Put over 40 years of craftsmanship and knowledge and professionallism to work for your project. Have your Brand, printed materials, web presence, and video content stand out from the crowd. Get the polish and competitive edge of professional design.
Call us to build your project with creatively, professionalism, and class. We will work with you to create exactly the look, message, and image you need. Depending on the project, we will either arrange a project fee or an appropriate hourly rate.
We may not be the cheapest shop in the world. But to steal an appropriate line from GM... “We are Professional Grade”. We do our utmost to provide a good value for your hard-earned money. We are committed to providing pro-class expertise and solutions to our clients who desire to go beyond what is possible in MS Office, and PowerPoint, or over the counter at Kinko’s, Office Depot, or on Vistaprint or Canva... What you are paying for beyond art and labor, is broad experience and deep expertise.
Is your budget tight? Use your free consultation to explore an economy solution with us, we are flexible and can create a solution for your needs. We can handle projects both small and complex.
Rates effective: February 2025
No Charge for First Consultations and/or Estimates, per project.
Standard Design Rates: $70 / Hour
We offer a schedule of reduced Referral, Chamber, and Not-for-Profit Rates.
Please contact us for further information.
Rush, AA & Overtime Rate: $85 / Hour
Kill fees for unused finished/delivered art: $50% current project rate
For Current FRS and Referral Clients:
Courtesy Preffered Customer Rates are avilable for Existing FRS Clients.
Contact us for More Information.
Rates and Project Prices DO NOT include:
Printing or Prepress Costs, Web Hosting, Domain Registration, Stock photography, online services, etc.
NOTE: As of Feburary 2025, will no longer be able to carry the costs of up-front paying for online services and project expenses on behalf of cleints, such as web hosting for extended periods. Such charges will need to be paid promptly, no later than within 30 days of purchase. Any extended services costs carried forward will accumulate the same interst rates as the Studio’s Credit Card providers charge us.
We're flexible! Projects may be contracted to contract fee or by-the-hour.
Custom rates for professional projects available.
We have been encouraged to provide the a slection of Prix Fixe Package Deals for of-the-shelf solutions to standard business needs. If you don't see what you want, just ask!
No charge for first consultations
Most Direct expenses are itemized at cost.
Clients are solely responsible for completeness and accuracy of all provided content and all sign offs of finished work. Errors introduced by FRS are corrected without charge
No project shall be delivered for production without client approval.
No charges for corrections of Studio errors. AAs at Standard Professional Rates.
Services beyond contract terms shall be approved by client and FRS.
Most projects include liaison with printers/vendor as needed for production as part of projects.
Rush work and work done after prepress or sign-offs shall be chared full Overtime Rates, at FRS discretion.
Payment terms:
All invoices are payable to Kurt E. Griffith or Fantastic Realities Studio.
Terms Net 30.
We accept PayPal for Credit Card Payments and Online payments.
Please Read our Studio Blog - Graphics, Design, Tech, Musings and Rants. Updated Randomly.
For the artsy ’toon fans –
A is for ART, an Artist's Primer - a Digital Restoration
Hardcover Print Edition Now Available from FRS - A blast from the past brought back to life.
Available from FRS:
FANTSASTIC REALITIES - A Life In Art & Design A softbound edition of my 2017 Design Retrospective
Available from FRS:
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Rockland Fall, A chronicle of Digital Photography.
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