Thank you for deciding to try out Illustratica's design services, to get started on your project I will need to know two things, the subject matter and the style. If you could send jpegs examples of the style of artwork you are looking for or links to artwork you like from an another site, this will help, any kind of reference is appreciated.

Subject Matter

Describe what the design is about.

T-shirt design, graphics or illustration: let me know what is happening in the design, for example, if people are involved, how many and what they are doing? Is there a background? If it's for screen printing, how many colors do you want to use? How many designs in total?
Logo: let me know what you are looking for, describe the elements.
Web site design: let me know what the site is about and approximately how many pages.

Style

Please let me know the style you are looking for.

T-shirt design, graphics or illustration: let me know what style you are looking for in your design.
If you see the style you are looking for in my portfolio, mention the page and design. Please see below for examples of styles.
Logo: Describe the 'look' as much as possible, and what font styles you like.
Web site design: If possible, send examples of sites you like.

Cartoon

Once you know what your design is about and what style, please send me an email or call me and describe, to the best of your ability, what you are looking for, if there are any questions I will respond back to you in a timely manner.

Once I know what you want I will send you a quote.
If you agree to the quote, half of payment will be sent to my PayPal account before any work is started.
This provides commitment on both parties to the project.

send email describing your design to eddie@illustratica.com
or call me at 514-941-2633, I am on Eastern Standard Time.

I accept PayPal, the fastest transaction, or an International postal money order if you are in the US, or standard postal money order if you are in Canada. If you will be sending an international postal money order, I will ask you to send full payment to speed up the process.

Please make all PayPal payments, 'send money' on PayPal page, to email address eddie@illustratica.com
to go to PayPal for payments, click here or the PayPal logo below.

My turn around time is usually pretty fast, depending on how many jobs I have to complete. I work on a first come first serve basis. Once I receive prepayment you get on my 'to-do' list. If the design is complicated, I usually send a sketch for approval, all changes are made to the sketch. Making changes to final art is always difficult, unless it's a minor change or a font change.

A pencil sketch is shown in the first image, this is sent to the client for approval, once the 'go ahead' is given, I proceed to final art, which is the last image.

Once the design is complete, I will email you a low resolution jpeg file of the design. Once you approve the design you will be asked to send the second half of full payment to my PayPal account. Upon receiving payment I will email you the design in a high resolution jpeg and/or the actual Adobe Illustrator file. I Currently use Adobe Illustrator CS3, let me know if you need an older version Illustrator file. The project is complete.

For further questions feel free to call me at 514-941-2633 or write an email. You may find the answers to some of your questions on the Frequently Asked Questions page. Look forward to hearing from you and hopefully working for you.