The Mad Hand Arts, Graphics & Design, LLC

Extremely well. Professionally done, fast and reasonably priced. Excellent quality and timely.

Extremely well.

Great. Jane was very attentive and responded to my specifications for the project and gave me constant feedback about what she was doing. I was very pleased! I will probably use her again.

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Very happy with the work.  Jane created several logos for me, and took time to explain why certain formats are better for my website and others would be better suited for business cards.  Would definitely use her services again and would recommend to other potential customers as well.

Jane design a logo for my business. She understand what I need. She done the job quick and high quality. the price is cheep! the all service is wonderful! I strangely recommend this company.

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Jane is an exceptional worker!!!  Very attentive, responds RIGHT away, works quickly.  She is a breath of fresh air to the work world-very reliable, patient, and takes well to any critiques.  I do not have enough good things to say about my experience with The Mad Hand Arts!  Thanks again Jane for a job well done, we will surely be using your services again!

Some artists (and contractors in other fields as well) become impatient with those of us who don't know as much as they do about the technical aspects of their work.  These people are difficult to work with.  But  Jane Denny is NOT one of them.  She patiently explained the technical problems to me as we went along - either by email or by phone- and helped me format my own material so she could work with it more easily.  Several of my family members have commented on how easy to read the typeface and the print size are, though it is not and  doesn't look like a large-print book.  It all seems to fit together as a well-designed whole.
Many of the photos chosen for the book were very old ( wedding pictures from 1877, for example) and some were faded.  Here's where The Mad Hand worked some restoration wonders.  She also knew how to alter the lighting on each of the photos so it printed as well as possible.  If Jane Denny tells you she can restore a photo, believe her.  She will also tell you if there is no good restoration possible.
Needless to say, I have nothing but enthusiastic recommendations for The Mad Hand. The technical print-craft of the work is excellent and the placing of the photos makes sense to the eye as well as to the mind.  If you have any graphic design project, you are in good hands with The Mad Hand.

We could tell right away what a true professional she was. Her thoroughness, patience, consideration, punctuality and kindness are truly unparalleled. She was an absolute joy to work with, giving us literally exactly what we had in mind. We never felt like we were bothering her with our many concerns and specifications. She was always more than happy to help and gave her input respectfully and without forcing her personal likes and dislikes. We look forward to working with her in the future - perhaps even as a web designer - and we are enthusiastically referring her to anyone we think could benefit from her services. You can call The Mad Hand at 718-255-1627 or email [email protected] to speak with Jane about your project. She can work with anyone, anywhere, online. 

Our experience working with the mad hand was perfect! I shopped around for a little while and saw the designs on Jane's website and knew she could help us create the logo for us. Jane called me back within minutes of my email- I was shocked how quickly she responded! Perhaps one of her best qualities (and there were may) was how well she communicated with us to ensure that she understood EXACTLY what we were looking for. She recommended that we give her pictures/ideas or even words of what we were envisioning for our logo and clarified any misunderstandings before beginning. She gave us several drafts- but really almost exactly gave us we were looking for in her first draft. We would have been happy with that first one- that's how well she did in designing our vision. However, because she worked so accurately and quickly- we had plenty of time to make minor suggestions to perfect our design. After falling in love with our logo- Jane even helped us design the business cards in a vista print format, which was so convenient and a lot nicer quality than what we would have done just using the templates on their website.The whole experience was perfect and we are pretty picky people!

She did an excellent job.  She was very responsive and I’m extremely happy with the final work.

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Jane is truly a gifted graphic artist. I first contacted her several months ago for a "Save the Date" card for my daughter's wedding. Once we chatted about the project she asked for a picture of the Chapel - a quaint chapel in the midst of a beautiful forest preserve. Jane actually drew a sketch of the chapel for the card! It was so beautiful - we had to hire her back to do the official wedding invitation - which was not a standard size and required a lot  of "personalization." She did not disappoint! The invitation is just as beautiful as the save-the-date-card. I have one more wedding to plan in the future - and I will certainly contact Jane again.

This entire business experience was exceptionally good, and the work done provided great value for the price.  Jane Denny, The Mad Hand's Art Director, was outstanding.  She is extremely responsive, cheerful and pleasant to work with, and exceptionally knowledgeable in her work.  She was also very creative in developing alternative images for us to consider. 
We are a five-member software company developing applications for tablets, and we needed a logo, icon and promotional image for our current music application.  We discovered that it can be harder to get five people to agree on artwork than it is to agree on application design and implementation!  Jane showed remarkable patience and flexibility as we worked through alternative candidates for our images.  She also actively cooperated with us to keep the costs down even as we reworked some of the images several times. 
In the end, we were all very happy with the final deliverables.  We enjoyed working with Jane so much that we almost regretted finishing the job!  Over all, the interaction lasted about two months, from first engagement to final delivery of the digital images.   

We are extremely happy with Jane's work, and her professionalism. She is very easy to work with, right on schedule, we always know what the status is, she can bring ideas to life, and she is a really skilled and talented artist..... I will definitely be asking Jane to do more graphic art work for us!

