# Dead Pixel Design > A one-person studio in Houlton, Maine. Custom websites, practical automation, audio engineering, and products for small businesses, musicians, and independent creators. The internet is haunted. We make it useful. Five lanes, one studio: custom websites, brand video with original music, direct-mail campaigns, AI automation, and audio mixing and mastering. Fixed scope, clear pricing, no retainers, no middlemen. Solo operator working directly with clients. ## Main pages - [Home](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/): Studio overview, three ways to hire (custom build, template, or a prebuilt tool), and selected client proof. - [Work](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/work/): Client case studies, Dead Pixel products, open-source tools, and experiments. - [About](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/about/): Who runs the studio and how the work is handled. - [Services](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/services/): Custom websites, brand video, direct mail, practical automation, and audio engineering. Fixed scope and clear starting prices. - [Web Design](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/services/web-design/): Custom small-business websites from $2,400, typically delivered in 2 to 4 weeks. Includes form-to-inbox delivery and Google indexing setup. - [Brand Video](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/services/brand-video/): Short brand video, product demos, and vertical cuts for social, scored with original music. Quoted per project. No client video has shipped yet; the published work is Dead Pixel Design's own. - [Direct Mail Campaigns](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/services/direct-mail/): Print-and-mail campaigns run end to end, including the recipient list built and verified from scratch. From $650 plus print and postage at cost. - [AI and Automation](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/services/ai-automation/): Small internal tools and practical automation from $800. - [Audio Engineering](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/services/audio-engineering/): Mixing, mastering, and MIDI drum programming for rock, metal, and loud records. - [Videos](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/videos/): Studio walkthroughs, build logs, and field demonstrations, edited and scored in house. - [Contact](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/contact/): Direct, plain-spoken. Replies within one business day. ## Lead client work - [Awaken Reiki Studio](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/work/awaken-reiki-studio/): Custom website and live-availability request path for a Maine Reiki practice. - [We've Got You Covered](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/work/weve-got-you-covered/): Custom website and Square storefront for a Maine upholstery and marine-canvas shop. ## Templates - [Birchgate Outdoor](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/templates/birchgate-outdoor/): Outdoor furniture and shed builder template with cart functionality and eight product pages. Next.js 15. - [Cedar Bell Nail Studio](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/templates/cedar-bell-nails/): Glassmorphism template for nail salons, waxing studios, and beauty bars. Five pages, booking anchors. Next.js 15. - [Drift Mill Bakehouse](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/templates/drift-mill-bakehouse/): Full ordering site for home bakeries with twelve pages, a working cart, checkout, and a custom-order form. Next.js 16. - [Hammerline](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/templates/hammerline-smash/): Smash room and paint-splatter venue template. Single-page, nine sections, looped video. Astro 4. - [Iron Branch Trades](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/templates/iron-branch-trades/): Trade-business site (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing) with a working after-hours AI dispatcher. Next.js 16. - [Kettle Lane Gardens](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/templates/kettle-lane-gardens/): Editorial template for greenhouses and garden centers. Hero video, lightbox gallery, one config file. Next.js 14. - [Marshlight Bodywork](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/templates/marshlight-bodywork/): Calm one-page template for massage and bodywork studios. Service grid and four-tier pricing. Next.js 16. - [Quartzline Engraving](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/templates/quartzline-engraving/): Dark luxury template for custom engraving shops. Seven pages, filterable shop, quote forms. Next.js 15. - [Ridgepole Fitness](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/templates/ridgepole-fitness/): Gym template with a floating AI chat widget that walks visitors through Stripe Checkout. Next.js 16. ## Workflows - [AI Agents Starter Kit](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/workflows/ai-agents-starter-kit/): Three working Python agents for support triage, sales outreach, and document Q&A. Checkout is paused while runtime claims and the download are verified. - [Course Creator Pack](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/workflows/course-creator-pack/): Seven AI agents for course-creator writing, support, and launch work. Checkout is paused while runtime claims and the download are verified. - [Dead Pixel Agent Bundle](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/workflows/dead-pixel-agent-bundle/): Four agent packs at a planned $99 bundle price. Checkout is paused while the download is verified. - [Dead Pixel Drum Apparatus](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/workflows/drum-apparatus/): Browser drum machine for thall, djent, deathcore, slam. 43 grooves, export MIDI to any DAW. - [Lead Spider](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/workflows/lead-spider/): Python crawler that pulls small-business leads from Bing and Yelp into a clean CSV. - [Property Manager Pack](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/workflows/property-manager-pack/): Seven AI agents for property-management writing, tenant communications, and decision support. Checkout is paused while runtime claims and the download are verified. - [Realtor Agent Pack](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/workflows/realtor-agent-pack/): Seven AI agents for real-estate writing and follow-up. Checkout is paused while the download is verified. - [Reaper Daemon](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/workflows/reaper-daemon/): Drive REAPER from Claude, Codex, or any AI agent on macOS, Windows, or Linux. Free and open source. ## Articles - [OpenAI's AI agents cheated on a test by breaking into Hugging Face](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/articles/openai-ai-agents-cheated-hugging-face-test/): What the July 2026 security incident proves about patient agents, ordinary weaknesses, and containment. - [AI Isn't Taking Your Job](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/articles/ai-isnt-taking-your-job/): The headlines say AI steals jobs; the reality is it rewrites the job description. - [Astro vs WordPress for service businesses](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/articles/astro-vs-wordpress-service-business/): The decision tree, the hidden costs, and a clean migration path off WordPress. - [The internet is haunted. We make it useful.](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/articles/hello-haunted/): Why Dead Pixel Design exists, what it ships, and the work it won't take. - [After-hours leads: what an HVAC website needs](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/articles/hvac-website-after-hours-leads/): What a trade-business site has to do to convert a 2am emergency into a phone call. - [How to scrape local business leads in Python without an API](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/articles/scrape-local-business-leads-python/): The polite-crawler pattern for Bing and Yelp, dedupe rules, and legal guardrails. - [What a smash room website actually needs](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/articles/smash-room-website-anatomy/): The nine sections a rage-room site needs to convert bookings, and four things to cut. - [How to wire Stripe Checkout into a chat conversation](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/articles/stripe-checkout-from-a-chat/): A working pattern for turning an AI chat into a one-minute Stripe Checkout flow. ## Optional - [Articles index](https://www.deadpixeldesign.com/articles/): Studio writing on web design, AI workflows, and audio engineering.