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Thank you for visiting! I am offering graphic design commissions at a discounted rate to friends and friends of friends (with a trustful recommendation) who are content creators! Whether you are a cosplayer, cosplay photographer, streamer, or any other hobbyist content creator, please feel free to shoot me an inquiry.

In 2013, I graduated from my alma mater with a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design. Since then and even before then, I’ve been making graphics for local businesses, friends with their own companies, and creating graphics at my internship during college and professional jobs after college. I’ve worked as a digital media designer since 2015, and am currently unemployed due to COVID-19.

I know regular graphic designer freelance rates can be expensive (I’m not complaining, seeing as I offer freelance for other endeavors as well), and I know content creators are sometimes scrounging for money all the time already (considering I am a cosplayer & streamer myself). So, I’ve taken my normal freelance prices, designated separate prices to which specific services I’d be offering, and discounted them for content creators 😀 So now YOU can have a professional logo, social media graphics, photo touch-ups, stream overlays, and business card designs from me, for an affordable price!

So if you’re looking to get one of the things I’m offering done, and don’t know who to ask, just ask me! And also, of course, if you have a friend looking to get one of these things made, if you could refer them to me that’d be cool as well!

PLEASE read all the information for each type of graphic closely and completely. There are requirements for each one, and I am going to be accepting Paypal only (unless you’re local to me, in which we can always discuss differently!). You can also click on any photo example to view it full-size in a new tab.

There’s also a discounted Full Branding Graphics Package 4-in-1 deal that includes logo creation, Facebook cover photo, Twitter cover photo and cosplay business card design!

Thank you very much for taking the time to read all the information – I really appreciate it! I hope to talk to you soon!
~ smzeldarules ~

PS: If you need any of these things (or more) for your cosplay BUSINESS (i.e. I had someone from Florida ask me to brand their cosplay group business that receives profit and I wouldn’t want to discount something like that – cosphotogs & cosplay commissioners are exempt though) or NON-content creation endeavors, my freelance rates are now $40 per hour of work with a downpayment of $40 for the first hour; I keep track of how long my work takes me and will price accordingly. If you know me personally, please feel free to ask me for my freelance portfolio website to see more of my work. Thank you!

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  • Please keep in mind that if the project becomes more complex, I will have to price more accordingly.
  • I am not an illustrator. So please supply me with illustrations you have made or commissioned from others if you wish for me to use them. Any illustrations pictured in my examples of graphics below were NOT drawn by me and were provided by the client in png (transparent) form. THIS INCLUDES EMOTES. I DO NOT MAKE THEM.
  • PLEASE FEEL FREE to use the final files ANYWHERE! Have at it! All I ask is that you refer to me if anyone asks, and if you announce something like “I have a new logo!” or post a photo I edited, please just credit back to me and tag me @smzeldarules
  • I have the right to refuse an inquiry if it makes me feel uncomfortable/if I feel it is offensive to me.
  • Unless you are local to me, I will accept Paypal only.
  • Prices are in USD.
  • You must be in constant contact with me. For example:
    • When you tell me you will think on a design choice, if I don’t hear a response after a week, I will message you and expect either a choice or to let me know a later date to contact you for a choice to continue.
    • If I send you work and you see it, but do not respond for over 3 days, I assume you do not wish to move forward but will message asking you for a choice or to let me know a later date to contact you for a choice to continue. If you wish to cease working with me please remember that downpayments are NON-REFUNDABLE if I’ve sent you proofs, so that I can get paid at least a little bit for my work. More information on that is in the descriptions for specific graphic commissions that require downpayments.

LOGO CREATION

$50 (Downpayment of $25*)

I am a professional graphic designer, so if you ask me to make you a logo I have the right to suggest what is best for you. I know what is acceptable and trending, and what is best to use in multiple situations (web graphic usage, print, etc.). For example: You might want 4 different elements in your logo. Depending on what those are, it’s not ideal. Minimalism is key when it comes to logos and they should not be all over the place. I will work with you for font recommendations, and any other needs you have!

