I would go for the first one. Seems to be the closest one to your idea. The other ones seem quite elaborated for being a free-hand style. BUT, at the end of the day, remember that this is YOUR business card. Your decision and also your opportunity to explain WHY and HOW you selected, not only typo, but each of the graphic elements and colours in your personal branding. That is the strenght of a design (not WHAT I SAY, but what you think makes a good design and the reasons behind it... precisely what I mark in each of your projects). So, my suggestion is to go for the first one but even then, you will be expected to explain why (and you can't use the one of: "Because Mariana told me so"). Think carefully why you want to use any of the previous selection you are showing. Notice how it works with the rest of your graphic elements, think about the location of each of them and then, after selecting your typo, experiment with the location of it in your design. One thing is to find a "nice" typo and another one is to use it properly. So, be careful with the balance. You already have an element braking the structure of your horizontal business card structure (meaning the pencil), so use it in your advantage in order to make your business card more attractive. And finally, be careful with the amount of information you include in it. Remember that using your whole address or telephone number is not safe and, sometimes, NOT neccessary. Those are my thoughts but at the end of the day you have to be always aware that this will be something (just a little something) that I hope will help your chances to grab a potential client or employer. Use this opportunity to achieve that. Don't expect me to give you the answers because then, the opportunity for you to learn in the process decreases. Experiment but, above all, think that the final product should be something that makes you feel satisfied, well-represented and confident to promote yourself in the difficult stage of finding a job. Also, I recommend you to experiment with your typo and rest of your business card elements, try also what I suggest for your CV, do a final spelling check and send them to print. In that way you will give yourself more time to work in your portfolio.
Hi Richard,
ReplyDeleteI would go for the first one. Seems to be the closest one to your idea. The other ones seem quite elaborated for being a free-hand style. BUT, at the end of the day, remember that this is YOUR business card. Your decision and also your opportunity to explain WHY and HOW you selected, not only typo, but each of the graphic elements and colours in your personal branding. That is the strenght of a design (not WHAT I SAY, but what you think makes a good design and the reasons behind it... precisely what I mark in each of your projects). So, my suggestion is to go for the first one but even then, you will be expected to explain why (and you can't use the one of: "Because Mariana told me so"). Think carefully why you want to use any of the previous selection you are showing. Notice how it works with the rest of your graphic elements, think about the location of each of them and then, after selecting your typo, experiment with the location of it in your design. One thing is to find a "nice" typo and another one is to use it properly. So, be careful with the balance. You already have an element braking the structure of your horizontal business card structure (meaning the pencil), so use it in your advantage in order to make your business card more attractive. And finally, be careful with the amount of information you include in it. Remember that using your whole address or telephone number is not safe and, sometimes, NOT neccessary.
Those are my thoughts but at the end of the day you have to be always aware that this will be something (just a little something) that I hope will help your chances to grab a potential client or employer. Use this opportunity to achieve that. Don't expect me to give you the answers because then, the opportunity for you to learn in the process decreases. Experiment but, above all, think that the final product should be something that makes you feel satisfied, well-represented and confident to promote yourself in the difficult stage of finding a job.
Also, I recommend you to experiment with your typo and rest of your business card elements, try also what I suggest for your CV, do a final spelling check and send them to print. In that way you will give yourself more time to work in your portfolio.
Let me know if you need anything else,
Mariana.