Logo Design Services in Baltimore, Maryland
A Logo That Makes People Remember Your Business – Custom Designed for Maryland Companies.
Your logo is on everything – your signage, your business cards, your website, your vehicles, your social profiles, your invoices, and your email signature. It forms an impression in 50 milliseconds. That impression is either working for you or against you.
We design custom logos for Maryland businesses that are distinctive, scalable, and built to last – not generated, not templated, not recycled. Part of our full graphic design practice.
50ms
Time it takes to form a first impression
150+
Logos designed
100%
Custom – never AI-generated or templated
Why Your Current Logo Might Be Costing You Business
Most Maryland business owners don’t think about their logo until a client mentions it, a vendor asks for a vector file they don’t have, or they see a competitor’s brand and realise how far behind they’ve fallen. Here’s what a bad logo is actually doing to your business.
The Fiverr Logo Problem
A $30 Fiverr logo looks like a $30 Fiverr logo. The designer spent 20 minutes on it, used a stock icon from a library they didn’t create, applied a generic font they downloaded for free, and sent you a JPG with a white background. No vector files. No variations. No brand rationale. Just a low-resolution image that pixelates on a business card and falls apart when you try to put it on a sign.
Clients notice. Not consciously. But when they’re choosing between two Maryland businesses in your industry – the one with the professional logo gets the benefit of the doubt.
The Canva Logo Problem
Canva is an excellent tool for many things. Designing a logo that represents a real business is not one of them. Canva logos use the same template elements as thousands of other businesses. The icon you chose for your cleaning company is also being used by a landscaper in Texas, a therapist in Ohio, and a bakery in Florida. Your logo should be yours – unique to your business, not pulled from a shared library.
The Outdated Logo Problem
Your logo was designed in 2009. Or 2015. Design trends have changed. Your industry has changed. Your target clients have changed. Your business has grown. But your logo still looks like it was designed a decade ago – and it’s creating a gap between the quality of your work and the quality of your brand presentation. Clients who don’t know you judge the logo they see before they know anything else about you.
The Wrong File Format Problem
Your designer gave you a PNG. Now a vendor needs a vector file for signage. A printer needs a CMYK PDF. Your web developer needs an SVG. A sign company needs an EPS. You go back to the designer – they’re unavailable, or they charge for every format. A properly delivered logo comes with every format you’ll ever need, in a clearly organised brand file package.
A professional logo isn’t vanity. It’s the first 50 milliseconds of every business relationship you’ll ever have.
Our Logo Design Services
Every logo project is different. Here’s the specific work we do and what each delivers.
Custom Logo Design (New Business)
Starting from scratch – we design a logo that captures your brand identity, speaks to your target audience, and positions you correctly in your Maryland market. Brief, research, concepts, revisions, final delivery. Your business starts with a logo built for it.
Logo Redesign & Modernisation
Your existing logo has brand equity – customers recognise it – but it looks dated. We modernise while preserving what’s recognisable: refining the mark, updating the typography, adjusting the colour system, and creating a cleaner version that works in digital and print environments. Evolution, not revolution.
Full Brand Identity Package
Logo + complete visual identity system. Colour palette (HEX, RGB, CMYK, Pantone codes), typography stack (primary and secondary fonts), icon and pattern elements, photography style guide, and a brand style guide document. Everything needed to keep your brand consistent across every touchpoint.
Logo + Brand Stationery Package
Logo design plus the core stationery set: business cards, letterhead, envelope, email signature, and presentation template. Everything a Maryland business needs to look professional in every client interaction from day one.
Logo for Specific Applications
Logo design with a specific use case in mind – vehicle wrap, storefront signage, embroidery on uniforms, app icon, social media profile image, or event booth graphics. We design the logo with the primary application requirements built in from the start.
Logo Refresh (Minor Update)
Small changes to an existing logo – font update, colour adjustment, proportion refinement, or adding/removing an element. We clean up your existing logo and deliver a refreshed version in all required formats.
What a Professional Logo Does for Your Maryland Business
Not aesthetics – business outcomes.
Builds Trust Before You Say a Word
94% of first impressions are design-related. A professional logo signals that your business is established, legitimate, and worth trusting – before a potential client has read your website, called your number, or spoken to your team. In competitive Maryland markets, that trust signal is the difference between a call and a pass.
