Loose Ends and MoCCA

[teaberryblue]

So, you have probably noticed there were no comics last week, and the week before there were only a few.

I am not giving up on comics, but I do need to cut down on the number I am doing for now, because I have to take time to do my homework for class, and also, I need to spend more time preparing for MoCCA, because I WILL have a table. If you are going to be in NYC on April 10 or 11, you should stop by and see me! After then, I will try and figure out the right schedule for comics. I think it will be three days a week.

I am super excited about this whole thing. But I need to do a lot of work to get ready. I am crocheting hats, and working on minicomics. shinyredtype and I are working on an awesome little project for it.

If you offered to send something for the charity raffle– or if this is the first time you’re hearing about it– please contact me privately and I’ll work this out with you.  You have about a month to send things.

One thing I need to do is make a business card! I’ve never made business cards before.  Here is my first shot at one:

What do you all think?  I deliberately didn’t include my phone number, as I prefer working via email and I don’t want to give my phone number out to crazies.  Also, I like the idea of putting “cute stuff” as opposed to a specific jobby-job because I do so many things, and cute is probably the best unifying term.  Suggestions, advice?  Let me know what you think!

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Comments

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

I agree with a lot of what's already been said. My main concern is that the font for your name is hard to read. Definitely go with something with upper/lower casing.

Also, I know you want to keep it vague because you do a lot of "cute stuff", but I think, when I shuffle through the cards in my wallet, that it's going to be hard to remember what, specifically, Tea's cute stuff consists of without a) a more Tea-specific piece of art there or b) a listing of some of your skills. I mean, it's a business card - if you were a scientist you'd say "scientist!" and list your specific fields. I think as an artist you should do the same. Of course, I have lots of artsy friends but remembering who does the screen printing and who does the murals and who draws in what style can be a little hard to remember at all times. :)

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

Other thought: You could put a specific list of the type of work you do on the back, so as to keep the front clean and uncluttered.

My thought is this: ideally we hand out these cards to people that we've had plenty of time to interact with, and they should see the card and associate it with our face. In reality, though, especially at conferences and conventions, we end up leaving them on the table or quickly handing them to people are trying to move on and see everything there. Therefore, the card needs to represent *YOU* and all your skills adequately so that folks can look at it and have a bit of recall about what it is that you can provide.

That's just my $0.05. Take it or leave it as you wish. :)

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

I'm going to reply to this more fully but this comment is making me want to put "Scientist!" on my card instead of my actual profession.

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

I played around with fonts a little last night. I think tonight I will put up a few options.

I said this above, but I don't really want to advertise myself as drawing in a certain style because the style of my comics is not really a style that I identify with personally. I'm worried about being pigeonholed if I put that style of art on my cards. I think the goal for me for having a business card is what you say below, I want to be giving these cards to people who already know me so they can keep in touch with me, not necessarily because I am trying to sell them something. I'm sure at a convention, I'll have people come take them anyway, but I am not really sure what I would want those people to do other than visit my website; I'm not really selling anything.