New Business Card

[NeutronTech]

Getting ready to order new cards so I've been playing with designs. What's your opinion on this one.

 

[Hercomputers]

Ahhh, that's hot! I like it, NT......now if only you could add a subtle blue with the orange that would be hotter- I should make you make up some new one for me. Did you do this yourself?

 

[16k_zx81]

FWIW I think double sided is a good way to go. On the flip you can add a lot of detail about what sort of service you can provide and use the space's available promotional potential to attract customers who otherwise may not pick up the phone.

I like the design form but there's a lot of orange there! Can you break up the background so its a bit nicer to look at?

 

[NeutronTech]

Ahhh, that's hot! I like it, NT......now if only you could add a subtle blue with the orange that would be hotter- I should make you make up some new one for me. Did you do this yourself?

I made the card design myself, fonts, background colors, and placement. The logo, however, I purchased. Some blue huh? You a Gator fan? lol Where would you suggest I add the blue? And what shade of blue we talking?

FWIW I think double sided is a good way to go. On the flip you can add a lot of detail about what sort of service you can provide and use the space's available promotional potential to attract customers who otherwise may not pick up the phone.

I like the design form but there's a lot of orange there! Can you break up the background so its a bit nicer to look at?

I was thinking about double sided, but I'm not sure I want to go that route yet. What do you suggest to break up the background? Make it lighter maybe? I want a full color card, but I want it easy to read. My other problem is that if I lighten the background, it may make my text harder to read and I can't think of any font color that would go with the orange.

Thanks guys for your opinions and help.

 

[16k_zx81]

Re colour selection, this may help
http://www.colorblender.com/

 

[Vicenarian]

Nice card design!

The only things I might consider, is placing the website URL at the bottom with the rest of the contact info.

I also like the Ubuntu type font, but it *might* be better to capitalize the first letters of the words in your company name...not sure on this, but it might be worth trying to see if you like it better. Also capitalize the word "repair" in your list of services.

Here's another idea....remove your list of services from the front of the card...and put the list on the back:

- Computer Repair
- System Management
- Consulting
- Etc.
- And much more...

If you don't move the service list to the back of the card, I would bump it a bit to the right to make it just "fit" a little better. It's ok...but I think it wouldn't hurt to move it a *bit*.



Other things to consider...what program are you using to design this? Are you responsible for adding bleed/crop marks before submitting the file to your printer? If so, some printers tack on a service charge if you neglect to add (PROPER) bleed and crop marks. Just something to watch out for.


Finally, on color choices, you might want to try a black/dark grey card background. I think it might make your logo stand out better.

On finish choices: Definitely get full color, double sided, GLOSS coating. Emphasis on gloss coating. Trust me. You'll want it. It's awesome. Especially if you get it for no extra cost


But yeah, nice card, and nice logo!

 

[Hercomputers]

I made the card design myself, fonts, background colors, and placement. The logo, however, I purchased. Some blue huh? You a Gator fan? lol Where would you suggest I add the blue? And what shade of blue we talking?

Is there any way a subtle light blue can be added/blended with the orange, even have a two-tone flavor to it. Orange and light blue would look really nice together....just my one cent-

 

[NeutronTech]

Nice card design!

The only things I might consider, is placing the website URL at the bottom with the rest of the contact info.

I also like the Ubuntu type font, but it *might* be better to capitalize the first letters of the words in your company name...not sure on this, but it might be worth trying to see if you like it better. Also capitalize the word "repair" in your list of services.

Here's another idea....remove your list of services from the front of the card...and put the list on the back:

- Computer Repair
- System Management
- Consulting
- Etc.
- And much more...

If you don't move the service list to the back of the card, I would bump it a bit to the right to make it just "fit" a little better. It's ok...but I think it wouldn't hurt to move it a *bit*.



Other things to consider...what program are you using to design this? Are you responsible for adding bleed/crop marks before submitting the file to your printer? If so, some printers tack on a service charge if you neglect to add (PROPER) bleed and crop marks. Just something to watch out for.


Finally, on color choices, you might want to try a black/dark grey card background. I think it might make your logo stand out better.

On finish choices: Definitely get full color, double sided, GLOSS coating. Emphasis on gloss coating. Trust me. You'll want it. It's awesome. Especially if you get it for no extra cost


But yeah, nice card, and nice logo!

I'll have to play around with it a bit more. The Ubuntu font doesn't allow capital letters. The 'repair' is in Verdana so I can fix that one. I really think I'm just going to stick to a single side card this time, due to budget constraints. So, I will have to adjust that list to make it fit better. I'm not responsible for cropping it, I called my printer this morning and asked what I needed to do. I made this in the trial version of PhotoShop I downloaded. I have saved it as a TIFF file so I can use it in gimp and retain the layers.

I'll try and see what a gray background looks like. I'll keep the gradient though, just use gray instead of orange.

Thanks much for the input!

EDIT: Well, aparantly the layers don't transfer over to Gimp. When I opened up the TIFF file in PhotoShop, the layers are intact and separate. When I load it in Gimp, it's just a single layer. I guess I'm going to have to save each layer as a JPEG, then copy and paste or something. Man, I wish there was a image editor closer to PhotoShop than Gimp. It's close, but there are so many more things you can do in Photoshop, well it's easier to do those things anyways.

EDIT 2: Cool, I found a plugin for Paint.NET that opens PSD files and retains the layers. I know I can't do as much, but I tend to think Paint.NET is a bit easier to use than Gimp. Plus there is just a ton of plugins for Paint.NET that will let you do just about anything in. So, I'm happier now than I was a few minutes ago.