It’s not an irreversible decision, changing it can just be a bit inconvenient. If, in five, ten years from now you do wake up and find that you don’t like it anymore, then it’s better to adapt it rather than sticking with something that’s feels wrong. That doesn’t mean you should stress about your signature for days on end. Unless they know how to crop it out (we'll get to that later) there is no hiding who the artist is. With a signature you're making it a bit harder. It's a terrible feeling to come across a drawing of yours on social media and realise someone passed it off as their own work.

Especially in our digital age where we share so much online a pretty drawing or painting without a signature can easily be plagiarised.

In the case of artists the main reason to sign your work is to mark it as yours. It's also a whole lot of fun to go “creative soul-searching' for an afternoon!Īn artist's signature works much like a business logo or any other trademark that was created to copyright a product, service or just generally be recognisable. Signing your drawings and paintings sounds simple, but there are a few tricks to creating a signature that's just right for you.Įspecially since it's a very permanent decision it might be good to spend a little time with the topic and put a some thought into it.

How to create your signature bag