Signage & Graphic Design
Signage & Environmental Graphic Design · San Antonio, TX

Signage design,
drawn to be built.

Recommendation books, permit sets, production drawings and brand signage for sign companies, property groups and growing brands. Built inside your templates, checked against your standards, delivered fast.

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CBRE · JLL · Stream Realty Partners · Partners Real Estate · NAI Excel · Foresite Commercial · DH Realty Partners · Valcor · Birnbaum Property · Resolut RE · Element Property Group

5+years designing signage, environmental graphics and brands
264pages in one hospital signage recommendation book, delivered a day early
Same dayfirst mockups and revision turnaround on most jobs
BAGraphic Design, Texas A&M University, Cum Laude
01Services

Everything between the idea and the install.

One designer who can take a sign program from survey photos to permit and production, or step into your team for the drawings that are stacking up this week.

01

Recommendation books

Site survey photos, location plans, message schedules and a concept rendering for every sign location, assembled in your book template.

02

Permit drawing sets

Site plans to scale, elevations dimensioned from grade, sign area calculations, attachment and electrical details reviewers expect.

03

Production & shop drawings

Fabrication-ready artwork, sections, materials and hardware callouts. Native .ai and print-ready PDF in your file naming.

04

Sales mockups & renderings

The sign at true size on the real building, day and night, so your client can say yes faster.

05

ADA & wayfinding programs

Room ID, directional and overhead sign families with tactile copy, Grade 2 braille and correct mounting heights.

06

Brand identity & graphics

Logos and brand systems, window and wall graphics, packaging, print and promotional design.

For sign companies

I work inside your proof template, title block and file naming, so every file drops straight into your process and reads like it came from your own studio.

02Production work

Drawings that hold up in review, in the shop and on the wall.

Three sample projects that show the full range of production work, from a multi-page healthcare book to a single storefront. Clients and data are fictional; the process and standards are the ones I use on real jobs.

Sample 01 · Healthcare

Signage recommendation book

A full interior recommendation book for an outpatient clinic: every sign location surveyed, recommended and rendered in place, ready for owner review and then production.

  • 01Location plan with 14 sign markers
  • 02Sign family: room ID, insert, restroom, directory, overhead
  • 03Concept renderings on survey photos, at true size and mounting height
  • 04ADA tactile copy, Grade 2 braille, field notes, message schedule
View the sample book · 11 pages
Sample project · Alder Creek Health is fictional
Sample 02 · Retail storefront

Permit drawing set

A six-sheet sign permit set for a tenant storefront: everything a city reviewer looks for, laid out so the fabricator can build from the same sheets.

  • 01Site plan to scale with frontages and sign locations
  • 02Building elevation dimensioned from grade
  • 03Halo-lit channel letter details and section
  • 04Electrical, sign area check, day and night views
View the permit set · 6 sheets
Sample project · Sabino Bakehouse is fictional
Sample 03 · Sales

Sales mockup & renderings

The proposed sign shown at true size on the real storefront, day and night, with the letters drawn and dimensioned so the quote and the drawing match.

  • 01Halo-lit channel letters, dimensioned
  • 02Window and door vinyl layouts
  • 03Day and night photo renderings
View the mockup · 2 pages
Sample project · Sabino Bakehouse is fictional
03Signage

Proofed, approved, installed.

Commercial real estate and retail signage designed to read at 45 mph and hold up outdoors, from the first proof to the sign in the ground.

From proof to install
Element Property Group, double-face skid sign
Element Property Group, double-face skid sign
Element Property Group, double-face skid signProof and installed sign side by side. The note to drop the logo shadow carried through to install.
JLL, V-shape double sign
JLL, V-shape double signTwo faces angled into a V so “For Lease” reads from both directions of the drive.
Mobile Communications America, door graphic
Mobile Communications America, door graphicLogo-only vinyl scaled against a life-size figure to confirm eye-level placement before cutting.
The Arbor, brass room plaques
The Arbor, brass room plaques
The Arbor, brass room plaquesOption A, brushed silver with printed text. Option B, brushed gold with raised text. Mocked up at full size for 32 plaques, each built with braille from the start.
How every sign starts

A true-size proof with every material, finish and mounting detail called out, approved in writing before anything gets cut. That is how a note on a proof makes it all the way to the install.

