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The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Services I provide

The services I offer are graphic design, photography, web design and writing. I provide clients with comprehensive services, so that you need to hire only one professional. I can assist you not only with the design aspects of your project, but also the written content portion. From idea to final piece, one versatile artist handles your entire project.

How I work

I serve my clients by first listening to their goals, ideas and needs. Tell me what you want to accomplish, along with your concerns and constraints. I may have questions. You may have questions.

I will create a proposal for the project. The proposal will include a detailed description of the work to be done, a budget and a timetable. I will discuss if there are any costs in addition to the design services, such as stock photographs, artwork, typefaces, express shipping or any other miscellaneous expenses. Each cost will be listed on the budget. Once the proposal is agreed upon and signed, work may begin.

My practice is to request a 50% deposit before the work is started, with the balance paid on completion of the project. In some cases where the work is open-ended, I will suggest working at an hourly rate.

Once work begins, several ideas or concepts are worked into preliminary designs. These designs are submitted to you for review and comments usually in an Adobe Acrobat pdf (portable document format) format via email. I will focus then on the one concept that met your approval. We openly discuss any revisions that you would like made. With luck after the first round of revisions, a final design is reached. Sometimes more revisions are needed.

Once the design is completed, you will receive the final piece in the form discussed in the proposal. Typically, that form is a file that can simply be emailed to you.

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If you are ready to take the next step, then contact me to see how I can make your project unique and compelling.