Story by George Collins
From Kansas to California: How this Company Really Started My name is George Collins. I started doing lettering for money when I was ten, started a company out in Kansas when I was fourteen, and was getting pretty well known…
Yes, We’re Open!
Yes, We're Open! This sign was hand painted and aged by the one and only George Collins, for a Heineken commercial. Hand-painted signs or storefront hand-lettering indicates that a business has a personality and is independent and folksy. It suggests a unique character for a store --…
Flashback: Behind the scenes artistry of Tomcats, the movie.
We were rummaging through George's hard-copy portfolio, and found a slew of photos that showed his hand-painted work for the 2001 romantic comedy, Tomcats. We scanned them in and thought we'd share them with you digitally. The main character in the…
Flashback: Behind the scenes with Sheryl Crow & Stevie Nicks
BEHIND THE SCENES BY GEORGE This photo shows a small part of the walls and ceiling in the room where a Stevie Nicks / Sheryl Crow music video was being filmed. Oddly enough there were only vague ideas for what…