Middle Tennessee’s Breakaway Graphics, LLC is a double bronze winner in the 2011 Summit Creative Award® competition for its creative work for Caddell’s VMS and Savvy Roads. Their design and execution of a custom postcard for Caddell’s VMS, located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, won in the Business-to-Business direct marketing category. The second win came in the […]
What are your business hours? Regular business hours are Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm Central Time. Although I am often working much earlier and much later than my posted hours, I ask that you please respect the hours of operation. The time I put in before and after business hours is often when I […]
Here at Breakaway Graphics, LLC, we do a lot of reading to stay on top of design trends and feed our unending hunger to learn even more about effective design techniques. I have compiled a list of a few of my favorite books, magazines and websites for all you design junkies out there. Books: 1. […]
Let’s face it, these days, Â more and more business owners are shifting from using marketing professionals to promote their businesses and choosing to take a more hands-on role. This is mistake number one, but we’ll get to that a little later. For now, let’s think about how or why you got into the career you’re […]
I am sure you’ve noticed, as I have, that every person, business and place has a website, email and Social Media page. While I am by no means discounting the need for such marketing tools as Facebook (Breakaway Graphics has one), I have noticed that many people are committing some very serious social no-no’s in […]
Below is a list of common file types, extensions and uses for Graphic Design Professionals and their clients. Raster File Types (definition here) .jpg (.jpeg): Image File. Commonly used for photos but also acceptable for logo or advertisement files. While a .jpg will exclude some data, it is widely used and easily opened by most […]
A step by step explanation of our logo design process and how it helps us create memorable and effective identities for our clients.
Breakaway Graphics is back to business creating logos, advertisements, business collateral and other designs after taking a break to attend a wedding. We are preparing to wrap the Who’s Who Magazines that we produce within the week and begin production and design on the January-March edition of the InsideTrack Almanac. Back in July, we posted […]
There are an innumerable amount of terms involved in the process of getting idea from the abstract to the concrete. Graphic design, printing processes, color spaces, file extensions, typography and production all have a vernacular specific to their role in the process. And although many of the roles are separate, it is important to have […]
“I wish I could work at home in my pajamas.†“It must be nice to be able to make your own schedule and take off whenever you want.†“You must love that you don’t have to get up early.†These are just some of the things that people say when I tell them I own […]