I'm drawing up a design for a business card for myself (thread on that later if it pans out). I've developed 6 different artboards so far, and out of them, I feel these two are heading in the best direction. What are your thoughts? Fitz, I know you're a designer, too, so thoughts would be appreciated. Even if you don't have a design background, give me your opinions. I'm open to them all. My thoughts? I wanted contrast, hence the darker background with the more saturated orange. I like the thin sans-serif font next to the heavy logo. I didn't want to repeat that font throughout the contact information, so I found a heavier font for that. My concern is how well that font will print at business card size. Block/sans-serif fonts tend to print poorly at small sizes. The good news is I can run test prints here at work, so I will know beforehand. Anyways, here are the two I'm thinking of: 1. Edited because I'm a moron and forgot to change my cell number. 2. Sorry about the size changes, I was in a hurry to upscale them this morning.
I like the font and boldness of your name on the first one and the design of the second one. Combine them
First one. Check out Vistaprint for design/font layouts. Don't have to order through them, but it is great for getting new ideas.
I like the second one, Makes a card easier to read when using a list format, Maybe larger font for your name.
x 2 Have you thought about using the front and back? It seems many companies are moving towards using both sides these days.
Thanks, everyone. It's good to get as many eyes on this as possible. Lots of things I don't see after staring at it for days. :D I'll get something thrown together and post it when I get a chance.
I like both designs, though the second will be more versatile if other people will be getting cards. Someone with a long or short name will mess with the aesthetics of the first. Test printing will be key. You have to be careful with light text on dark background, especially with thin fonts. Depending in the printing process, the edges can wash out making it hard to read, unlike in its digital presentation. This can be remedied with a slight color matched outline or a step up in the font family's boldness (when available). A solid ink printed on top can help too, depending on the opacity of the light colors. I can talk to you more about it when I get home to my computer tomorrow.
I like the second one if you make the text bold. The first one, in my opinion, appears too forced to be "hip". Again just my opinion, but it is still a business so to appeal to both audiences you may want to consider that.
I've thought about the front and back design, and I may still consider it, but for now, I'm sticking with just a front. Something like this is what a lot of you seemed to like: Ryan, you seemed to be the only one who liked the first one. Any reasoning?
Ok, wasn't super thrilled about leaving my actual cell on there, so that's why I edited all of the posts :D
No, I have no plans of including that on the website. Most likely, the website will be email contact only at this point. I have the domain lined up (checked on this of course), but it will most likely just be a place to provide information on packages, links to work examples, etc., I see what you're getting at (I think). Redundant information. I could, in theory, drop the email since that will be available on the website, but I'm also planning on my potential "clients" using just the card information to make initial contact. It's just the demographic I'm dealing with.
I was just being a smart a$$ because if the web site was up and running with a # what difference does it make if you post your # or not. That's all carry on
