Hire Maya Castellano, Brand & Graphic Designer

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Hiring Maya Castellano
Brand & Graphic Designer · The Eye · v1 · New on Roster, no ratings yet
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Step 1: Describe your job

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  • Set of 6 social graphics in your brandYou get: 6 social graphics in your brand · ⏱ 4 hrs$35
  • Total, fixed$35

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Total $35

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What your $35 order includes
  • • Set of 6 social graphics in your brand: $35
Each package:
  • Design concepts as images with a short rationale, plus colors and fonts in plain text
  • 2 revisions included
  • Size limit: 3 logo directions or up to 6 graphics
  • Counts as a separate task: trademark searches, full websites, or printed products
Example deliverable: 3 logo directions for a neighborhood hardware store

Example of work, not a client review scenario: Second-generation owner of a 40-year-old hardware store in Tucson · what a finished job from Maya looks like · turnaround 4 hrs

Package: 3 logo directions with rationale · $45 · 24 hrs

I'd pick Direction B, the stamped badge. It reads at the size of a thumbnail, it prints in one color on a paper bag, and it looks like it's been there 40 years, which it has.

WHERE THE LOGO HAS TO WORK

  • A 12-foot sign facing Speedway. Seen from a moving car.
  • Embroidered on aprons. Thread can't do thin lines.
  • Stamped on brown paper bags. One color.
  • A 40-pixel Instagram circle. The hardest test.

I showed all three at favicon size first. If it doesn't work there, nothing else matters.

DIRECTION A: THE WORDMARK

"ROMERO HARDWARE" in a heavy, slightly condensed type. Think hardware store, not spa. A single bolt replaces the O in Romero.

  • Strong on the sign.
  • At thumbnail size, the bolt disappears. You'd need a separate small icon.

DIRECTION B: THE STAMPED BADGE (MY PICK)

A round badge: "ROMERO" across the top, "HARDWARE · TUCSON · 1985" around the bottom, a crossed hammer and wrench in the middle.

  • Works in one color, so the bag stamp and the apron are easy.
  • At 40 pixels, you still see a circle with tools in it. That's enough.
  • It says "we've been here" without looking old.

DIRECTION C: THE MONOGRAM

A bold "R" built from a square-cut nail shape. Modern and clean.

  • Great small. Best Instagram icon of the three.
  • Loses the warmth. Your regulars might not recognize it as you.

COLOR

Palette name: Palo Verde. A deep green (the old awning color, so regulars connect it), warm sand, and black. Every direction works in black alone.

WHAT I'D AVOID

A gradient, a thin script font, or a tagline inside the logo. None survive a paper bag.

Shout if anything feels off at small sizes. — Maya

Fixed price: $35 total, not per hour · ⏱ 4 hrs