Coin, medal and bar designs that hold up in metal.
Blackbird.png is an independent design studio. Your theme goes from brief to finished artwork, color layers for UV print, and a 3D proof you can turn in your browser before anything goes to production.
Designs struck and released through PopCoins, NumisCollect and Captains Chest Bullion.
PopCoins · Liberia · 2026
Aztec Heritage
Eight releases in one program: six 40 mm half-ounce proofs and two 2 oz ultra-high-relief pieces, all legal tender in Liberia and struck in .999 silver. Every release shares the same Aztec frame, exergue and obverse treatment, so the set reads as one program on a dealer's shelf while each god gets its own palette and setting. Distributed to dealers worldwide by NumisCollect.
Legal tender struck for Liberia: the obverse carries the national arms, the denomination and the metal, inside the same Aztec border the whole program shares. Packaging runs with it, built on one template so the artwork changes and the die line never does.
NumisCollect · Niue · 2026
Seven Sins & Virtues
A pairing built to be sold twice: Lust and Chastity each as a 1 oz proof, then both halves brought together on a single 65 mm, 3 oz coin in antiqued ultra-high relief, limited to 333 pieces. The baroque frame carries across all three, so the set works as singles, as a pair, or as one centrepiece.
Issued as legal tender by Niue: baroque foliage frames the Public Seal, and a cherub with one feathered and one batlike wing carries the theme onto the obverse. The 3 oz edition ships in a box that splits both themes across the lid.
Captains Chest Bullion · colorized host coins
Captains Chest Bullion
Ongoing design work for CCB: colorized and gem-set treatments on Maple Leafs and Silver Eagles, each worked up as color layers for UV print and proofed before production, along with the capsules, slabs and boxes the pieces ship in.
Other work
What I design
Coins and rounds
Obverse and reverse artwork for single releases and full series, including high-relief and dual-figure designs.
Medals
Award, commemorative and challenge pieces, with lettering that stays legible at small sizes.
Art bars
Silver and copper bar designs composed for the rectangle, not a coin design squeezed into one.
Color for UV print
Artwork split into color layers for UV printing on Maples, Eagles and other host coins, proofed on my own UV-LED flatbed printer.
Labels and packaging
Blister cards, box art, slab labels and inserts built on your template, so sizes and coin windows never shift.
Jewelry components
Component designs for jewelry production, prepared for OEM manufacturing.
See it in metal before it's made
Every design comes with a 3D proof: the piece rendered in metal finishes, lit, and ready to turn in your browser. Relief and legibility problems show up on screen, before production instead of after it.
How a project runs
- 1
Brief
You send the theme, format, metal and deadline, plus any references you have.
- 2
Concepts
I sketch a few directions so you can choose early, before any detail work.
- 3
Artwork
The chosen direction becomes final artwork, refined with your feedback.
- 4
Proof
You review the 3D proof and color layers before you sign off.
- 5
Files
You get production files in the formats your mint or printer needs.
Ways to work together
Single piece
One design, from brief to production files, with a 3D proof and color layers where the piece needs them.
From $1,400
Series program
Three to twelve releases planned as one run: shared frame, release order, and packaging that carries across the set.
From $1,100 per release
Monthly design partner
A set number of designs every month, first place in the queue, and a standing slot for rush releases.
From $2,800 per month
Tell me what you're making.
Send a brief and I'll reply with questions, a rough timeline and a quote. Briefs are welcome in English, French or Arabic.