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By Debra Wilson, on June 17th, 2011 You’ve come to this page to learn more about me and my work, or at least I hope that’s why you’re here!
I am a graphic artist, with a ridiculous love of zombies, science fiction, space westerns, sewing, puppies and kittens. I know HMTL, CSS, and enough about the WordPress engine to set you up right. I can do some theme customization, create an amazing logo from scratch, set up business cards, or that sales flyer you need for the weekend. I’ve designed a few tattoos. I’ve got a few more than that. I can also design a kick-ass website for you.
I live in Lancaster, CA, where I spend much of my free time stitching up things to sell in my Etsy.com shop, blogging about life in general, and watching way more bad science fiction and horror than can possible be good for me. I’m on an unending quest to find a truly frightening horror movie, but so far they just give me the giggles. I’ve also been known to take a few photos on occasion.
I have been working as a freelancer since 2002. I’ve worked doing vinyl sign cutting, creating screen printing designs, and embroidery designs. I prefer to work in Adobe Illustrator over Photoshop, as I enjoy the drawing aspect more then I enjoy the manipulative aspects of Photoshop, but can work easily in both. Unfortunately during my almost year long time spent at a franchise shop as a designer, I was unable to take samples of my work with me.
You’ve probably noticed that many of my logo designs have been for farms, ranches, and related businesses. That’s because growing up on a goat farm, many of my connections were with other farming people. Don’t let that fool you into thinking that’s all I can do- the possibilities are limitless and I am willing to take on a variety of projects.
When I begin work on a new project, I like to discuss what it is you (the client) is looking for first. Are there any styles you really like? Are there any you don’t? Can you show me three examples of existing designs that you enjoy? These things help me better understand exactly what you are looking for and help me to bring you better initial concepts to start off with- time is money, so let’s make the best use of it that we can. This is especially true for logo design as your logo is your calling card.
Kittyloaf is so named in memory of my cat Lucky. Though I only had him for about three years, he made a very lasting impression on me.
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By Debra Wilson, on June 9th, 2011 
Business cards with vertical alignment
By Debra Wilson, on June 9th, 2011 
Business cards designed and printed for a client
By Debra Wilson, on June 9th, 2011 
Small flyer for an open mic night at a local coffee shop
By Debra Wilson, on June 9th, 2011 
Cards created and used when I was raising money to pay for Lucky’s vet bills.
By Debra Wilson, on June 9th, 2011 
My business card design for Kittyloaf Designs.
By Debra Wilson, on June 9th, 2011 
Simple business card design created as quick sample
By Debra Wilson, on July 19th, 2010 Our anniversary is coming up- get an identity package including logo, business card layout, letterhead, and a web page design for $250.00! This would normally cost at least $400 for this package.
Logo design will have three initial concepts, plus up to five revisions. Web page design will have one initial concept, and up to ten revisions. It does not include coding- design only. Please see the menu at the top of the page to see samples of my work and further details of how I do things around here. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask me. I will answer as quickly as possible.
This great deal will run until the end of this month.
By Debra Wilson, on May 26th, 2010 I’m not going to swamp you with a list of 20 or 50 of these. I’m only going to post a few. These are some that really caught my eye as I was browsing.
 This one I love because, well, anyone who knows me knows I love zombies. I cannot get enough of them. Its a surprise my logo here isn’t a zombie cat. Learn how to create a zombie illustration, starting with any old photo. One utilizing a zombie-like expression would be best though.
It does utilize a pen tablet to do this one, but I’m sure you could modify it a bit to make it work with a mouse. Actually I know you could.
Tutorial by VecTips.
 Next up is one showing how to draw a surreal scene, mostly by hand. It starts with using printed out images to draw the individual elements, moving them into digital, turning them into vectors, and putting it all together. Time consuming, but fun.
The attention to detail is careful and great.
Tutorial by TutsPlus.
 The next tutorial shows how to make the most of the gradient mesh tool. If you’ve never used it before, it can be difficult, but it’s also fun. There are really no limits to what you can do with it.
They use an old boot to show what can be done with it, and at the end its almost photo-realistic.
Tutorial by TutsPlus.
 This next one is a how to create an awesome portrait with vectors. You’ll havr to download the tutorial, but its free.
Tutorial by Computer Arts.
By Debra Wilson, on March 11th, 2010 My business cards came out really nice, and were printed and shipped quickly. I will definitely recommend Blockbuster Print to anyone who needs good, quality business cards. I chose to get the 16pt premium paper with UV gloss on the front only. There are lots of other options, but these fit my wants, needs, and my budget. I am very happy with them.
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