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Tag: Printing

How to prepare monochrome photos for print

Following the post about preparing images for offset printing, I want to show how to prepare monochrome photos to get a beautiful rich black colour in print.

How I prepare magazine images for offset printing

Images in a multi-page publication must be prepared to look good when printed. Typically, print shops have different requirements for offset printing, but the general principle of preparation is pretty much the same for all of them. I’ll give you an example of my work for Agroinvestor magazine so that the print shop accepts the layout for the first time and the images remain high quality.

Designed the Metamorfoza brand clothing catalogue

“Metamorphoza” is a Ukrainian clothing brand that produces exclusive embroidered tunics. Embroidery on tunics is not at all similar to traditional Ukrainian embroidered vyshyvanka. The brand has its own style.

Event posters of Rave People promotional group

I had previously made a logo for the Rave People promotional group. They also needed posters for a series of events. The posters are published on the website, tickets and social media pages.

I created a master manicurist’s guide

Valeria is a master manicurist and pedicurist. For her newsletter and to attract new clients she needed a guide in which she talks about hand and nail care. The guide needed to be in both electronic and printed form.

I designed a brochure and a travel guide to Japan

Design of a series of brochures to help independent travellers.

House of Weddings printed materials for the wedding expo

I created handouts for participation in a wedding expo

I made a business card for Maria Berezhnaya

Maria decided to update her business cards and wanted to add some gold to them. I suggested painting the sides of the business cards gold and highlighting some parts of the ornament

Postcards and posters for the book presentation “On Life, Death and Love”

For the presentation of Lea Wedensky’s book “On Life, Death and Love” I designed promotional and gift materials: flyers, postcards and posters with illustrations and quotes from the stories.

How I design and layout the book

Introducing my first book publication! I am very happy that I had the chance to discover this new direction in design. Working on the design of the book was not easy, but interesting. Here I will show you the process of work and all the behind-the-scenes details.