Welcome to Watkins with Watkins web site. We offer marketing design services including Graphic Design, Illustration, Branding/Identity, Animation and Web Site design and creation.

We are equally comfortable with creative and technical aspects of your project and we believe that to survive in the new world order we must be nimble. That requires an awareness that goes beyond current trends and draws on not only conventional wisdom, but decades of observation. Please take a look at the samples of our work on this site.

We work with small businesses, corporations and agencies and can work as part of a team or manage a project to completion. For more information or a free consultation, please contact us.

Illustration

Tell a story. In today's highly competitive marketplace, it is essential to convey compelling ideas quickly. Nothing does that better than pictures. There are times when photography is inadequate. Illustration has an advantage over photography when telling a story or demonstrating a complex idea because it's not limited to physical reality. Illustration is at the core of our skill set. Mark Watkins earned a degree in illustration in 1975, and has been working in that field ever since. Our portfolio includes virtually every kind of illustration, from simple technical illustration to cartoons, animation, 3D renderings, photo-illustration and editorial illustration.

Graphic Design

It is said that design is essentially the process of putting in everything that needs to be there, and taking out everything that doesn't. That is where we start – with an assessment of what we are trying to achieve, and precisely what that will require, keeping in mind the budget available. Next comes what we like to think of as inspiration; the creative flash that solves for all the defined requirements (and is pretty and cool and professional, too). We build on that with decades of experience in layout, typography and reproduction requirements. We promise our best, because we know that attaining it is critical to your success – and ours.

Branding

Who are you? What makes you unique? What is the brand idea that links you to your market? We understand your need to stand out; to not only look polished and professional, but to reinforce that brand idea in every point of contact with your customers. We will treat your brand with the utmost care from logo design to marketing collateral to packaging, signage, tradeshow display design and web presence.

Interactive Web & Animation

The marketplace is evolving rapidly. Print is no longer the dominant media. The old top-down model of advertising is dissolving and being replaced by an interactive, multi-threading, content-driven human network. As our world accelerates it becomes increasingly important to maintain an effective online presence. We've been involved with the Internet since 1996, and we bring a well-rounded skill set to web site development. Our sites are designed to take advantage of new technologies while not locking you into proprietary systems. A site should be more than an online brochure. It can, should, and increasingly must be a dynamic, interactive, and compelling place of business. Call for a free consultation.