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Here to help with
the creative stuff.

Twenty years of graphic design, mostly for small businesses and couples who wanted something with a bit of guts to it.

EST. THE SHED100% BOLDREGIONAL & PROUD

What I actually do

4 FOLDERS. OPEN THEM ALL.
graphic_design.ai
01BRAND
& PRINT

Graphic design

Starting something, or stuck with a logo you made in Canva at 11pm? This is the bread and butter. Identity work for people who’d rather be memorable than safe, plus everything that has to come after it and match.

BRANDING

  • Logos and wordmarks
  • Colour palettes
  • Typography
  • Brand guidelines

PRINT & SIGNAGE

  • Flyers and brochures
  • Posters and menus
  • Packaging and labels
  • Shopfront and A-frames

SOCIAL & DIGITAL

  • Post and story templates
  • Highlight covers
  • Email headers
  • Ongoing monthly support
GOOD FOR: NEW BUSINESSES ✶ REBRANDS ✶ ANYONE SICK OF THEIR LOGOTalk to me about it →
weddings_and_events.psd
02ONE-OFF
SUITES

Weddings & events

Hundreds of couples, and not one templated suite among them. If your day has a personality, I’ll get it onto paper. Illustrated venues, terrible in-jokes in the fine print, colours your nan will have opinions about. All encouraged.

BEFORE THE DAY

  • Save the dates
  • Full invitation suites
  • RSVP and details cards
  • Envelope printing

ON THE DAY

  • Welcome signs
  • Seating charts
  • Menus and place cards
  • Order of service

HOW YOU GET IT

  • Printed and posted to you
  • Or print-ready files
  • Paper stock samples first
  • Book 6–8 weeks out
ALSO: BIRTHDAYS ✶ ENGAGEMENTS ✶ FUNERALS ✶ ANY DAY WORTH PRINTINGStart a suite →
place_portraits.ai
03HOMAGE
TO HOME

Your town, in colour

The Benalla and Wangaratta prints started because nobody was making good art of the places I actually knew. Now I’ll do yours. The pool, the pub, the grandstand, the silo, the house you grew up in. Flat colour, hard lines, no watercolour gum trees.

WHAT PEOPLE ASK FOR

  • Family homes
  • Main streets
  • Footy clubs and pools
  • Pubs and shopfronts

WHAT IT’S FOR

  • Leaving and retirement gifts
  • Anniversaries
  • Venue walls
  • Fundraisers and raffles

HOW IT WORKS

  • Send photos of the place
  • You see a rough first
  • Printed and framed, or file only
  • Editions for clubs and councils
NE VICTORIA AND WELL BEYOND ✶ ALLOW 4–6 WEEKSPitch me a place →
stockists_and_collabs.txt
04TRADE &
WHOLESALE

Stockists & collabs

Run a shop, gallery, cafe or visitor centre? The range wholesales well and it sells hardest close to home, because people buy art of the place they’re standing in. Small opening orders, no giant minimums, no exclusivity nonsense.

THE RANGE

  • A4 and A3 prints
  • Postcards and greeting cards
  • Stationery
  • Seasonal one-offs

TERMS

  • Wholesale rates on request
  • Small opening orders welcome
  • Shipping Australia-wide
  • Reorders any time

COLLABS

  • Prints specific to your town
  • Venue and event artwork
  • Merch for clubs and festivals
  • Markets and pop-ups
TRADE LIST SENT ON REQUEST ✶ NO EXCLUSIVITY CONTRACTSGet the trade list →
PROCESS.EXE

How it actually goes

SAME FOUR STEPS WHETHER IT’S A LOGO, A WEDDING OR A WHOLE TOWN.

STEP 01

You tell me

Email or message me with what you’re after, roughly when you need it and what you’ve got to spend. No brief template, just talk normally.

STEP 02

I quote it

A fixed price and a timeline in writing, so there are no surprises later. Half up front to lock the dates in, half on delivery.

STEP 03

You see roughs

Concepts first, before anything gets polished. You say what’s working. Two rounds of changes are built into every quote.

STEP 04

You get files

Print-ready artwork plus web versions, all clearly named. Or I handle the printing and it turns up at your door.

Before you ask

THE USUAL SIX
?What does it cost?

It depends on the job, which I know is the answer nobody wants. A single poster and a full brand rollout are not the same animal.

So do this instead: tell me what you need and what you’ve got to spend. I’ll tell you honestly whether that number works, and if it doesn’t, what would. I’d much rather have that conversation up front than waste your time. Every quote is a fixed price before I start.

?How long does it take?

Branding usually runs three to six weeks. Wedding suites want six to eight, and longer in spring when everyone gets married at once. Place portraits are four to six.

If you’re on a deadline, say so early. I can sometimes move things around, but I won’t promise a date I can’t hold.

?Do I have to be local?

No. Most of the work happens over email and video calls regardless, so you could be in Wodonga or Wagga or Wales.

That said, if you are nearby I’m happy to meet properly, and for signage or a shopfront it genuinely helps to stand in front of the thing.

?Do you do the printing too?

Either way. I can hand over print-ready files for you to take to your own printer, or manage the whole thing and have it delivered finished.

Managed printing usually works out better, because getting colour right on paper is where most DIY jobs come unstuck.

?What if I hate it?

You won’t get that far without seeing it. You see rough concepts before anything is finished, exactly so we can change direction while it’s cheap to change direction.

Two rounds of revisions are included as standard. Beyond that I’ll quote for extra time rather than quietly resent you, which I think we’d both prefer.

?Do you build websites?

Not full builds, no. But I do the design side, and I’ll happily work with whoever is building it so the thing they make actually looks like your brand.

If you need a developer, ask me and I’ll point you at someone decent.

Got something
in mind?

NO BRIEF NEEDED ✶ NO OBLIGATION ✶ I REPLY TO EVERYTHING
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BENALLA, NORTH EAST VICTORIA
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