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sample logos above were done for one of my clients George Sebastian of
GL Engraving. Most of his customer base is military related. Here is what George had to have been able to meet his graphic requirements.

I constantly receive images from my clients that they want me to use on various engraving and sublimation projects. These images must be converted to Vector for me to be able to use them. I use CorelDRAW in my business and even took lessons from Square One. I soon realizes it was more cost effective to have them do the Raster to Vector conversion then me trying to do it myself as well as trying to finding the time to market my products.

My experience with Jim & Square One Graphics has been awesome. The turn around on the image conversions has been second to none. The fees they charge for their services are well below what the graphic design market will bare.

The quality of the Vector images and the speed at which they supply them to me allows me the ability to provide my clients with the highest quality Engraved Awards, Silk Screening, Dye Sublimation and other recognition products in a timely manner and at an affordable price. I have given Jim at Square One Graphics the nickname of "MAGIC MAN" because of all the magic he has performed on the images I have sent him. I highly recommend Jim and Square One Graphics for all your graphic needs.

Sincerely


CorelDRAW has had it's Trace Bitmap feature for years. It has improved from version to version but it is not the answer to converting all Raster files to clean editable Vector files. Through my years of experience in design and the use of CorelDRAW I am able to convert logos that have been sent to me in poor quality Raster format into Vector files that are clean and ready for Silkscreen, Laser Engraving and Embroidery stitch conversion. I have the ability to take over where CorelTRACE leaves off and produce a high quality Vector ready for use. I can provide the finished Vector file to you in CDR, AI, CMX, WMF, EPS, and CGM. Let me put my years of expertise to work for you. E-mail me your Raster logo file and I will let you know if I can successfully convert it to Vector for you and what the cost will be.

I designed this Logo for Auburn Community Television Channel 20 in Auburn, CA. This logo is displayed on the TV channel to Identify the Channel when on air.	I designed this Logo for new start-up business called Emerald Express Tours in Seattle, WA. The owner was extremely pleased with the simple clean design.
While working as a graphic designer at McClellan AFB in Sacramento, CA one of the clients the base did radar repair for was the California Highway Patrol. I re-created the gold badge you see above from a black and white bitmap (above left). I began with CorelTRACE in CorelDRAW 8 )which wasn't that great back then) and then did all of the fine detail work piece-by-piece in CorelDRAW and then added the depth in Corel Photo-PAINT. The CHP was blown away by the authentic look of the badge. The Patch was also re-created from a photo to vector.I used a plug-in for CorelDRAW X3 to create the embroidery effect on the patch. The image above shows two badges both taken from a boring B&W Pixel Bitmap images to Colorful Vector images with lots of depth and highlight. This was accomplished with the help of CorelTRACE 8, CorelDRAW 8 and CorelPhotoPaint 8 and a lot of time and effort. The majority of the elements within both badges that were not picked up through CorelTRACE had to be hand drawn using the powerful Bezier & Shape Tools within CorelDRAW's toolbox. Above is a sample of some photo restoration I did on an old Victorian photo. I bought the photo at a Flea Market. I repaired all the blemishes in Photo-PAINT then added color to it to bring the photo to life. A good training exercise for sure.

Above are a couple CorelDRAW & Photo-PAINT training manual covers I designed for manuals I used in my classes for earlier versions of CorelDRAW & Photo-PAINT. These covers were designed in CorelDRAW & Photo-PAINT exclusively to show what can be accomplished with the software package.

I have used my creative ability to design CDs that capture special events
such as the 80th Birthday celebration for my father-in-law. Above left is
a sample of the cover for the CD and on the right is a sample of the interface
used to navigate through the CD using Internet Explorer. Just as you
would a web site. A copy was sent to each person that had
attended the birthday celebration. My father-in-law was pleased.

I was asked to design a digital wedding invitation. My clients
had a clear idea of how they wanted the finished CD to look and it came
out beautiful. Above left is a sample of the cover for the CD and right is
a sample of the interface used to navigate through the CD using Internet
Explorer. Just as you would a web site.

They recipients of the Invitations told my client how original the
concept was and how much the enjoyed navigating through the interactive
CD. My client wanted to do something to invite friends to their wedding
other that the traditional wedding invitation. The Digital Invitations
were a huge success.

I ended up producing over 300 copies of the digital wedding invitation
and the response from the individuals who received one of the invitations was overwhelming.

I designed a custom marketing CD Wheels Racing Team of Houma, LA. They wanted
to mail out these CDs to potential team sponsors. The client was very pleased with the
overall design of the CD and Case along with the Interactive Presentation
I designed for the CD.

One year I took our entire family photo album and scanned in each and
every photo. I then designed an interactive interface and placed all
the scanned photos on a CD. The CD was designed so that when the
CD was placed in a persons CD-ROM drive it would automatically
launch Windows Internet Explorer and the person viewing the CD could
navigate through all the photos just as they would while they
were viewing a web site.

I took our family photos that were fading memories and transformed
the into a Digital Scrapbook that will allow these memories to remain
ever present in our minds for the rest of our lives. Let us build a Digital
Scrapbook for you to cherish forever and to share with
family and friends.

I gave every member of my family a copy of the CD for Christmas that year.

This year I had the pleasure of designing two coins. The First Coin was custom designed for the Alameda, CA Elk's Lodge Chapter 1015 in honor of their 100th Anniversary. They had a total of 500 coins made and they were sold as a fund raiser for the lodge. The response to these coins was outstanding. Some of the coins were gold plated and made into necklaces for the ladies. Below is the obverse & reverse views of the finished coin.

The second coin I designed was for the Command Sergeant Major for the Air National Guard for the state of California. The Sergeant Major was so pleased with the coin he personally presented me with a final production coin at an Air Force Chiefs meeting I was attending in Sacramento, CA. Below is the obverse & reverse views of the finished coin.

Left is a sample of a Software Packaging design I came up with as an entry to a design challenge on my on-line User Group a few years back. I was for a factious Greeting Card Software program.

I would come up with a challenge every few months to see how far the members had come in their Skill Level.

I was impressed by the various design entries sent in by my members. We will be doing this again in my current On-Line Corel Users group called The CorelDRAW Zone. See the link on this site to find out more about the group and how to join.

Left is a sample of a Ice Cream Packaging design I came up with as an entry to a design challenge on my on-line User Group a few years back. I was for a factious Ice Cream Product..

I was impressed by the various design entries sent in by my members.

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