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In all ways, an admirable and engrossing accomplishment. Darlene and Dan of Van-garde Imagery, Inc. took a superb manuscript and polished what I would have to say is my best work ever. Their remarkable gift will transform your favored projects into works of art, and make your fondest dreams come true. — Martin Grams, Jr., author of The Twilight Zone: Unlociing the Door to a Television Classic and The Green Hornet: A History of Radio, Motion Pictures, Comics, and Television I gasped when I opened this! It looks faaaaabulous. I love the color you selected for the font. It ties into the tree bark and the rocks in the distance and pulls everything together. Exactly the kind of work I wanted! — Laine Cunnngham, author of The Message Stick I cannot tell you how many people have complimented the cover. It’s happened over and over. And I remain so pleased, as well, by how the book was designed by Darlene--the whole book looks really beautiful. I’ve gotten many compliments about the book’s general design and feel. — Andrew Fielding, author of The Lucky Strike Papers Darlene was awesome to work with! Not only was she on budget, on schedule, she made some great suggestions which really elevated the whole look and feel of both our EBooks! I will be working with Darlene again! — Deb Ingino www.MyWiredStyle.com, author of Fun Activities for Your Child’s Wired Style and Give the Dream Wings Wow! I am so very pleased with the cover. You are to be commended on an excellent job! You completely capture the “theme” I was trying to get across ... and taken it to the max. The treble staff with the heart is precious. The shading and texturing are compelling. Thank you so very much for creating such a masterpiece. — Scott O’Brien, author of Virginia Bruce: Under My Skin We were very impressed with this design team. They were easy to work with and very professional and met our tight and demanding deadline with a wonderful can-do attitude that they delivered on. I am very impressed and will use them again. — Jim Jacobson, author of Top Maui RestaurantsT_TZ_-_Grams.htmlN_Green_Hornet.htmlNV_Message_Stick.htmlT_Lucky_Strike.htmlhttp://www.MyWiredStyle.comK_Fun.htmlK_Wings.htmlT_Bruce.htmlF_Maui.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7shapeimage_3_link_8
Darlene was a pleasure to work with throughout the process. This was my first try at publishing a book, and she was very patient and professional in helping me to work out the bumps. She met or beat all dealines and got back requested changes quickly. Most importantly, she did a first rate cover design and layout for my book. I would recommend her highly to anyone with a similar project. — Tom Mullen, author of A Return to Common Sense I am very pleased with the work preformed by both Darlene and Dan. Each attacked segments of my project with professionalism and personal attention. Darlene was especially skilled in working with Lightning Source, knowing exactly the proper criteria, the formatting required, and the professional touches for the copyright pages, etc. Especially noteworthy was her willingness to make last minute corrections and to keep open a dialog of ideas resulting in a final product that I am especially proud of. She elevated my amateur status to a professional level where I will be proud to promote my efforts knowing that the quality of the printed product is on a par with the best available. Her husband, equally committed to providing personal attention, was instrumental in designing the graphic images of my cover page. The task is a daunting one, as he took what marginal material I provided and again elevated the material to a polished professional level. Especially challenging was taking verbally ideas about a key component in my story and creating from hard work and combined imagination a representation that mirrors a subtle, but critical component of my story. If there is only one element to the art work that captures the interest of potential readers of my novel, it will be his medallions, created with imagination and carefully crafted skill. The rest of his work parallels his listening ability to understand the desire and intent, so that the final representation is of one thought and mind. The combination of two individuals who are craftsmen in their individual expertise, who listen, and work well and hard together to achieve personal satisfaction for all parties is not only refreshing, but extremely rewarding. It was a privilege to have them work on my project, and not only do I endorse and recommend their services, I am thinking of starting a new one, just so that I can employ their services in the future! — Art Cofresi, author of The SerapisI_Common_Sense.htmlNV_Serapis.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1