About
Never picked
a lane
Design, sound and software under one roof. We can lay out a two-hundred-page manual, grade the film that goes with it, and say why the soundtrack is not sitting right.
Our work splits roughly in half. One half is design: identity systems, printed matter, websites, retouching. The other half is software — iOS apps, cloud systems, and the unglamorous, deeply satisfying business of making documents behave — interactive PDF forms, Word styles that survive a merge, Excel that quotes and invoices itself, templates a whole organisation can use without breaking them.
What clients tend to mention is not the design. It is the questions we ask before the work starts, how quickly we reply, and delivery dates that arrive early.
We take our name from Leo, a lab crossed with a mastiff, who limps and has never once let it slow him down.
Tools
Photoshop · Illustrator · InDesign · Lightroom · Premiere Pro · After Effects · Acrobat Pro · Dimension · Pro Tools · Logic Pro · Figma · Word · Excel · PowerPoint · WordPress · Wix · HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
The mark
Leo
- Subject
- Leo
- Breed
- Labrador × Mastiff
- Medium
- Pixel artwork
- Role
- Studio mark
- Palette
- Five colours
Drawn once and never redrawn. Every warm tone on this site is sampled from him.
What we do
What the studio does
Rather than forty things adequately. Each one covers the whole job — concept through to the file your printer or your developer can actually open.
Print & Editorial
Long documents that hold together at page 200, and short ones that earn their paper.
- Book and ebook interiors, print-ready
- Manuals, handbooks and capability statements
- Brochures, flyers and menus
- Complex Word formatting, styles and batch work
- Artwork prep, colour management and press checks
Web & Interactive
Sites that ship, forms that actually submit, and payments that clear.
- Responsive website design and build
- WordPress and Wix design, updates and hosting
- Payment integrations — setup, testing, production
- Interactive PDF forms, AcroForm and JavaScript
- HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, PHP
- SSL, email hosting and domain migrations
Image & Motion
Retouching with a light hand, and edits cut to the music.
- Photography and digital art manipulation
- Retouching — de-noising, blemish removal, contouring
- Colour grading for stills and film
- Short-film post, keying and compositing
- Music video and corporate video editing
- 3D modelling and product visualisation
App Development
Native iOS, shipped and on the store — not prototypes.
- Native iOS in Swift and SwiftUI
- Concept, interaction design and UI
- StoreKit purchases and subscriptions
- Notifications, alarms and background work
- App Store submission, review and release
- Screenshots, listing copy and store assets
Software Development
Cloud systems for regulated work, where the audit trail matters as much as the feature.
- Controlled-document and version-control systems
- Pharmaceutical Quality Systems to ICH Q10
- 21 CFR Part 11 audit trails and e-signatures
- Role-based access, validation and release documentation
Also part of the day job: audio production, mixing and mastering; voice-over and IVR recording; Excel systems, macros and reporting; data cleanup; and Apple and small-business tech support. Fifteen years of being who people call when the file will not open.
What clients said
Five stars, 177 times
A representative handful, quoted as written.
Went above and beyond to not only complete my task but make it look outstanding. She worked incredibly hard and always offered great suggestions — you can truly see she cares a great deal about the work she does.
As business owners we had high expectations but she absolutely surpassed them. Eight hours of audio requiring editing, exceptional communication throughout and a high level of attention to detail.
Produced a highly professional document in a number of formats and considered all my needs and requirements thoroughly. Communication and timely delivery were excellent.
Spot on with the creative design from a very basic brief. Really happy with the service and would definitely recommend her to others.
She thinks and acts all at the same time, so by the time she's thought it, the job is almost done. A miracle worker. And trustworthy.
Spectacularly efficient, proactively asked questions to ensure the work was completed perfectly and far in advance of the expected time frame.
Went above and beyond on my website and assisted in everything I asked — and then some. I highly recommend her and look forward to working with her more in the future.
Willingness to go above and beyond until you're 100% satisfied gives you a sense of calmness and assurance your task is in the right hands.
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