After creating our company logo, it was time to make business cards. I had never designed my own business cards before. I always ordered them, pre-designed, off of websites like vistaprint and just added in my information. This was a trip. I looked online at business card designs and most of them were very simple with a curved line of blue in the background. Because it was my first design and I wanted it to be simple, this was what I started with:
The entire logo was on the entire card, there wasn't a lot of blank space, and it had enough information on it. Name, number, website. It was too plain though. I wanted my second to have a bit more life, be more enticing and fun. This was number two:
Not very different from the first, but added a slogan, shrunk the logo a little and classed up the info. Still, I knew there was more I could do. It still looked much too plain. The white space was bearable, but I had limitless possibilities! Apparently, my possibilities were still quite limited as here is business card number three:
I liked this slogan. I liked the use of black and white. The CurlzMT font still felt very childish and flighty, but it also seemed to fit well at the same time. The contrast was definitely there and was helping with the white space, but I suddenly seemed to remember something about photographer's business cards. They usually had actual photos on them, hence, the design for number four:
I wanted to try a new slogan again for the front. I like it, but I don't like the design much. I wanted to get away from the white background with black text on it so I switched them. I also thought it might be a cool idea to get the logo itself on black with the text in white because it might look more like teeth and the Cat's smile when that's all there is left of him. Did it work?
The back then, is where I put all of the real information about the company. Name, number, website, and also the different types of shoots we can do, then a sample of those shoots (note: none of those photos are mine. PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!). The back started to feel like a real photographer's business card, but since the front still wasn't there, I compromised on number five:
Number five got it all right. I have the logo, the samples, the list of type of photography, and the information. I use all the space, I add more color while keeping the contrast... I hit the nail on the head with this one. Now I just have to replace those other photographers' photos with my own, and I think I have a business card for my fake, but hopefully soon-to-be real, photography business.
**The black boxes are where my phone number was. This blog is not private in anyway, so I thought I would block it out. Also, that website doesn't lead anywhere. I checked. No one steal it from me so that I can actually use it!
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