I'm interested in pursuing a career involving Graphic Design, particularly sports team branding, so I have designed myself a logo on display in the middle of the card, to essentially display an example of the work that I would offer:
Obviously the font I did not design myself, but effects were applied to the two letters, spelling out my initials, showing right here what kind of work I can produce. The logo is a draft and may be changed in future, so maybe think of it as a placeholder for now.
I also produced a second version of this card, making changes to the description of the services I would offer at the bottom, but also giving it a brightly coloured background that would make it easy to notice:
The pantone for the orange I've used here is a bit more vibrant, which I think would help it to stand out more. But again, these designs are "preliminary" so may be changed in the future.
Hi Steven,
ReplyDeleteI know that you are " pursuing a career involving Graphic Design, particularly sports team branding" but I think that by making it so obviously linked with this activity you might closed yourself a lot of doors and opportunities. So maybe you can try something that is not so obviously related to sports team branding and more to Graphic Design.
Another point that you might consider is the fact of using orange in order to make your business card stand out. You might find that in psychology of colour there are colours that might be more descriptive of your personality without the need of using any bright one in order to make your business card be visually "yelling" at people. What I mean is that there are better and more sutile ways of standing out than the obvious solution (in this particular case, using bright colours).
Maybe you can transmit this dynamic image of your typo in the format (by a curvy and angled corner) and keep the vibrant orange with the black but applied in a different way: all black at the front (with name and services in orange) and the other side of the BC all in orange with your information in in black.
In that way, you keep the striking colours without the overwhelming combination of it with the SR and also, keep the dynamic look of your SR but instead of using this you do it in the format (by adding a curve in one of the edges).
You might find it difficult to understand so, if you want, bring it next class and we have a look at it together.
It concerns me that I can't see anything related to CV and portfolio. No visual research or understanding and try-out of psychology of colour and creation of palette of colours. No previous try-outs in order to decide your final typo. Not a lot really. Be aware that next week will be week 9 and you need to start working as well in your portfolio and your exhibition at the same time.
Try to avoid as much as possible to leave everything until the end.
Hope this helps,
Mariana.