Another "please help with business cards" thread

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

02/08/2010 12:15:46 PM · #1

I am donating a print to the Mississippi Wildlife Federation to be auctioned off for a fund raiser and they said they would put a stack of business cards on the table for me...the problem is I have no cards printed and need to redesign my current card. I'm leaning toward a front/back card with a photo on front and information on back. I'm probably going to use moo for printing and use either their Minicard which is 1.1in x 2.76in front and back or their traditional sized card which is 2.17in x 3.31in. They let you select 100 different photos for printing the cards so I think that would be a neat thing to have. What is your opinion? Should I just stick with traditional cards?

Here are some things to work with, please feel free to edit/chop/cut/design/etc any of these.

First card

current card:

A logo that I designed that I like...

The "branding" photo that I used on my web site:

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

02/08/2010 02:11:05 PM · #2

I'm no expert, but in your logo, is there a reason why PLS is bigger than the others? Well, I sorta see why the P and S, but why the L?

02/08/2010 02:15:50 PM · #3

Originally posted by karmat:

I'm no expert, but in your logo, is there a reason why PLS is bigger than the others? Well, I sorta see why the P and S, but why the L?

Because I'm not expert either :) Seriously I have no idea why I did that..I'll make the L smaller and see how it looks. I have a feeling it will look better...thanks!

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

02/08/2010 02:25:28 PM · #4

Here it is with a little "L"...

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I like it better visually with the larger L for some reason even though it doesn't represent anything.

I'm not tied to this logo either and I don't think I'm even using it on my web page. As a matter of fact I think with the moo cards the back can only be text so I couldn't use the logo anyway if I go with Moo. My problem is I can't decide what I want :)

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

02/08/2010 02:37:49 PM · #5

The big "l" looks okay, it just seems like it should represent something. :)

ErikV

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

02/08/2010 07:42:52 PM · #6

Originally posted by karmat:

The big "l" looks okay, it just seems like it should represent something. :)

His middle initial.

George

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR

02/09/2010 12:29:11 AM · #7

I think the L DOES represent something. Name is Price, but the photos are Priceless. It works, because you're separating the name Price from Priceless - makes the play on words a bit more obvious.

senor_kasper

Nikon D800

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

02/09/2010 01:03:37 AM · #8

Just an idea

02/09/2010 09:09:50 AM · #9

LOL Eric, now why didn't I think of that? Thanks George, that is kinda what I had in mind, just wanted to separate out the syllables.

Thanks Andres, that looks really nice, I like it! That makes me want to just stick with traditional business cards and not the moo mini cards, might be cheaper too.

Tez

Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

02/09/2010 09:24:27 PM · #10

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Message edited by author 2010-02-09 21:40:32.

mBastin

Nikon D80

02/09/2010 09:53:18 PM · #11

I'll give the card a try if you like. I'm going into the graphic design field and I need more examples for my portfolio (which I need to have done at the end of the month). keep in mind that I'm definatly a rookie and I am self taught. I would probably like to start from scratch though. let me know.

and If you'd like to work on it yourself, I would suggest that instead of using a larger font size for the L and S to seperate Price-less and instead either slightly changing each font, make one part of it bold (eg. Priceless) or even just change the tone lighter on either half. I would try to show you what I mean but I don't have Photoshop on this computer.

Although I would hardly call this a professional opinion. hahaha