A few words about Roslin Creative…

Roslin Creative Design consists of myself, Jon Dalrymple, a freelance designer with over 30+ years experience. In that time I’ve worked on a wide range of projects for many different clients – from business and organisational to public bodies such as Scottish Parliament & Government, Scottish Ambulance Service, Scottish Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission, to name but a few.

These projects have included branding schemes, brand guidelines, annual & topical reports, all kinds of books, marketing brochures, product catalogues, websites, newsletters, magazines, advertising, infographics, exhibition stands, banners and much more.

The work shown here is a mix of recent projects and some from my previous design incarnations. As time passes (as it inevitably will) these will be updated with newer examples so do visit again, or, call me now if you have a project to discuss.

Roslin Creative Design consists of myself, Jon Dalrymple, a freelance designer with over 30+ years experience. In that time I’ve worked on a wide range of projects for many different clients – from business and organisational to public bodies such as Scottish Parliament & Government, Scottish Ambulance Service, Scottish Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission, to name but a few.

These projects have included branding schemes, brand guidelines, annual & topical reports, all kinds of books, marketing brochures, product catalogues, websites, newsletters, magazines, advertising, infographics, exhibition stands, banners and much more.

The work shown here is a mix of recent projects and some from my previous design incarnations. As time passes (as it inevitably will) these will be updated with newer examples so do visit again, or, call me now if you have a project to discuss.

About Roslin Creative Design…

Roslin Creative Design consists of myself, Jon Dalrymple, a freelance designer with over 30+ years experience. In that time I’ve worked on a wide range of projects for many different clients – from business and organisational to public bodies such as Scottish Parliament & Government, Scottish Ambulance Service, Scottish Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission, to name but a few.

These projects have included branding schemes, brand guidelines, annual & topical reports, all kinds of books, marketing brochures, product catalogues, websites, newsletters, magazines, advertising, infographics, exhibition stands, banners and much more.

The work shown here is a mix of recent projects and some from my previous design incarnations. As time passes (as it inevitably will) these will be updated with newer examples so do visit again, or, call me now if you have a project to discuss.

A few examples of client work

ANNUAL REPORT

for YCare International

MARKETING MATERIALS

for Silberline Coatings

TOOLKIT PACK

for National Union of Students Scotland

RESEARCH & CONFERENCE BOOK

for Scotland’s Natural Heritage
(now known as Naturescot)

ANNUAL REPORT

for NHS ScotStar
(Scottish Specialist. Transport and Retrieval)

PRODUCT CATALOGUE

for 1twoKIDS

IMPACT REPORT

for Scottish Waterways Trust

PRODUCT BROCHURE

for Calder Millerfield

NEWSLETTER

for Scottish Waterways Trust

RESEARCH REPORTS

for Forestry Commission

BRAND GUIDELINES

for Scottish ambulance Service

MARKETING BROCHURE

for Advanced Artic Spas

CLIENT WEBSITES

CONFERENCE BROCHURE

for Institute of Chartered Foresters

IMPACT REPORT

for Y Care International
(Part of the YMCA)

Key creative areas…

Key creative areas…

Graphic Design

This is pretty much central to everything I do and includes the accumulated experience and knowledge of 30+ years doing it – I’d like to think I’ve learned a thing or two along the way about my craft. This is what you are paying for when you engage an experienced designer like myself to work on your projects.

Book Design

I’ve designed and produced books as small as A6 to some with 900+ pages (I know!). Most however, are around 100-300 pages with a few page counts either way, ranging from research text books (lots of text, graphs, figures and photos) to more fun books such as sports annuals (football, cricket, wrestling, etc), online gaming annuals (ROBLOX, Fortnite, etc.) and various other publications. 

Reports & Brochures

This area could be considered my stock-in-trade and the type of project I work on most. Although the web has had a massive impact on this area of design, it is still very much alive. A well designed and printed document often has the gravitas and tactile quality that online publications lack.

Infographics & Data Presentation

Although they could be considered the same, infographics tends to be the preferred term now. They are great for distilling data and presenting it in a way that gives focus to the key points. Finding new ways to present this ‘focused’ data and that of regular charts & diagrams is an enjoyable challenge.

