That’s fine. The brief doesn’t need to be perfect, just honest. Share what you know: what you’re trying to make, roughly when you need it, and what you’re hoping it will do for your audience. We’ll help you develop the details from there during the Discovery Call.

Yes, and we do this often. If your project has an illustrator already attached, we’ll coordinate directly with them on dimensions, layers, and how the illustration needs to be prepared for the engineering. If you need an illustrator, we can connect you with artists from our network. Either way, illustration is a separate scope from the paper engineering — we’ll make sure the proposal reflects that clearly.

A mock-up is a handmade sample (usually white or in color) that shows the structure and movement of the design. It’s what we use during the revision process and what you’ll receive as part of your deliverables.

A prototype is a more polished, production-accurate sample made closer to the final materials. This is an optional add-on for projects heading into mass production.

Our scope covers final design files up to a full-color prototype. We don’t manage mass production in-house, but we’ll connect you with trusted print partners who have experience producing pop-up work. Their timeline and pricing is separate from ours, and we’ll help you ask the right questions when that conversation happens.

Very rarely, and only if the scope is genuinely simple. For most projects, a rushed timeline means compromised engineering, and we’d rather tell you that upfront than deliver work we’re not proud of. If your timeline is tight, share it in the brief and we’ll be honest about whether it’s workable.