Justifies a Higher Price Point
Businesses with professional branding charge more – and get it. Your logo is part of the visual system that signals your price tier. A polished, distinctive logo tells clients you’re a premium provider before they’ve seen your pricing. A generic or amateur logo tells them the opposite.
Works Everywhere – Every Size, Every Surface
A properly designed vector logo scales from a favicon (16×16 pixels) to a billboard (48 feet wide) without losing quality. It prints on a business card, embroiders on a shirt, cuts on a vinyl sign, and displays on a 4K screen – all without modification. Most Fiverr and Canva logos do none of these well.
Creates Recognition Over Time
Brand recognition is built through repeated, consistent exposure to the same visual identity. A distinctive logo that appears consistently across your website, your vehicles, your signage, your social media, and your printed materials builds familiarity – and familiarity builds preference.
Attracts the Right Clients
Your logo communicates who you are – and who your ideal client is. A logo that’s bold and industrial attracts industrial clients. A logo that’s refined and elegant attracts upscale clients. A logo designed with your target audience in mind attracts more of the clients you actually want to work with.
Delivered in Every Format You’ll Ever Need
Professional logo delivery includes vector source files, print-ready formats, web-optimised formats, and every colour variant – so you’re never stuck paying for a file you should already own, or turning away a vendor because you don’t have the right format.
Our Logo Design Process
From brief to brand files – here’s exactly how we work.
Logo Design Brief
We start with the right questions: What does your business do? Who are your ideal clients? What words describe your brand – bold or subtle, modern or traditional, serious or approachable, technical or human? What do you like and dislike about your current logo? What logos in your industry do you admire – and what makes you cringe? The brief shapes every design decision. You can fill in the logo brief here.
Competitive Logo Audit
We review logos from your competitors and your industry – locally in Maryland and nationally. We identify what visual patterns are overused in your space (which we avoid) and where visual white space exists (where we can make you stand out). Your logo should look like it belongs in your industry without looking like everyone else in it.
Concept Development
We develop 2–3 distinct logo concepts based on the brief and audit – each exploring a different visual direction, a different typographic approach, or a different mark style. Every concept is presented with rationale: why these design choices, what they communicate about your brand, who they’re speaking to.
Client Review
You review the concepts and provide feedback. Which direction resonates? What elements do you like? What needs to change? This is a collaborative conversation – your industry knowledge and our design expertise combine to refine toward the right solution.
Refinement Rounds
We refine the selected concept based on your feedback – adjusting proportions, testing colour variations, exploring typographic alternatives, and testing the logo at different sizes and on different backgrounds. Revisions included in every project.
Final Logo & Colour System
Final logo approved. We finalise the colour palette – exact HEX codes (web), RGB values (screen), CMYK percentages (print), and Pantone references (brand consistency). Typography documented. Usage rules defined.
File Package Delivery
Every format, every variation – organised and labelled:
- Vector source files: AI (Adobe Illustrator), SVG, EPS
- Print-ready: PDF (CMYK), EPS
- Web/digital: PNG (transparent background), JPG, SVG
- Colour variants: Full colour, black, white, reversed (white on dark)
- Size variants: Standard, favicon (ICO/PNG), social media profile sizes
- Brand style guide: Colour codes, typography, logo usage rules
Tools We Use for Logo Design
Vector-native, professional-grade – no logo generators, no AI image tools.
Primary Design
Adobe Illustrator (industry standard for vector logo design) · CorelDRAW · Affinity Designer
Colour & Typography
Adobe Color · Pantone Connect · Google Fonts · Adobe Fonts (Typekit) · Fontpair · WhatFont
Mockup & Presentation
Adobe Photoshop · Smartmockups · Placeit · Adobe Dimension (3D mockups) · Canva Pro (client-editable brand templates)
Brand Style Guide
Figma (style guide documentation) · Adobe InDesign (brand guideline PDF) · Zeroheight
File Delivery
WeTransfer · Google Drive · Dropbox · Brandfolder (brand asset management for larger clients)
Competitive Research
Behance · Dribbble · Brand New · Logopond · Industry-specific visual research
Logo Design Work We’ve Done
Every logo is custom – designed for the specific business, market, and audience it represents.
