winter and not wanting to stink out the house with oil-based paints, did the whole thing in acrylics.
This is custom lettering, based on Art Nouveau letter shapes and the seven millefiori underneath hold a significance for the B-B family.

Gimme a shout if you want something similar or see other signs and skateboards for sale in my shop: jillstrong.bigcartel.com

#brochierbassoplage
#brochierbassobeach
#malissardplage
#fictitiousstationsign
#fauxstationsign
#parismetrostyle
#parismetrosign
#artnouveaulettering
#fauxartnouveausign
#fauxenamelsign
#customsign
#bespokenamesign
#bespokemetrosign
#parisianmetrotiles
#millefiori
#blueandwhite
#chicdecoration
#chicgardendecoration
#beachhutsign
#personalisedgardensign
#personalisedpoolsign
#interiordecorationidea
#exteriordecorationidea
#retrolettering
#handdrawnlettering
#acrylicpaints
#artisansign
#europeandecorativeart
#wallsign
#decorativewallsign
#largeletteredwallsign
#woodenwallsign
#retroletteredwoodenwallsign
#alwayshandletter
#alwayshandpaint
#signwriterdrome
#peintreenlettrestresrock
#peintreenlettresdrome
#peintreenlettres
#womenwhosignpaint
#letteringartist
#jillstrongsigns
#jillstrongart

When I finish designing a logo/lettering for a client, the usual format for the graphic guidelines is a PDF, which they can send to anyone who needs it.
This time, working for the new Grand Barry bakery which will open in Vercheny, I used some scraps of wood and rattled off one letter to see what it would really look like. Check the little flashes of gold leaf.
Pretty tidy, huh?
The real thing will be 4m long. Still not sure how I'll deliver it but I can't wait to start the build...

BTW, I'm not taking any new French commissions now - go hassle my co-worker Yoann @lepignonpeint

#grandbarry #boulangeriepatisseriedugrandbarry #ornamentedlettering #fauxgoldleaf
#woodengraphiccharter
#chartegraphiqueenbois
#alwayshandletter
#alwayshandpaint
#signwriterdrome
#peintreenlettrestresrock
#peintreenlettresdrome
#peintreenlettres
#womenwhosignpaint
#letteringartist
#jillstrongsigns
#jillstrongart

A space weather inspired pub sign :-)
I check the swpc.noaa website quite often as I like to see what the sun's 'face' looks like, what the auras are up to and I find the solar wind prediction model incredibly soothing... A bit like the BBC shipping forecast.

This is (faux) gold leaf and gold enamel paint. Commissions taken - get in touch if you want it, or something similar.

#thecarrington
#carringtonevent
#solarflare
#spaceweather
#spaceweathergeek #spaceweatherpredictioncenter
#pubsign
#goldandblack
#goldleaf
#goldsun
#alwayshandletter
#alwayshandpaint
#signwriterdrome
#peintreenlettrestresrock
#peintreenlettresdrome
#womenwhosignpaint
#letteringartist
#jillstrongsigns
#jillstrongart