Jane is awesome to work with and a bargain deal-best deal ive gotten from angies-she will soon be so busy you'll have to wait in line
Ideal org to work with-totally accountable-exceptional follow up and follow thru
Only the inferior will miss out on this person

Service was excellent from start to finish.  I've worked with tons of designers and that was a total nightmare but I regained my trust when i discovered Jane on Angie's list.  She was patient, understanding, professional, and punctual.  She understood exactly what I was looking to accomplish for my logo and with just a brief description and rough draft she created my logo in a short time span.  I will truly recommend her to anyone looking for a designer or looking for design work.  I've come to realize that there are good people in the world and she's one of them.  She's honest, reliable, knows how to get the job done, and MOST of all has Integrity.  Jane is the BEST!!!

Like we said before, The Mad hand is awesome !!!! They made us a beautiful logo, very quickly and for a great price.

Working with Jane was a great experience.  Not only did she bring fabulous creative ideas to the project, she also managed the process precisely.
At the start of the project, Jane and I spoke a couple of times so she could understand the organization and its goals.  Jane listened closely and asked questions that helped me focus on what I was envisioning for the bookmarks.  Very quickly, she sent a first draft design which was terrific.  She incorporated a number of art concepts that added to the messaging and she conveyed what I was hoping for.  She followed this design with a second one, equally great, and we made only minor adjustments.  Jane helped me evaluate printing companies and walked me through the process of placing the order for printing then she really went above and beyond for me;  the printing company had a question and I was on a plane and couldn't respond.  Jane stepped in to work with the printing company on my behalf so that the bookmarks would be completed in time for the event.  This was a huge help to me and not part of our agreement.  I am exceptionally pleased with Jane's design skills and professionalism.  I plan on using Jane again for my next project.

Jane was the third person I had begin work on this project.  The first two were unsatisfactory:  one after 7 weeks had not started the project, and one was very touchy.   Jane was WONDERFUL.  From the outset she was friendly, open and a person with whom I was extremely comfortable.  I had a pretty good idea of the design I wanted for the banner and Jane faithfully followed my idea adding in her own little improvements so that the finished product was better than I ever imagined it would be.  Every step of the way I was shown what had been done so far and my comments were solicited.  She followed all of my suggestions to make the banner look just as I wanted.  Never once in the process was she impatient about adding in more features or redoing something, and I was quite picky. The banner conveys exactly the feeling of joy, friendliness and leadership that I was after in Aunt Rhody.  The children are shown to be unique individuals traveling (one is ever side-tracked as children do become) on the path of musical learning with companionship and joy.  Jane worked long hours to meet my deadline, which came up quickly due to the delays caused by not finding Jane the first time around.
The logo presented problems as it is used both in large and very small versions.  Jane presented several designs to consider.  The slogan had to be legible in a greatly shrunken state, but I prefer the oval shape over the circular one.  In the oval, the logo was not readable.  Jane showed that she thinks over designs at times she is not "at work" for she had a brain storm during one of these times on how to make the logo fit in a oval, be legible AND suggest the feathers of a goose.  (Aunt Rhody of the "old grey goose is dead" fame.)  The logo is simply wonderful.  Because Aunt Rhody has written many letters to Suzuki parents, Jane cleverly turned the logo into a wonderful letterhead to be placed at the top of these letters.
I highly recommend Jane.  She is easy to work with, personable and skilled.  She was highly responsive to my suggestions, creative in her own right, took the time to explain the process and to answer my questions.  She answers emails promptly.   Her resume proves that she does great work.   I will use her again if the need arises and it will  I have written a children's story, that at some point will need illustrating if I am to publish it.

When I saw the first set of logos, I was just blown away.  She took my idea, and made it better than I could have expected.  Then, on the second logo, she was going to improve it and help it "pop out" more.  Well, she came up with an entirely new design that we all just loved, so we changed our image.  She is extremely knowledgeable about design, and guided me through the process making sure I understood how the public might view them, etc.  She listened, responded very quickly to any question, was EXTREMELY reasonable in price and obviously took alot of time to think about her end product.    I highly recommend Jane from The Mad Hand!

Working with the The Mad Hand was such an easy and wonderful experience!

My husband needed a logo for his small business, presently just for business cards, but something that we could also use later when we build a website for his company. We were pressed for time, as he needed the cards within a couple of weeks for a conference he was attending.

I was able to get a good understanding of the way Jane worked from The Mad Hand's excellent website before I even spoke with her.  On our first phone conversation, I described my husband's company, his clientele, and the image he wanted to convey, as well as a couple of vague ideas we had about color/design-- very vague. Jane was able to take this information and run with it.  Within a couple of days she came back to me with several strong ideas, and from there we went back and forth on a couple of them, narrowing down and then fine tuning until we had something we loved. Amazingly, we ultimately ended up choosing one of the very first designs she came up with, with just a few minor modifications! She even hooked us up with a card printing company and for a small extra fee did the card layout for us (saving us a ton of extra time and energy).

Jane is a consummate professional. She listened to what we wanted, had great ideas, rolled with changes we wanted to make, worked quickly, and just made the whole process so very simple and easy-- and we had been dragging our feet on this project for ages before we took it to her!  No problems, also, working with someone out of town (we're in Atlanta, and The Mad Hand is based in NY)-  she was always accessible and responsive.

Can't recommend the Mad Hand highly enough!

I am so excited to use my new artwork created by The Mad Hand. It is modern, colorful and playful while remaining extremely professional. Jane was super easy to work with and I have already recommended her to other people. I will use this company for all of my future art needs.