Business cards

I wanted to create quite a dark business card that is fairly succinct in order to efficiently get my practice across to the viewer. So there were a few things I had to consider:

Which images I should use that best promotes me.

What information to put on the back.

and what overall style I should encompass.

So I knew I wanted to feature a frame from Meat the Cow to show my macabre style that would fit in with the over all dark business card that I want to produce. Here were the frames I decided to shortlist:

I absolutely love these frames but I chose to go with the third one as it would keep in style with the underside of the card that I had planned. I wanted to make the back look a bit prettier as well instead of just having text, so I decided to use some tiles of my preferred programmes as well as my important information:

I was happy with this design but there were a few things wrong with them after I had them delivered. After getting some feedback off my tutor I knew I needed to change a few things. 

I should add my area code on my card in terms of +44 in order to make it clear

Adjust the text at the bottom as the spacing is all wrong and distracting

But most importantly, in retrospect, having tiles seems to restrict my abilities to those exact programs instead of doing myself justice. So these had to go.

This is the final version which doesn't look as pretty but it doesn't restrict my abilities whilst still looking fairly professional and has all the required information. It also includes my website name which I created between versions which I will blog about in the future.

The front image also needed re-doing as I knew I needed both CGI and stop motion on there because if I presented someone with the previous version they would presume I solely did stop motion unless they read the back. but I needed to attract attention from the front. So with this in mind I thought it would be prudent to do a sort of cross section of both to show my styles. I had three designs that were also used in my postcards for University which I wanted to use for my business cards:

But this was the one I went with due to the inclusion of the previous image! I also really like the way they both seem to create one scene because of the corner of the wall. The reasoning behind this was to incorporate my most proud skills in a small and efficient package. I couldn't get the new cards printed in time but I am going through the process of ordering these so I can put them at network events such as Manchester animation festival and other events that I can hand them out to spread my word.