Cover photo: Whifflet Street Tattoos – Ross Hastie

By signcraft

Posted on Monday, February 10th, 2025

More than one sign painter can tell you the moment when, as a kid, they watched a sign painter at work. At that point, they knew how they wanted to make a living. For Ross Hastie, it happened at a car show when he was just 12 years old.

Ross, who lives in Scotland, was selling his sign work by the time he was 16. Ten years later, he has a busy sign shop that specializes in hand-lettered signs. In this profile you’ll see plenty of his impressive signs and learn more about how he has managed to stay with hand lettering in the digital age.