Logo + Brand Identity · AI Finance · Baltimore, MD
CommonAreaCredit AI
Brand mark for an AI-powered financial platform – a logo system communicating technological precision and financial trustworthiness. Clean geometric mark, professional colour palette, and a type treatment that works equally well on a digital dashboard and formal financial documents.
Logo + Visual Identity · Education Platform
Career in Aerospace
Logo design for an aerospace career education brand – balancing technical authority with accessibility for students and early-career professionals. Mark based on aerospace visual language without defaulting to clichéd rocket imagery.
Logo + Brand Identity · Maryland Service Business
Mindy’s
Custom logo for a Maryland service business – warm, approachable mark with typography that communicates professionalism without formality. Designed to perform on business cards, signage, and social media profiles equally well.
Logo + Brand Identity · Music Label
Tumbleweed Records
Distinctive logo for an independent music label – raw, authentic mark that captures the label’s musical identity without looking like a generic music industry logo. Applied across digital storefronts, physical merchandise, and release artwork.
Why Maryland Businesses Choose Chainbot for Logo Design
Hand-drawn vectors, full file packages, and a rationale behind every concept.
We Design – We Don’t Generate
We do not use AI image generation tools to create logos. Every logo we deliver is hand-crafted in Adobe Illustrator by a designer – custom geometry, custom typography treatment, custom colour selection. AI-generated logos aren’t unique, aren’t vector-native, and can’t be trademarked in many jurisdictions. You get a real logo.
You Get Every File You’ll Ever Need
Vector source files (AI, SVG, EPS), print-ready formats (PDF, CMYK), web formats (PNG transparent, JPG, SVG), all colour variants (full colour, black, white, reversed), and favicon/social media sizes – all delivered in an organised file package. No going back to ask for a format you should already have.
We’re Local – Pikesville, Maryland
In-person logo presentations available for Maryland clients. Our office is at 3701 Old Court Rd, Pikesville, MD, serving Baltimore, Towson, and Columbia. For clients who want to sit down, view concepts on a large screen, and work through feedback face-to-face – we can do that.
Full Brand Capability Beyond the Logo
A logo is one element. If your project grows into a full brand identity, website design, business stationery, or marketing materials – we handle all of it. Your logo doesn’t have to go to a different agency to become a complete brand.
We Design for Every Application
Before we finalise your logo, we test it: on a white background, on a dark background, at business card size, at billboard size, as a favicon, on a vehicle mock-up, and as a social media profile image. A logo that only looks good in one context isn’t a finished logo.
Rationale, Not Just Aesthetics
Every logo concept we present comes with design rationale – why these colours, why this mark, what this typography communicates about your business. You’re not just picking what looks nice. You’re making an informed decision about how your business presents itself.
What Maryland Clients Say About Our Logo Design
★★★★★
“I’d had three logos designed by Fiverr designers and none of them were usable – low resolution, no vector files, looked like clip art. Chainbot’s process was completely different. Three strong concepts, clear rationale for each, and I got every file format I could possibly need at the end.”
— Business Owner, Baltimore, MD
★★★★★
“Our old logo looked like it was made in Microsoft Word. We were embarrassed to put it on materials. The rebrand Chainbot did changed how clients perceive us immediately – we’ve had multiple people mention the new logo unprompted.”
— Professional Services Firm, Montgomery County, MD
★★★★★
“What I appreciated most was that they explained why they made each design choice. It wasn’t just ‘here are three options, pick one.’ They told us what each concept communicated and who it was designed to appeal to. That made the decision much easier.”
— Startup Founder, Howard County, MD
★★★★★
“I needed the logo to work on vehicle wraps, uniforms, and a website. They tested it for all three applications before finalising. The sign company had exactly what they needed on the first request. No back and forth, no file issues.”
— Contractor, Baltimore County, MD
Logo Design for Maryland Businesses – What Works in Your Industry
Logo design isn’t one-size-fits-all. Different industries have different visual conventions – your customers are conditioned by what they see in your space. Here’s how we approach logo design across Maryland’s major sectors.
Contractors & Home Services
Contractor logos need to project competence, reliability, and local presence. Bold sans-serif typography, strong geometric marks, and colours that read well on vehicle wraps and yard signs – navy, red, black, and forest green dominate the Maryland contractor market. Avoid anything too delicate or abstract.
