ArtistUpgrade Website Portfolio

ArtistUpgrade offers three unique types of website design: Custom Design, One Page Voiceover Websites, and our ArtistUpgrade Signature Sites. To get a taste for our style and abilities, please browse through the galleries below.

 

Custom Websites

ArtistUpgrade Custom Website development and design is an excellent option for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and start-ups as well as individuals who have very specific design and/or functionality ideas, needs, or requirements for their website. Custom design is a collaborative process between you and your designer that will ultimately result in an original website that looks great and does what you need it to do. Custom design is also helpful for companies and individuals who need to upgrade their web presence and re-design their existing or outdated websites. Learn More!

 

One Page Voiceover Website

The One Page Voiceover Site was specifically designed to meet the unique needs of voiceover artists as well as cater to the demands of voiceover industry professionals such as Casting Directors, Producers, and Agents. The One Page Voiceover Site includes all the necessary information professionals and prospects are looking for when visiting your website, provides immediate access to your demos, and increases your exposure. Perfect for seasoned professionals and beginners alike, this type of site is an effective marketing tool that ArtistUpgrade spent months developing in collaboration with Edge Studio in NYC, a leader in voiceover training and production. Learn more!

 

ArtistUpgrade Signature Website

With over 2 years of on-going research and development, our Signature Websites are expertly designed to meet the unique needs and demands of creative professionals in an effective and highly personalized way. The Signature Website is an affordable option for independent Actors, Singers, Models, Dancers, Producers, Directors, Writers, Visual Artists, and Voice Actors who are looking to establish a professional and original online presence. While the structure of the site remains consistent, all of the design elements are created from scratch to complement your materials and unique personality. Learn More!

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ArtistUpgrade Graphic Design Portfolio

ArtistUpgrade has had over 10 years experience designing print materials. From business cards to brochures, if you can print it, we can design it! Below you can browse through galleries of our most popular items to view examples of our work for Business Cards, Postcards, and CD Cases & Labels.

 

 

Business Cards

Business Cards are probably one of the most inexpensive and effective advertising tools you can incorporate into any marketing strategy as a creative professional or small business. Learn More!

 

Postcards

Postcards are a great way to promote special events, network, gain exposure, and showcase your products and services in professional and unique way. Postcards can often double as thank your cards or as a friendly “hi – how are you”. In a world of social media forums and email, a postcard can be a powerful tool that adds a level of personal quality and originality to your marketing strategy. Learn More!

 

CD Cases & Labels

ArtistUpgrade creates quality custom design with promotion in mind to give you a unique and effective marketing tool for voiceover artists and musicians. We develop original graphics that convey your unique personality, style, and talent in order to effectively communicate a solid brand identity and clear marketing message that prepares your listener for what they are about to hear. Learn More!

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Our Design Philosophy

 

ArtistUpgrade has a unique approach to design. It’s not just about creating something that looks nice, it’s about creating graphics that effectively represent who you are and what you have to offer to your target audience. For example, imagine that you have a business that caters to the color blind. The design you create to promote your products or services to them would be very different from the design you create for a target audience comprised of people who can see all spectrums of the rainbow.

With our clients, we first get to know you, your wants, needs, and goals before any graphics are ever considered. By determining exactly what your web or graphic design goals are, we are then able to create a design that hits all your bench marks. By identifying your target market, we are able to create an effective design for your viewers. The end result is a design that meets both your and your end user's needs ensuring that the finsihed work will do the job it was created to do.

• Functional Aesthetics

  What is functional aesthetics? A term we came up with to describe our approach to every design we create. We all know good design when we see it, but it’s hard to articulate what makes something a good design. If I asked you to try to explain good design in 30 seconds or less, chances are, you’ll find yourself scrambling for words and trying to identify a universal truth. The truth of the matter is that visual arts have always been, and will always be, subject to circumstance and personal appeal.

   

  So how does ArtistUpgrade ensure that you’re getting good design? First, we must examine all the elements that contribute to a good design. There is a delicate balance between designing for the client and designing for the end user (the person whose attention you are seeking). If we design only for personal taste, we would end up with something that appeals to the client, but not necessarily to the end user. If we design with only the end user in mind, the result is often a design that looks great, but lacks a unique quality or selling point of the client. By first determining the function of the design, then assessing the aesthetic needs of the design, ArtistUpgrade is able to create original designs that are aesthetically attractive and functional. We begin each project with this end goal in mind — to create designs that not only look good, but do the job they were designed to do.

Graphic Design

What makes good graphic design? At ArtistUpgrade, we whole–heartedly believe that good design is obvious. Good design is not the fanciest or most complex design, it's design that serves a purpose. Think of the Nike swoosh – a simple logo that communicates motion, power, and confidence. Good design is design that makes you go "Of course that's what that logo–business card–website would be for that company–actor–client!" Our unique approach of combining your personal preference and vision with the practicality and functionality of the design ensures that you walk away with a design that you are proud to have representing you, your product, or service.

 

Website Design

What makes good website design? Because we are inundated with the Internet, on our computers at work and home, on our mobile devices, et cetera, we often forget that, at the core, a website is simply a means for transferring information quickly, affordably, and effectively. At the end of the day, the purpose of any website is to communicate relevant information to the end user.

In order to have a "good" website, first and foremost, your content must be easily accessible and relevant to your target audience. How your information is organized will have a significant impact on the impression your website leaves. For example, if your content is sloppy, then the end user may get the impression that you are sloppy. In contrast, a sophisticated website will communicate a sense of sophistication to the user. The Internet allows us to share information literally at the speed of light, but how we share that information can leave a lasting impression. ArtistUpgrade has spent hundreds of hours developing and refining the layout and functionality of our websites to ensure that your information is easily accessible to your audience.

The final peice of the good website design puzzle is the visual elements that accompany the content on a website. An image is, indeed, worth a thousand words. The Internet allows us to not only share information effectively, but also communicate ideas and concepts with the visual elements that accompany the content of your site. The marriage of an effective content layout and complementary graphics that are in line with your marketing message will ultimately result in good website design.

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