Even more recent work

The ever lovely Spa Bella. Here's what I can tell you about freelance clients: as nice as it is to have a new client knock on your day everyday, as exciting as it is to have a query in your inbox from a prospective new client everyday, as validating as it is to know that your basic marketing does work hence all the enquiries.....the majority of my business comes from repeat business from existing clients. And God Bless them in quiet times.....

Quiet times for me didn't necessarily mean quiet times for my clients - Spa Bella have just secured a contract for Vodacom. So a pricelist needed to be designed with fewer options. But before this could happen, we realised that perhaps a logo should finally be developed. (We all know the conversation - 'I'm happy with my logo just being in this Times New Roman Italics') So I created a quick fix, but possibly permanent logo. The initial ideas ......



Which resulted in the last logo being chosen - simple but effective......

Which meant I could finally get around to creating a business card. I like to give my clients added value. And since Spa Bella had initially requested a website, I offered them a free set of business cards to help start their business. Costs me hardly anything and I get too ensure that her business cards are of great quality and design.....plus repeat business when additional staff need their own cards!



Back to Vodacom and their needs....turned out that the Vodacom deal meant that both our lives were now dictated to by the cell phone giant....mmmm.....a pricelist was put together which....interestingly enough, was redesigned by Vodacom to match their own needs!



And they also needed a pull up banner...not my favourite project that's for sure...but nose to the grindstone... and I was pretty happy with this result....

Recent Work

Here's one that has been ongoing for a couple of months now. It's quite interesting to revisit a project after not paying it any attention for a few weeks. I'm starting to believe that, if only time and deadlines actually allowed for it, this might just be the best way to ascertain whether a design works or not. Case in point - Grand Protection Services. This project kicked off last year. I drew up a few sample logos and the ones that most appealed to both the client and myself were these below....



Granted, there was something about the idea...but after opening up again after 3 months....I realised that the answer was a definite NO! In fact, it was a 'what was I thinking'. 'Oh my hat!' followed shortly after.....

Which led to this....



Which made me MUCH MUCH happier. And the client too. So here's where we are 3 months down the line. There's still a website to follow....as well as a company profile. Mmm, perhaps in another 3 months this one will be done and dusted he he he....

PS - as terrible as it sounds to add this disclaimer, the delays do not lie on my side. I'm still waiting for the client to submit content for everything. I love him all the same lol