Photoshop and Illlustration

Integral to all projects – it’s rare that a project will not involve some Photoshop or illustration work – colour correcting, resizing, redrawing or performing some manipulation to make images or logos useable – making the impossible possible! The illustration side is extensively used on infographics projects.

Printing

Designing for print is becoming a rare skill today with newer designers tending to focus more on web and digital media. The skills picked up by designers who have regularly placed and managed print work over the years often pays dividends because unlike web publishing, you only have one opportunity to get it right!

Some questions I get asked…

How do we start the creative process?

Simple, just get in touch (either by phone or email) and we can have a chat about what you’re looking for. This will allow me to take notes so that I can prepare a quote for you. For some projects, such as e-commerce websites, annual reports or a full rebranding, I will need a bit more information, and to that end, I can provide you with a small list of things to consider about your project that we can discuss before moving on. Your answers will help to form a brief for the project. Alternatively, you can prepare and supply your own brief first for me to work from.

We have our own branding – can you work with this?

Yes, this is quite common for many of the clients I have worked with. If you have them, just supply me with a set of your design guidelines and I will work from those. If not, then just supply what information you do have, such as colour references, fonts, maybe a previous example of something produced for you, etc. and I can generally work from that.

Will you work on my project exclusively!

This depends on how many other projects are on the go at any one time. However, in saying that, I would usually prefer to work on any one project exclusively until the first proof stage. After that, I will slot in any returned amendments to these proofs into my schedule as soon as is possible and advise when you will receive new proofs. If we have a previously arranged schedule, then I will work to that.

Can you do it all?

Pretty much. Only occasionally do I need to outsource parts of a project such as to a photographer or specialist illustrator. Final printing of course is outsourced but generally, I will oversee and manage this including visits to the press when necessary. If there are other areas where an outside resource is required, I can usually set this up through the contacts I’ve built up over the years.

Do I need to find my own printer?

On most projects, I will arrange and manage the print side of things. Some clients prefer to place their own print which is fine by me. However, if a client places their own print, the responsibility for any issues arising from doing it themselves, that are not related to the quality of the supplied artwork, rests with them.

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How do we start the creative process?

Simple, just get in touch (either by phone or email) and we can have a chat about what you’re looking for. This will allow me to take notes so that I can prepare a quote for you. For some projects, such as e-commerce websites, annual reports or a full rebranding, I will need a bit more information, and to that end, I can provide you with a small list of things to consider about your project that we can discuss before moving on. Your answers will help to form a brief for the project. Alternatively, you can prepare and supply your own brief first for me to work from.

We have our own branding – can you work with this?

Yes, this is quite common for many of the clients I have worked with. If you have them, just supply me with a set of your design guidelines and I will work from those. If not, then just supply what information you do have, such as colour references, fonts, maybe a previous example of something produced for you, etc. and I can generally work from that.

Will you work on my project exclusively!

This depends on how many other projects are on the go at any one time. However, in saying that, I would usually prefer to work on any one project exclusively until the first proof stage. After that, I will slot in any returned amendments to these proofs into my schedule as soon as is possible and advise when you will receive new proofs. If we have a previously arranged schedule, then I will work to that.

Can you do it all?

Pretty much. Only occasionally do I need to outsource parts of a project such as to a photographer or specialist illustrator. Final printing of course is outsourced but generally, I will oversee and manage this including visits to the press when necessary. If there are other areas where an outside resource is required, I can usually set this up through the contacts I’ve built up over the years.

Do I need to find my own printer?

On most projects, I will arrange and manage the print side of things. Some clients prefer to place their own print which is fine by me. However, if a client places their own print, the responsibility for any issues arising from doing it themselves, that are not related to the quality of the supplied artwork, rests with them.

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The non-scary way to make contact…

When getting in touch…


… do let me know how and when you would like to be contacted in return and don’t forget to include your phone number if that is your preference. Thanks.

When getting in touch…


… do let me know how and when you would like to be contacted in return and don’t forget to include your phone number if that is your preference. Thanks.

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