Design & 3D mockup
Sign Design Services: a 3D Mockup on Your Own Storefront Photo
8511 Lankershim Blvd, Sun Valley · Open daily 7 AM–10 PM
Free for business-sign requests: 1 mockup + 1 round of changes per location. Extra rounds are billed. No payment details.
Sign design for the wall it goes on
A sign has to fit three things at once: your wall, the distance people read it from, and the rules your landlord and city set. That's why we design on a photo of your building instead of a blank page. You see the size, the colors and the lighting the way people on the street will.
We're a sign design company inside a working sign shop. The people who draw your sign can walk over to the printers, the router and the laser in our Sun Valley shop and check that it builds the way it's drawn. Custom sign design in Los Angeles, from storefront letters to lobby walls, starts the same way: one photo.
Mockup first
Your photo in, your sign on it
Send a straight-on phone photo of the wall. We place your sign on it at a proposed size, color and lighting, so you, your partners and your landlord can judge it before anything is built.
Lit sign? Add a night photo and we show it after dark too.
A phone photo is enough. No payment details.
Your photo
You send
- A straight-on photo of the wall
- The address
- Your logo, if you have one
Your sign on it
You get back
- Your sign on your photo, at a proposed size
- Suggested colors, materials and lighting
- A quote for the sign as shown
How the design step works
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Send a photo
A straight-on photo of the wall, the address and your logo if you have it. Text it to the shop or start with the form.Who You
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Get your mockup
We size the sign to your wall and reading distance, pick materials and lighting, and place it on your photo.Who Our Sun Valley shop
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One round of changes
Change the letter size, colors or layout and we update the mockup. This round is free. Extra rounds are billed.Who You and our designer
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Drawings
The approved mockup becomes a dimensioned drawing for your landlord, then the sign drawings the city reviews.Who Our shop
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Your quote
A quote for the sign as drawn. Installation and permit filing are done by our licensed sign-contractor partner. Your quote lists the installer's CSLB license number.Who Our shop
How to take a good storefront photo
Free: 1 mockup + 1 round of changes per location for business-sign requests. Extra rounds are billed. No obligation to order.
- Straight on. Stand across the street, face the wall squarely and fit the whole storefront in the frame.
- A door in the frame. A door or window gives us the scale, so the mockup shows the sign at its real size.
- The mounting area, close up. The fascia, wall or old sign where the new one goes, so we can see the surface.
- A night photo for lit signs. It shows the streetlights and the other signs yours will compete with.
- No glare. Don't shoot into the sun. An overcast day or open shade works best.
- Rough measurements, if you can. The width of the storefront and the height of the sign area. Not required.
Sign for inside? A straight-on photo of the wall works the same way.
Send photos any time
Email hello@angelsprint.com with your business name in the subject.
What we design around
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Reading distance
Letter height and stroke weight are set by how far away people read the sign: from a car across the boulevard or from the sidewalk. -
Allowed sign area
In most City of LA commercial zones, a tenant gets about 3 sq ft of wall sign per foot of storefront. Channel letters can get 20% more on an unchanged wall color. Sign districts and specific plans can be stricter.Los Angeles sign permits -
Landlord criteria
Shopping centers and office buildings set letter heights, colors, lighting and mounting. Send the criteria PDF and we design inside it. -
Day and night
Translucent colors look different lit and unlit. A night photo helps us judge the glow, and we confirm colors with you before fabrication.
Designed where it's built
Designs we know how to build
Every design is checked against how it will be made: the letter depth, how the face is lit, where the wiring runs and how it mounts to your wall. Strokes too thin to cut or a face too large for one sheet get fixed on screen, not on install day.
Bring your own designer's files if you have them. We check them for production and show them on your photo the same way.
Design cost
What's free, and what isn't
For business-sign requests, the first mockup and one round of changes are free, per location. Extra rounds of changes are billed. If anything else in the design step costs money, we tell you the price before we start. There's no obligation to order.
Once you approve the mockup, the dimensioned drawing for your landlord is included with your quote.
Sign types we design
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Storefront signs The main sign over your door, lit or unlit.
See storefront signs
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Channel letters Individual 3D letters, lit from inside or behind.
See channel letter signs
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Monument signs Low signs at your entrance or lot.
See monument signs
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Lobby signs Your logo on the wall behind the front desk.
See lobby signs
Sign-type photos are illustrations, not our projects.
Sign design questions
Still deciding? Call (818) 806-9006 or text a photo and ask.
Is the mockup really free?
What is a 3D sign mockup?
I don't have a logo file. Can you still help?
Can you design to my landlord's sign criteria?
Can I use my own designer's artwork?
How long does a mockup take?
Do you design signs outside the City of Los Angeles?
Can I see materials before I approve the design?
See your new sign on your building
Free for business signs: 1 mockup + 1 round of changes per location. Extra rounds are billed. Or bring your logo to the shop, open daily 7 AM–10 PM.
Good to send with it
- Your logo in any form, even a photo of a business card.
- Your landlord's sign criteria, if there are any.
- Your designer's files, if you have them.
None of these are required. One photo of the wall is enough to start.
8511 Lankershim Blvd, Sun Valley, CA 91352Open daily 7 AM to 10 PMGet directions