Solidtube Band Logo & Packaging

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Solidtube, a young Austrian band, chose Wrayco Design to design their logo and CD package upon reaching their $50,000 goal on Sellaband.com to produce a CD. Although none of the band members were American, they had a very American sound, and were partial to the feeling of the Old West. The …
False Profit Skateboards

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False Profit Skateboards offers socially-conscious products for the left-of-center crowd. This is an e-commerce Flash site which features animation, video, and PayPal integration for product check-out. Business owner Mariano Dauz wanted Wrayco to capture the feeling of his existing product …
Mark Schneider Design

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Mark Schneider makes fine jewelry with an emphasis on the bridal market. With his extensive collection of rings, he needed a dynamic site that would allow for viewing the rings and other pieces in a variety of formats. I took their existing logo and adapted a style for the pages that would …
Vector Pink Doll

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I have always been a fan of the super-realistic effects you can get via the Gradient Mesh tool in Illustrator. Since I envied others being able to do this, I decided to put some effort into trying to achieve this myself. Turns out it wasn’t so hard for me once I had read through a couple …
Tango Splash Promo Postcard

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Here is a promotional postcard I created for Los Angeles legendary tango dancer and teacher, Yolanda Rossi. I wanted the imagery and color to reflect her elegance and passion for the dance. She teaches out of her home and so I went there during a lesson and photographed her and her students …
Transition Pittsburgh

Transition Pittsburgh

Here’s a logo I did for a new basketball team in Pittsburgh, PA. They wanted something with an old train and a basketball in it that could …
Salzburg Castle

Salzburg Castle

I’m experimenting with a simple, imperfect style reminiscent of cut paper for this illustration. I think this type of image, and especially …
The Scoring Factory

The Scoring Factory

This is a logo for a basketball skills camp in Pittsburgh. The coach wanted something that was reminiscent of all the old factory buildings there, …
Krafton Publishing

Krafton Publishing

Krafton Publishing was a start-up company that published wall calendars. I love it when the product and the company name lend themselves so well …
SunGreen Systems

SunGreen Systems

Sungreen Systems approached me shortly after their formation needing a web presence to help them get clients in this up-and-coming market. One …
Panopticon

Panopticon

Panopticon, a corporate leader in the business intelligence field, hired Wrayco Design to redesign their web presence to reflect their growing …

Wrayco Design is the design studio of Amanda Wray, located in Monrovia, California. I specialize in web design, but also offer print graphics, logos, illustration, photography and sound design.

My favorite client management system is Wordpress, and most projects are available with hosting, SEO, email marketing, and stat analysis.

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    One thing I was told in design school was that limitations and restrictions are just as critical to good design as creativity and freedom. The …

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    The old adage, “Build it and they will come” is likely true for a reason, just like “Eighty percent of success is just showing up” …

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