  1. Send me a description of what you’re looking for, including color scheme, and I will discuss what my ideas are. Please send the downpayment at this point.
  2. Once we have the idea set in stone, I will begin designing. I will send you a jpg of my work-in-progress on Illustrator to see which you want me to expand on and which you do not like. I will suggest why I designed them and which I like best as well. Usually these would be just black for now. If a certain font requires a commercial license cost, I will be sure to let you know that in the proof I send you.
  3. I will expand on the best ones that we discuss about, and then send the second round over. I start applying the color scheme here.
  4. I will expand on color scheme the most at this point and we will choose the final logo. If you choose a final logo design with a font that requires a commercial license cost, you will have to cover it in the second/final payment, which is required before I supply you with the final files.
  5. I send over png (and ai/eps if you wish) files thru Google Drive or email. I will make color, black, white, and white with dropshadow versions of the logo for you! They will also be big so that you can scale them down on print and web graphics.

*Downpayment Disclaimer: This $25 is NON-REFUNDABLE if I do any logo work for you and send you proofs but you decide to seek elsewhere/cancel. This ensures that I am paid at least a little for my work and time. You are allowed to send another artist my proofs for reference to continue the project, but I will NOT send you working files. Please plan accordingly.
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SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS

Please make sure your photographer is fine with me using their photos.

  1. Send me the HI-RES (original photos from photographer – please send thru Google Drive, Dropbox or email, I will tell you if I can or can’t use them) photos you’d like to use, and any text/other small logos/icons you want on the graphic/s (and your preferred kind of font/s if I am typing out text).
  2. I will design the graphic/s, and send it/them to you to look at. Let me know of any changes.
  3. I will send the final png/s (not jpg because many sites destroy jpg quality) thru Google Drive or email.

One resize is included. Please let me know if you want the same graphic in a different size for another site. Every other resize is $5 each.
Note: Square advertisement graphics work for both Instagram and Facebook. My Horizontal advertisement graphics are usually sized to Twitter feed dimensions unless you request otherwise (See Faye Mata example under complex tier).

I will determine what your request entails according to these tiers:

SIMPLE – $10 per image

Including but not limited to:

  • Twitch panel graphics with simple text (These examples are just some of mine and others; You can see my full panel section with all my Twitch graphics at twitch.tv/smzeldarules)
  • Small signature graphics (please give me dimensions)
  • Small Tumblr/blog graphics (one or two photos, very little text)

~Multiple Small Graphics Discounts~
*normal* 1 photo – $10
discounts:
5 photos – $40
10 photos – $80
etc.

MODERATE – $20 per image

Including but not limited to:

  • AFK Twitch advertisements
  • Simple event advertisements that only include important elements: a main element, logo, dates/times/location, URL

COMPLEX – $30 per image

Including but not limited to:

  • More complicated event advertisements that include important elements: a main element, logo, dates/times/location, URL + more
  • Complicated graphics that require multiple images and advertising elements

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COVER PHOTOS

$15 for simple cover photos

$30 for more complex cover photos with multiple images

One resize is included. Please let me know if you want the same graphic in a different size for another site. Every other resize is $5 each.

Please make sure your photographer is fine with me using their photos.

  1. Send me the HI-RES (original photos from photographer – please send thru Google Drive, Dropbox or email, I will tell you if I can or can’t use them) photos you’d like to use, and any text/other small logos/icons you want on the graphic/s (and your preferred kind of font/s if I am typing out text). If you’d like me to make you a logo, you will have to pay me for the logo as well (see Logo Creation).
  2. I will design the graphic/s, and send it/them to you to look at. Let me know of any changes.
  3. I will send the final png/s (not jpg because many sites destroy jpg quality) thru Google Drive or email.

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BUSINESS CARD DESIGN

$30 for front only

$40 for front & back (Downpayment of $20*)

YOU WILL BE HANDLING THE PRINTING FROM THE 3RD PARTY. I will not be handling that. This is for design only. I can walk you through the process if you haven’t printed cards before though!

  1. Pick your poison…I mean pick your printing service? I frequent Vistaprint, Moo, and OvernightPrints, but if you have another company in mind let me know and we can do some research. After you choose which service you’ll be using, choose your size and send me their template so I can figure out dimensions and how far from the edges the elements need to be.
  2. Please make sure your photographer is fine with me using their photos. Send me the HI-RES (original photos from photographer – please send thru Google Drive, Dropbox or email, I will tell you if I can or can’t use them) photos you’d like to use, and any text/other small logos/icons you want on the graphic (and your preferred kind of font/s if I am typing out text). If you’d like me to make you a logo, you will have to pay me for the logo as well (see Logo Creation). Please see Full Branding Graphics Package for a discount though!
  3. Let me know what file type is preferred for the printing service you are using and I will send the final file/s thru Google Drive or email.

