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tech help
for artists

from someone who actually is one

> the working artist is also jobbing

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what i do

  1. portfolio sites
    Carrd, Squarespace, basic WordPress. Simple, fast, looks like you — not a template.
  2. online shops
    Etsy setup & optimization. Big Cartel, Shopify Lite. Print-on-demand hookups.
  3. email lists
    MailerLite, Mailchimp, Buttondown. Migration, signup forms, first send done right.
  4. file chaos cleanup
    Cloud storage that makes sense. Batch image renaming. Photo backup that won't fail you.
  5. light automation
    Apps Script for studio workflows. Form-to-spreadsheet pipelines. Bots for the boring parts.
  6. "what is even happening"
    Sometimes you need someone to look at your screen with you. 30 minutes, fixed price.

what it costs

hourly rate$50/hr
30-min consult$40

1 hr minimum on hourly work. First 15 min of any consult is free.

portfolio site launch$300
etsy shop launch$250
email list + first send$200
file & backup overhaul$175

monthly retainer — $150/mo. 2 hours of work included each month. Newsletter sends, site updates, troubleshooting, the occasional "can you just do this for me." Cancel anytime.

Sliding scale available. Just ask.

who

Pixelated portrait of Leif, chin on hand, over a field of saturated pattern blocks.

leif · artist · programmer · both at once

I'm an artist and programmer based in the Aurora/Plainfield, IL area. BS in Computer Science (Aurora University), BFA (School of the Art Institute of Chicago).

I make tapestries, zines, paintings, glitch art, and weird candy. I also spent 18 years at TVAccess — a company that produces and tracks nonprofit public service announcements — handling their software, database, and web reporting end to end. I ran the PostgreSQL backend, built the reporting tools, and migrated their entire system off a Business Basic machine without losing a single record.

These days I'm the office manager at a small UCC church, where I'm the translator between people and the software that's supposed to help them.

I've gotten patient with it. That patience is what you're hiring.

tell me what's broken

Send a few sentences about what you need. Doesn't have to be polished. "My Squarespace eats my photos" is a fine first message.

First reply within 24 hours. First call is free.

[ leif@entglmnt.studio → ]