Style 14, the Sign. Round 4: the plate library

Six new plates, shot closer and lower with harder light and weather on them: hard afternoon sun with rust streaks off the bolts and bug spatter on the bottom edge; an overcast rain with droplets on the face; winter with a ridge of snow on the top edge; golden hour with the sun in the frame; a town-entrance panel between wood posts on a lakeshore street; night under headlights with the sheeting glowing. The face is mapped and multiplied the same way as before, so every plate's real weather, glare, rust and spatter comes through into the finished sign. That is the point of the library: the sign is only as real as its plate, and the plate is a photograph.

Dave, after the formats: all of them should look weathered. So every sign here carries rust running from its bolts, heavier grime along the bottom edge and spatter, the way the low-sun plate already did.

What to rule on. Whether these read as real-life now. Which plates earn a place in the library, and which to drop. Pass or note by name.

Nine signs across six plates

**SL-lowsun**The tip in hard afternoon sun, shot low from the shoulder. The plate's own rust streaks and bug spatter come through the green.

**SL-rain**The tip in the kit navy on a rainy day, droplets on the face.

**SL-night**The tip at night under headlights, the sheeting glowing.

**SL-market**The market note at golden hour, the sun in the frame.

**SL-normal**The reassurance on the warning diamond, the words centered, the icon large behind them at fifteen percent.

**SL-invite**The invitation on blue at night.

**SL-thanks**The town sign between wood posts on a lakeshore street: Welcome home, Alyssa.

**SL-holiday**Thanksgiving on brown, in winter, a ridge of snow on the top edge.

**SL-town-white**The town panel as a white sign with black type.