*Downpayment Disclaimer: This $20 is NON-REFUNDABLE if I do any work for you and send you proofs but you decide to seek elsewhere/cancel. This ensures that I am paid at least a little for my work and time. You are allowed to send another artist my proofs for reference to continue the project, but I will NOT send you working files. Please plan accordingly.
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FULL BRANDING GRAPHICS PACKAGE

$120 (Downpayment of $60*)

Includes:

  • Logo creation – info here
  • Facebook cover photo & Twitter cover photo (complex style) – info here
    • Any other resize is $5 each
  • Business card design (front & back) – info here

*Downpayment Disclaimer: If I do any logo work for you and send you proofs but you decide to seek elsewhere/cancel, I will be keeping $30 of the $60 downpayment and refund you $30. This ensures that I am paid at least a little for my work and time. You are allowed to send another artist my proofs so they can continue the project, but I will NOT send you working files. Please plan accordingly.
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TWITCH OVERLAYS

I create these with 1920×1080 dimensions unless requested otherwise.

$15 for simple top or bottom

Simple top, bottom or top & bottom. Be aware if you have your game window take up the whole stream layout, this kind of overlay will cover up some of it.

$30 for a more complex layout

This is for if you’d like specific spaces for your webcam & StreamLabs OBS widgets and to not cover up the game window. You can still place your webcam & widgets on a simple top & bottom overlay but they will cover up the game footage. This is why it makes more sense to designate spots for what you’d like to put in there.
For my overlay example (top middle -> right), I have my banner, information and Emil at the bottom. My StreamLabs widgets, that are set up in my StreamLabs account backend and placed in my OBS scene, include: tip jar (in between my info & Emil), alert box, chat, and notification gifs go on top of the chat when they happen. Then my webcam is set up in OBS at the top.

For Vicious Cosplay’s overlay example (top left), she uses it for cosplay creation streams. She places her overhead camera showcasing her working in the top left rectangle, her regular webcam at the top right rectangle, and she places an image of what she’s working on under “Current Project:” I also made the collage of her photos at the bottom left for the overlay.

For BooItsSarah’s overlay (bottom left), she wanted a cherry blossom cutesy look. I made her logo (see Logo Creation) and layout and Belindraw provided the illustration at the bottom right.

NearMintCondition (bottom middle) provided their logo, group photo and blurb and I created the layout with those.

Tiffany Witcher (bottom right) wanted a simple layout in the same color scheme as her logo that I made for her (see Logo Creation), and the illustration she commissioned elsewhere (at the top left of the overlay).

Please make sure your photographer is fine with me using their photos.

  1. Send me the HI-RES (original photos from photographer – please send thru Google Drive, Dropbox or email, I will tell you if I can or can’t use them) photos you’d like to use, and any text/other small logos/icons you want on the graphic/s (and your preferred kind of font/s if I am typing out text). If you’d like me to make you a logo, you will have to pay me for the logo as well (see Logo Creation).
  2. I will design the graphic/s, and send it/them to you to look at. Let me know of any changes.
  3. I will send the final png/s (not jpg because many sites destroy jpg quality) thru Google Drive or email.

Special Offer: If you’d like to combine a $30 Twitch Overlay offer with a $30 Cover Photo offer, I’m totally willing to discount that $60 price to $50. That would include two sizes of a complex cover photo, and the complex Twitch overlay that includes that same banner.

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SIMPLE PHOTO TOUCH-UPS

$10 per photo

Please make sure your photographer is fine with me using their photos. This point needs to be 100% addressed because I am literally altering their work. I ABSOLUTELY NEED consent from the photographer themselves or a typed notice from them that it’s all right if I can touch up their photo of you.
Please send your HI-RES (original photos from photographer) photos thru Google Drive, Dropbox or email, I will tell you if I can or can’t use them. The more RAW the better too.

Includes the following editing:

  • skin correction
  • undereye concealing
  • eye color change/enhancement
  • simple color/filter overlays
  • simple liquifying
  • simple clone tool use

I will determine the tier based on the kind of edits you request. If you need any additional photo manipulation/editing/special effects, see my $20 simple photo touch-ups, $30 simple photo effects and $40 complex composites tiers.
All I ask for these is that you credit me by tagging my page or account @smzeldarules as the photo editor/touch up artist!