Healthcare & Medical
Medical logos communicate trust, calm, and competence. Clean lines, professional colour palettes – blues, greens, and neutrals – and typography that’s legible at small sizes on prescription pads, patient forms, and digital interfaces. Abstract marks or overly stylised logos undermine the trust signals healthcare practices need.
Law Firms
Legal logos signal authority, tradition, and seriousness. Serif typography communicates tradition and gravitas. Dark colour palettes – navy, charcoal, forest green – convey seriousness. Many law firm logos use initials-based wordmarks rather than abstract marks. Simplicity and professionalism over creativity.
Restaurants & Food
Restaurant logos live on menus, signage, packaging, social media, and embroidered staff uniforms simultaneously. The logo needs to work at stamp size and at full-wall mural size. Food brand logos can be more expressive – illustration-based marks, hand-lettered typography, and warmer colour palettes all work depending on concept.
Technology & SaaS
Tech logos trend toward geometric marks, clean sans-serif typography, and gradient colour systems. The risk is looking like every other tech company. We design tech logos that are modern without being generic – finding the visual personality specific to each Maryland tech brand. Often paired with UI/UX design.
Real Estate
Real estate logos are often wordmarks or monograms – the agent’s or agency’s name is the brand. Clean, legible typography is critical. Colour choices signal market position: corporate blue and gold for traditional agencies, modern black and white for premium urban brands, warm tones for residential specialists.
Retail & Product
Retail logos need to work on product labels, shopping bags, receipts, storefronts, and social media simultaneously. Versatility is paramount. For product brands, the logo is often part of packaging design – colour, shape, and style all need to integrate with the product visual system.
Logo Design FAQs
Cost, timelines, file formats, ownership, and trademark – answered plainly.
Professional custom logo design in Baltimore typically ranges from $500–$800 for a logo-only project, $800–$1,500 for a logo with complete brand file package and style guide, and $1,500–$3,000+ for a full brand identity (logo + colour system + typography + stationery). Get a free quote → based on your specific scope.
A standard logo design project takes 1–2 weeks from brief to final delivery – concept presentation in the first week, refinement and finalisation in the second. Full brand identity packages take 2–4 weeks. Rush delivery is available for time-sensitive projects. Start by completing the logo design brief →
Every logo project includes: AI (Adobe Illustrator source file), SVG (scalable vector), EPS (print-ready vector), PDF (CMYK print), PNG with transparent background (web), and JPG. Colour variants include: full colour, black (for one-colour printing), white (for dark backgrounds), and reversed. Favicon and social media profile sizes included.
Yes – full copyright transferred to you on final payment. The logo is yours to use, modify, trademark, and sublicense as you choose. We retain no rights to use your logo without your permission.
A custom logo designed from scratch – with original geometry and typography treatment – is eligible for trademark registration in your business category. AI-generated logos and logos using stock icon libraries often cannot be trademarked because they lack the originality requirement. We design original logos specifically to avoid this issue. Trademark registration itself is a legal process handled by an attorney, not a design service.
A wordmark is your full business name styled as the logo. A lettermark uses initials. A logo mark (or icon mark) is a standalone symbol that represents your brand without text. Most small business logos combine a mark with a wordmark – giving you flexibility to use them together or separately.
If your current logo has any brand recognition – customers know it, it appears on physical assets you can’t easily replace, or you’ve built marketing materials around it – a redesign that modernises while preserving recognisable elements is usually the better choice. If your current logo has no equity, or is so problematic that fixing it creates more confusion than starting fresh, a new logo is the right call. We’ll give you an honest recommendation.
No. Every logo we design is hand-crafted in Adobe Illustrator. We do not use AI image generation tools for logo creation. AI-generated logos are not unique, are not vector-native, and cannot be trademarked. You get a real, original logo.
Yes – and we specifically test every logo for vehicle wrap application before finalising. A logo that works on a vehicle wrap must be readable at distance, hold up at large scale, and work in the colour environment of the vehicle. We test on a vehicle mockup before delivery.
Logo Design Services Across Maryland
Logo projects run remotely statewide, with in-person concept reviews available across every Maryland service area below.
