More business cards!

[teaberryblue]

People gave me AMAZING advice on the business card I posted.  The big things people commented on:

–Should have my own art

–Text was hard to read

–”Cute Stuff” was too vague and could be misread in that context

Thank you all so much for all your help! I really appreciate it, even if I sounded grouchy in some of my replies.

So I worked on more designs!  I finished two today and I’d like to share them with you and if people don’t mind feeding more back to me, I would love that!

I have to credit emo_snal with the idea for the echidna.

In the meantime, life is pretty good!  Watched American Idol Top 24 and there were a few decisions on the judges’ part from last week that I’m kinda WTFing at now, but I won’t spoil anybody!

Mirrored from Antagonia.net.

Comments

[holyschist]

I like the text (look and words) of the first one, but as cute as the faces are, I don't think they convey your unique art style as well as the echidna.

[teaberryblue]

Thanks so much for the advice! That's pretty much the same I'm getting on LiveJournal. I think I'm going to try to combine the two!

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

I like the first one a lot, but I find the text for your email/website a bit difficult to read. It's quite faint... maybe just trying a different anti-alias setting would help? Dunno. Because otherwise I like the font selection.

The second card is also really nifty.

Do you think you'd possibly do both versions? I think that having a couple of different options could be fun.

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

Well, it costs $20 to get 1000 business cards printed, but $15 to get 500 and 500 in two different styles. So I don't think it would be logical. I can try changing that font on the first one though.

[mel06.livejournal.com]

Either! I like the second one better because it feels less... fluffy. I dunno. Somehow the echidna adds more creativity and quality to it. Also the text is easier to read!

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

I think that the second one has better balance in terms of negative space, too.

But I'm really partial to the font of her name in the first one!

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

I could play around with both!

[cacophonesque.livejournal.com]

Yeah!

On my second look I thought more deeply about composition and all of that, and decided that I much preferred the layout of the second one. On the first one, I get to the bottom and feel like it's lopsided. Even though I enjoyed the top part of the design and the rougher nature of the design elements (fuzzy edges and sketchiness in contrast to the crisp cartoony feel of the second one)

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

I think I can add some of the rougher stuff to the bottom one, by putting black lines around the background elements, and maybe trying that font.

[mel06.livejournal.com]

This. Exactly this.

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

I think the echidna was a great idea. I wanted a cute animal but a few people pointed out that unicorns and bunnies and kitties could all be seen as too "girly" and as much as I love chickens, a lot of people see them as food. Or awkward and stupid.

[liret.livejournal.com]

I like the second one. And not just because an echidna is almost a hedgehog.

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

Of course not.

[spiralstairs.livejournal.com]

I am very much in favor of the first one because it's a unique color scheme that really reminds me of your personality, and I love the little faces. My only suggestion is to find another word for 'things' since it's a bit vague. Maybe tchotchke? With little blurbs around the card like "She knits!" "She draws!" "She cocktails!"

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

I think adding blurbs would crowd it too much. What do you think of the possibility of the echidna on a pink color scheme?

[spiralstairs.livejournal.com]

That could be really really adorable. :)

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

I'll try it out. Although I am taking into consideration the "too fluffy" comments about the pink.

[spiralstairs.livejournal.com]

Well, pink is my favorite color so I'm inclined to defend it. :) The blue balances it out really nicely and keeps it from being too froofy. It's a nice tone.

[themis.livejournal.com]

I love love love the expression on the echidna's face.

But I like the text and font better on the first card. CONFLICT.

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

Destiny said the same thing. I'm going to play around with a different text treatment on the echidna card.

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

I PREFER ECHIDNA.

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

ECHIDNA PREFERS YOU

[mel06.livejournal.com]

ONLY IN SOVIET RUSSIA.

[pachakuti.livejournal.com]

I like "purveyor of adorable things" a lot

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

I prefer the first one, but I think it's because of the color scheme. And also "purveyor of adorable things."

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I'm going to play around with combinations of the two! I feel like these are both way closer though!

[shinyredtype.livejournal.com]

This is how I feel as well! I like the echidna itself, though! Make a pink echidna. :D

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Echidnaaas hooray!

[negativeneve.livejournal.com]

I like the second one better because it seems more balanced and clean. I'm not a huge fan of the color scheme, though. I like "purveyor of adorable things" as your descriptor more than "cute stuff". I definitely think a combo of the two will yield good things. :)

[daydreamweaver.livejournal.com]

The fonts in the first one seem a bit off to me. I don't like the scribbled-y-ness around your name, and the email address/URL are a bit difficult to read. The colours are great and I quite like the line 'purveyor of adorable things.'

Second one is lovely. Echidna FTW!

[purplehaze9.livejournal.com]

If I didn't know this blog and somebody handed me one of those two cards, my response would be, "WTF does this person do?"

[sunnyrea.livejournal.com]

I like them both a lot! I think I like the top one more though because the pink is more eye catching and I really like the little faces!

[gildedage.livejournal.com]

I like the first one, the more I look at it. I like the colors, and the name font. And the website font too, because that seems more "you". Also, the smiley blue berries are a direct link to the comic stuff that you do.

[craterchest.livejournal.com]

The color scheme works best on the first one, but I would probably replace the smiley face with more, er . . . adorable things. The contact info text is too thin. I need to be able to read at a glance. Needs to either be bolded or a different font altogether, but I do like the style of it. Your name font is great, but push the R up a bit.

While the blue works well with the pink, I do like the idea of a pink echidna.

[craterchest.livejournal.com]

Now that I'm looking at it again, the contact info is just too squished. It needs a font that's more spread out.

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

Just here to say that I REALLY like the first one with the smiley faces!

[kutiechick.livejournal.com]

These are both AWESOME but I have to say that I like the 2nd more. It looks more "business card" ish to me...and I love the simple sun.