Installed and in the field
Resolut RE
Resolut RETwo-tone panel split carries the brand color straight through the face.
NAI Excel
NAI ExcelHigh-contrast red and black band keeps the leasing number legible.
Foresite Commercial
Foresite CommercialStacked “For Lease / Or Sale” headline sits in view with the logo.
CBRE, industrial for lease
CBRE, industrial for leaseA single teal rule ties the mark to the broker contact block.
Legacy Offices, tenant directory, two sides
Legacy Offices, tenant directory, two sides
Legacy Offices, tenant directory, two sidesArrows beside each suite number let visitors find a tenant without walking the whole hallway.
New apartment community, window vinyl
New apartment community, window vinylLifestyle photography gridded across the storefront mullions.
Birnbaum Property, monument vinyl
Birnbaum Property, monument vinylA bold red rule keeps the phone number legible from across the lot.
Dock and building numbering
Dock and building numbering
Dock and building numbering
Dock and building numbering
Dock and building numberingThe same numeral set carries from the building face down to each dock door, so the property reads as one system.
04Branding

Marks that hold up small on a card and huge on a storefront.

Identity work for restaurants, retail, real estate and service businesses in Texas and Mexico, plus packaging like the Creative Decor Sourcing discada kit.

Benjamin Franklin Plumbing logo
Benjamin Franklin Plumbing
MSL Investments logo
MSL Investments
Sound Room logo
Sound Room
La Michoacana logo
La Michoacana
D'seo Social Bar logo
D'seo Social Bar
DSR Marketing logo
DSR Marketing
Parche Mio logo
Parche Mio
Creative Decor Sourcing logo
Creative Decor Sourcing
Blue Orange Pottery logo
Blue Orange Pottery
Blue Rooster Home & Garden logo
Blue Rooster Home & Garden
Discada kit packaging and instruction sheet
Packaging

Creative Decor Sourcing, discada kit

Packaging and a product spec sheet with an assembly QR code and usage shots, so the kit explains itself out of the box.

05Social & promotional

Campaign graphics that fill a room.

Event flyers, menus and promo campaigns for restaurants, nightlife and retail brands.

Sound Room logo
Sound RoomEvent flyers and lineup posters, Austin and Laredo nightlife@soundroomtx
Sound Room promotional graphicSound Room promotional graphicSound Room promotional graphicSound Room promotional graphicSound Room promotional graphic
La Michoacana logo
La MichoacanaMenu graphics and promo flyers@lamichoacanahmis
La Michoacana promotional graphicLa Michoacana promotional graphicLa Michoacana promotional graphic
D'seo Social Bar logo
D'seo Social BarWeekly event graphics and promo campaigns@dseosocialbar
D'seo Social Bar promotional graphicD'seo Social Bar promotional graphicD'seo Social Bar promotional graphic
DSR Marketing logo
DSR MarketingMinimal ad concepts for a Monterrey agency@dsrmarketingmx
DSR Marketing promotional graphicDSR Marketing promotional graphicDSR Marketing promotional graphic
Parche Mio logo
Parche MioPlayful promo graphics for a San Luis Potosí shop@parchemio.mx
Parche Mio promotional graphicParche Mio promotional graphic
06Digital

Designed end to end.

BS, a budgeting app designed and built from the first screen to the case study. Also available for web and app design.

BS budgeting app, cover
BS app, spendable feature
BS app, envelope budget
BS app dashboardBS app spendingBS app goals
07Process

Simple to hand off. Easy to approve.

Clear questions, honest dates and files that need no cleanup on your end.

01

Files & brief

Send the work order, photos, drawings and any client files. I read all of it and flag questions up front, each with a recommended answer.

02

First proof

Most mockups come back the same day. Larger sets get a delivery date on day one, and they land on it.

03

Revisions

Comments are turned around fast, with every change noted so nothing gets lost between versions.

04

Production files

Native .ai and print-ready PDF, in your naming, ready for fabrication, permit or the next phase.

08About

Sebastian Rivera

Graphic designer working across signage, environmental graphics and brand identity. For over five years I've designed for commercial real estate, retail and hospitality clients, and today I also work as an extension of sign companies' design teams across the US, from the first mockup to permit and production.

Trained end to end in the Adobe Creative Suite. Bilingual, English and Spanish.

Education
Texas A&M UniversityBachelor of Arts, Graphic Design · Cum Laude
Specialty
Signage and wayfinding programs, permit and production drawings, sales renderingsCommercial real estate, healthcare, retail, hospitality
Tools
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After EffectsCADtools for dimensioned drawings
Languages
English and Spanish
Based in
San Antonio, TexasWorking with teams across the US
09Contact

Let's build something that reads clearly.

Working on a new location, a rebrand, a sign program or a stack of drawings? Tell me what you're planning and I'll come back with an approach, a timeline and a number. Sign shops and fabricators: I'm available for overflow design support.