Baltimore Area
Montgomery County
Howard & Anne Arundel County
Prince George’s & Charles County
Western & Other Maryland
Specialty Areas
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📞 (443) 687-7177 · 📍 3701 Old Court Rd, Pikesville, Maryland · In-Person Concept Reviews Available
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Logo Design Service Overview
Discovery & Understanding
We have a thorough conversation to discover your brand's ethos, goals, and stories during our logo design services. Knowing your goals and ideals enables us to create a logo that captures the essence of your business which appeals to your target market.
Concept Exploration
We can better understand your brand during this investigation phase by delving deeply into the background, goals, and distinctive selling features of your company, ensuring that the logo design captures its essence and personality.
Sketching Session
Our creative team starts a series of drawing sessions armed with insights from our consultation and brand discovery. We can explore a variety of concepts and visual representations of your brand logo design during these brainstorming and idea-translation sessions.
Delivery and Presentation
We select the best ideas that best fit the personality of your company. We polish these ideas through a painstaking process of selection and refining, making sure they capture the intended meaning and aesthetic appeal.
Approval
After refining the best custom logo design concepts, we provide them to you for approval and comments. We value your feedback during this stage to make sure the finished logo reflects your vision. After receiving your approval, we will provide the completed logo.
Start and Assistance
We walk you through the deployment process and offer full support to guarantee a successful launch. We are still dedicated to provide upgrades and assistance.
We Are Here for You
Creative Expertise
Our seasoned design team creates business logo design that are timeless and transcend trends by fusing artistic flair with industry knowledge.
Versatility
Our logo design company modify our design methodology to suit a range of businesses and design aesthetics, from IT companies to fashion labels.
Client-Centric Approach
Your opinions are very important. To develop a logo design that accurately captures your business identity, we place a high priority on client engagement and value your input at every turn.
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For Students-
Logo Design Concepts (2)
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Revisions (3)
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Designers Working on Your Project (1)
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Initial Concept Turnaround Time (24-48 Hours)
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Final Files | What You Will Receive Ultimately
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You Own All Design Rights
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Files Supplied in Vector Format
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Logo Design Concepts (4)
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Revisions (8)
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Designers Working on Your Project (2)
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Initial Concept Turnaround Time (24-48 Hours)
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Final Files | What You Will Receive Ultimately
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You Own All Design Rights
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Files Supplied in Vector Format
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Logo Design Concepts (6)
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Revisions (Unlimited)
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Designers Working on Your Project (3)
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Initial Concept Turnaround Time (24-48 Hours)
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Final Files | What You Will Receive Ultimately
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You Own All Design Rights
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Files Supplied in Vector Format
Branding
FLYER DESIGN
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1 Logo Concept (Complimentary)
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2 logo Revisions
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File Format (JPEG)
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Flyer Design
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3 Flyer Revisions
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Print Ready Format
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100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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100% Money Back Guarantee
BROCHURE DESIGN
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1 Logo Concept (Complimentary)
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2 logo Revisions
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File Format (JPEG)
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Brochure Design (Bi-Fold/Tri-fold)
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5 Revisions
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Print Ready Format
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100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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100% Money Back Guarantee
MATERIAL DESIGN
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1 Logo Concept (Complimentary)
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2 logo Revisions
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Apparel Design
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1 Banner Design
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Car Wrap Design
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Material Design
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Print Ready Format
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5 Revisions
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100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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100% Money Back Guarantee
PACKAGING DESIGN
& T-SHIRT DESIGN
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1 Logo Concept (Complimentary)
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2 logo Revisions
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Packaging Design
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T-Shirt Design
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5 Revisions
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Print Ready Format
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100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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100% Money Back Guarantee
PACKAGING DESIGN
& T-SHIRT DESIGN
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1 Logo Concept (Complimentary)
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2 logo Revisions
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Packaging Design
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T-Shirt Design
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5 Revisions
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Print Ready Format
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100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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100% Money Back Guarantee
MENU CARD
& BANNER DESIGN
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1 Logo Concept (Complimentary)
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2 logo Revisions
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1 Page Menu Card Design
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1 Banner Design
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5 Revisions
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Print Ready Format
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100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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100% Money Back Guarantee
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