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#Cartoonist I’m a Political Cartoonist dedicated to the tradition of hand-drawn and digitally hand-painted art. Every piece I create for my clients is built from scratch to ensure a unique, punchy perspective that stock images can't match.
🚀 Available for:
Editorial Illustrations
Custom Satirical Caricatures
Social Media Visual Commentary
View my portfolio: Maria Grasmick on Contra
#FreelanceArtist #Satire #HandDrawn #ContraCreator
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Accepted into the Contra Labs Network as a Brand Designer.
Contra Labs connects top creatives with AI teams training models. As a member, I'll be working on paid projects evaluating and shaping AI-powered creative tools.
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The Boy in Bloom 🌼
It’s hard to believe I haven’t drawn a single thing in four months. Honestly, it felt like a part of me had withered away and died.
Taking that long a pause from something you love is a scary feeling. But today I sat down and got reacquainted with this old friend of mine.
This piece is a reminder to myself. Tend to your life like a garden. Cut away what’s dead. Give yourself some sun and water. The rest takes care of itself. 💙
9 years of design. 2 weeks on Contra. Here's what happened.
I joined Contra about two weeks ago. Before that, I'd been freelancing for 9 years across brand identity, packaging design, and web development, working with clients in the UK, Europe, GCC, and the US. Most of my work came through referrals and repeat clients. I never had a proper portfolio platform that actually represented the full scope of what I do.
So I decided to build it out properly here.
What I've done so far:
Published 17 case studies covering real client work: brand identities, packaging systems (250+ brand projects, 500+ packaging designs over the years), custom websites in WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Next.js, and even a Flutter B2B app
Set up productized services with clear deliverables and pricing
Hit a profile score of 104, putting me in the top 15%
Earned a 5.0 rating from 4 client reviews
Documented long-term partnerships like my 5+ year engagement with Lazer Pest Control (300-400 verified leads/month) and an ongoing relationship with a UAE brand agency since 2018
What I've learned so far:
The profile score system rewards completeness. Detailed project write-ups with real context, accurate tools and roles on each project, client reviews, and properly structured services all move the needle. Screenshots alone don't cut it. Clients want to see the thinking behind the work.
What I do:
I'm a one-person studio. Brand identity, packaging design with production-ready files and 3D mockups in Cinema 4D, and full website builds. The reason clients stick around is that I handle the entire pipeline: the packaging I design already accounts for how it'll look on the website, and the site I build already reflects the brand system I created. No handoffs, no translation gaps.
Based in Karachi, working with clients globally. Open to projects of all sizes.
If you're building out your own Contra profile and have questions about what worked for me, happy to share specifics.
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