~Multiple Photo Discounts~
*normal* 1 photo – $10
discounts:
5 photos – $40
10 photos – $80
etc.

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SIMPLE PHOTO EFFECTS

$20 per photo

Please make sure your photographer is fine with me using their photos. This point needs to be 100% addressed because I am literally altering their work. I ABSOLUTELY NEED consent from the photographer themselves or a typed notice from them that it’s all right if I can touch up their photo of you.
Please send your HI-RES (original photos from photographer) photos thru Google Drive, Dropbox or email, I will tell you if I can or can’t use them. The more RAW the better too.

Includes all edit types in $10 photo edit tier plus:

  • simple special effects
  • more complex liquifying
  • more complex clone tool use

I will determine the tier based on the kind of edits you request. If you need any additional photo manipulation/editing/special effects, see my $30 complex photo effects and $40 complex composites tiers.
All I ask for these is that you credit me by tagging my page or account @smzeldarules as the photo editor/touch up artist!

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COMPLEX PHOTO EFFECTS

$30 per photo

Please make sure your photographer is fine with me using their photos. This point needs to be 100% addressed because I am literally altering their work. I ABSOLUTELY NEED consent from the photographer themselves or a typed notice from them that it’s all right if I can touch up their photo of you.
Please send your HI-RES (original photos from photographer) photos thru Google Drive, Dropbox or email, I will tell you if I can or can’t use them. The more RAW the better too.

Includes all edit types in $10 & $20 photo edit tiers plus:

  • more complex special effects
  • removing a lot of people or other big distractions from the background
  • modifying a section of the photo completely (not a complete photo composite, but partial)
  • simple partial modifications on clothes & backgrounds (not a complete alteration, only partial)

I will determine the tier based on the kind of edits you request. If you need any additional photo manipulation/editing/special effects, see my $40 complex composite tier.
All I ask for these is that you credit me by tagging my page or account @smzeldarules as the photo editor/touch up artist!

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COMPLEX COMPOSITES

$40 per photo (Downpayment of $20*)

Please make sure your photographer is fine with me using their photos. This point needs to be 100% addressed because I am literally altering their work. I ABSOLUTELY NEED consent from the photographer themselves or a typed notice from them that it’s all right if I can touch up their photo of you.
Please send your HI-RES (original photos from photographer) photos thru Google Drive, Dropbox or email, I will tell you if I can or can’t use them. The more RAW the better too.

Includes all edit types in $10, $20 & $30 photo edit tiers plus:

  • more intensive special effects
  • completely modifying a photo, both background & subject matter

I will determine the tier based on the kind of edits you request. If you need LESS photo manipulation/editing/special effects, see my $10 simple photo touch-ups, $20 simple photo effects and $30 complex photo effects tiers.
All I ask for these is that you credit me by tagging my page or account @smzeldarules as the photo editor/touch up artist!

*Downpayment Disclaimer: This $20 is NON-REFUNDABLE if I do any work for you and send you proofs but you decide to seek elsewhere/cancel. This ensures that I am paid at least a little for my work and time. You are allowed to send another artist my proofs for reference to continue the project, but I will NOT send you working files. Please plan accordingly.
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SIMPLE COSPLAY TATTOOS

$30 per tattoo creation

I can’t draw a big elaborate illustration sadly, but if there’s something simple and small that I can grab from a screenshot, or create with simple shapes & images I’m totally up for it!
I would create these in Adobe Illustrator and you are responsible for printing it on your own tattoo paper and measuring how big you want the tattoo. When the tattoo/s is/are finalized, I will send you a PDF, as well as the ai file if you want to resize it yourself, ready for print. If the design is asymmetrical, the design on the ready-to-print files will be mirrored, because it will only look correct when you apply a tattoo to your skin with water.

Already-made tattoos are $6-9 and you can pay for them on my ko-fi (ko-fi.com/smzeldarules)!
Current already-made tattoos:

  • Petra (Fire Emblem 3 Houses)
  • Ena (Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn)
  • Seere’s palm (Drakengard 1)
  • Valkyrie Ranka (Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa movie)
  • Mollymauk (Critical Role)

When paying for already-made tattoos on my ko-fi, please mention which tattoo you’d like & your email address in your ko-fi message! Then I’ll email you the files asap 😀

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