While working at Diamond Signs in Boise in 1988, one of my projects was to create a series of signs for the Simplot French Fry Plant in the neighboring town of Caldwell. The metal signs with colored illustrative cartoons guided visitors through the plant. The signs featured a character who was supposed to be a retired worker who still liked to come around and visit.
These are the preliminary sketches I drew before I painted the signs.
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