tibberous Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 What do you guys think? http://trenttompkins.com/card2.png Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I'm still not fond of it (no offense...) It still lacks professional polish (at least, in my opinion). For me, the choice of fonts, the glowing letters and the background all lend to the lacking look (especially the glowing white text within the black band - looks amateurish). I would go for a completely different look / design. As is, I find the black band too distracting from the tri-state background (which in and of itself looks like it is competing for attention), and I would choose a more conservative font style (you have 3 different fonts, the top non serif, the middle glowing serif style, and the comic-ish hand written one for the personal info. Consider unifying those styles (I would go in the direction of sans-serif personally). Have a look at fonts from sites like dafont.com to select a nice, clean and professional looking one. If you are insistant on having the tri-state in the background, perhaps having it faded (in printing they either choose an ink colour much closer to the paper colour, or screen it). But I would reconsider the design completely (again, no offense). Have you not considered looking at some business card images on google, and 'borrowing' visual elements from it? Even if you mimic it heavily (taking colours, layout and whatnot) into account, it you help out a lot imo (just don't pick a crappy card design). Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 It looks like the back of a cheap brochure you pick up at a convention. From the 80's. edit. Okay maybe a little more credit. From early 90's. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I agree with NRG. You can barely even read your personal information, and I'm sure at scale on print you will not be able to read it at all, at least not clearly, which is a big problem for a business card. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I'm also wondering why you are asking for design advice when "design" is one of your services listed on your business card... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Business cards are for contact information. Keep it simple, use a few fonts, and include your branding, that's it. Also, the font in the bottom right will probably be nearly impossible to read when sized correctly. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 I'm also wondering why you are asking for design advice when "design" is one of your services listed on your business card... Because 'web design' seems to be where the money is at. I'm a PHP / Flash developer more than anything. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 yeah but... I mean, I can clean a cut and put a bandaid on it. That doesn't make me a doctor, nor should I try to be a doctor with that skill level, even though that's where "the money is at." People will quickly realize I'm trying to pass myself off as a doctor when I don't know jack shit about doctoring. And then they are gonna be like "hmm...he claims to be a doctor when clearly he knows nothing about being a doctor, so why should we believe him when he claims he can do these other things?" Same principle applies here. You are offering design service when you are not good at design. If you were good at design, you wouldn't be asking for design advice. So here you have this crappy business card design. Probably a crappily designed site if this card is any indication of your skills, and yet you are offering up design services. People will be like "wtf?" and then probably assume that your skill level is not up to par for the other services you offer. I'm not saying you suck just to say you suck. I'm advising you to get to the point where you are good at design, before advertising services for it, because it will hurt your business if you don't. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 What do you think of this? http://trenttompkins.com/card3.png Keep in mind I'm giving this to local business owners. There not going to know the difference between a serif and a sans-serif font, or that the glow effect is sometimes over-done. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 What do you think of this? http://trenttompkins.com/card3.png Keep in mind I'm giving this to local business owners. There not going to know the difference between a serif and a sans-serif font, or that the glow effect is sometimes over-done. While they may not know the difference between serif and non-serif fonts, they can certainly formulate an opinion based on what they see. A person who can't draw a straight line with a ruler so-to-speak can still see issues in a flawed art piece for example. I think presentation is a big deal to prospective clients (imo anyway). I sense by your mentality on this issue that you might as well simply jot down your contact info on a torn piece of paper with a faltering pen and simply hand them that.. that way the presentation matches the low-end business owners and their expectations. At the end of the day, it's your call.. you're the one spending money on having these business cards printed up. But it can certainly backfire on you if those business owners don't perceive you as quality. EDIT - At least you unified the font look somewhat.. it's a better step forward... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Hrmmm, I think the third one is much better looking than the first 2. The white text seems to jump out at me too much though. When ever I first looked at it, I didn't know which super bright word to focus on first, which typically makes me want to just look away. (Maybe I'm crazy like that though lol.) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-912756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 What do you think of this? http://trenttompkins.com/card3.png Keep in mind I'm giving this to local business owners. There not going to know the difference between a serif and a sans-serif font, or that the glow effect is sometimes over-done. I receive a 404 not found error. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-913703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I receive a 404 not found error. Considering when you visit the main site: [pre] Name Last modified Size Description Parent Directory 04-Apr-2009 04:34 - g.exe 06-Sep-2009 10:26 829k Apache/1.3.41 Server at trenttompkins.com Port 80[/pre] Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-913762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 makes me really wonder what g.exe is. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-913946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Haha I was thinking the same thing Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-913958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Sorry - I'm redoing my site. g.exe is avg, I stuck it up there because my aunt had malware that wouldn't let her load regular webpages. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/173129-business-card-hopefully-the-last-one/#findComment-914874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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