Good graphic design is sometimes seen as a luxury that businesses can do without but in today's marketplace producing well designed marketing materials instantly promotes credibility. A customer may take only seconds to decide if your product is worthwhile. Don't waste that time.

As an independent designer I can offer a down to earth, straightforward process to getting the best promotional materials for your products and services. With one point of contact, time is spent on design and print not on hot air. Listening to what a client wants so that their customers will be engaged in turn.

Many years working at agencies in London and latterly back home in North Yorkshire have afforded me a wealth of experience. Have a look around the site and if you are interested contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.

Just a few things you might find useful

PDFs from Adobe Acrobat
Let's face it, pdfs are brilliant. Instant proofing for anyone with a computer anywhere. Pdfs save time, save trees, I can't imagine life without them. If you don't have a full version of Acrobat you'll need Acrobat Reader on your system to open pdfs. It can be downloaded for FREE from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/

Image file specifications
Images intended for print typically need to be 300dpi (dots per inch) at an appropriate size for the final printed work. For example an A6 image will blur if it is forced to fill an A4 page.

JPEGS vs EPS logo files
A logo supplied as an Illustrator or Freehand EPS (vectored artwork) is much preferable to a JPEG. EPS's (.eps) can be enlarged without losing any detail and can be used on any background.

Incase you were wondering...

Was London mentioned somewhere?
Worked in London for 12 years, straight from college (Salisbury College of Art). Learned a lot. Met some great people. Has it's fancy-dan ways rubbed off on me? Not really. Given me an insight into just how good design can be but also alerted me to the long winded 'concept' approach. Design either works or it doesn't no matter how you describe it. I have been freelance since the start of 2004.

Designer lifestyle?
Hardly. Appreciation of good design does not necessarily mean throwing money at something. (Unless you really feel you want to.) I'm all for fitness for purpose first. That parking space is for a Corsa not a Porsche.

Computer geek?
Hopefully not. I try to keep up with technology that saves time and money but I also love biking, hiking and laughing. Ears appreciate Radio Four, Rufus Wainwright, Camille, Turin Brakes, the omnipresent Radiohead and the odd bit of Vaughan Williams just for starters.