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j_polo9 · 06-02-2006, 15:31

update:

old:
hey let me know your thoughts, just finished these but not going to print for a little while. Thanks! - jesse

(words on front of card you can barely see will be UV print... i think)

http://www.norcaldesigns.com/jesse/n...sCard_2006.jpg

DannyMac · 07-02-2006, 10:59

It looks very smart, although i cant understand why you would want UV print on your business card? Unless you hand them out in nightclubs?

Alexanda · 07-02-2006, 11:04

type on your identity is fairly illegible. If your a designer surely you would design something that works?

oli · 07-02-2006, 12:57

dont think the strip across the front works either, be better without.

ghetto elvis · 07-02-2006, 13:15

Those rounded corners are going to CO$T you big time.
You added bleed so your corners are going to be crunked yo!
I don’t think you need to round the corners.
I’m not feeling the typeface you chose for the name.

*From past experience with designing business cards you have to design as a quick read to the lowest visually challenged human being. Make sure typography is the easiest to read.

What is their budget? Rounded corners and UV print? Excess!

ghetto elvis · 07-02-2006, 13:17

p.s. your crop marks are going through your type. come on man!

sub · 07-02-2006, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by DannyMac

It looks very smart, although i cant understand why you would want UV print on your business card? Unless you hand them out in nightclubs?

Last time I checked UV (as in spot UV) was a print varish - not ultraviolet!

ghetto elvis · 07-02-2006, 13:34

varish? or varnish?

DannyMac · 07-02-2006, 13:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by subcircle

Last time I checked UV (as in spot UV) was a print varish - not ultraviolet!

Woops showing my ignorance, sorry about that!

sub · 07-02-2006, 13:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghetto elvis

varish? or varnish?

Fuck off Elvis.

chips · 07-02-2006, 14:15

sorry I don't like anything about these.
print web identity is too big. in fact all the text elements look the wrong size and spacing is off.
e.g the url is pushed right next to the edge. that stuff has got to be pixel perfect if you're actually going to print these.
maybe blue and black combo could work though.

ghetto elvis · 07-02-2006, 14:36

let the chips fall where they may. what is that picture of? that thing is scary. more than the burger king guy.

velizio · 07-02-2006, 14:38

Smooth work, well done

chips · 07-02-2006, 15:50

my pic is frank sidebottom

j_polo9 · 09-02-2006, 05:25

Thanks all!
@ No 7: Which part is illegible? People don't have to read it immediately, as long as they can think about it for a second and make it out. Rather it be memorable and different than boring.
@ Elvis, lol i don't even know what bleed is :S Cost isn't a big deal seeing as how i expect to get At least 1 job just from the cards. So a good card is well worth it. Sorry about the crop marks those were just from illustrator i didn't even know they were crop marks lol.

heres an update:

dan · 09-02-2006, 10:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by j_polo9

i don't even know what bleed is :S .. Sorry about the crop marks those were just from illustrator i didn't even know they were crop marks lol.

Uhoh. Not a good start.

Your newer designs are better. The type feels more considered. Are these the front and back of the same card? They look like two completely different ones. Decide on a route and stick with it, running these together would just be confusing.

briljant oranje · 09-02-2006, 10:22

the logo/typeface is awful.

it's not a case of being boring, just that the vast majority of clients don't care about experimental design. they want it to look good, be cheap and work for the purpose it was intended.

and if they look at your card and have to work out what it says, you're not gonna hear from them.

Alexanda · 09-02-2006, 10:27

Legibility isn't boring. Design is about problem solving first with all the pretty shit following after. Just cos you got a fairly illegible logotype doesn't make it memeorable either, it just shows your typographic skills aint that good.

cam · 09-02-2006, 10:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghetto elvis

Those rounded corners are going to CO$T you big time.

we got rounded-corner ones made for TT, to match the design of the site.

don't know how much extra they cost but they look well smart

dan · 09-02-2006, 10:59

If the printers already have the die cuts for the radius you're after they can actually be pretty cheep - if it's a good printer you have a relationship with.

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07-02-2006, 10:59	#2 (permalink)
DannyMac Possibly lost? Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	It looks very smart, although i cant understand why you would want UV print on your business card? Unless you hand them out in nightclubs?

07-02-2006, 11:04	#3 (permalink)
Alexanda European Champions 2008 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 2,590	type on your identity is fairly illegible. If your a designer surely you would design something that works?

07-02-2006, 12:57	#4 (permalink)
oli Low flying star™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England.™ Posts: 10,018	dont think the strip across the front works either, be better without.

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ghetto elvis CREATIVE INDEPENDENT Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Origin Unknown Posts: 83	Those rounded corners are going to CO$T you big time. You added bleed so your corners are going to be crunked yo! I don’t think you need to round the corners. I’m not feeling the typeface you chose for the name. *From past experience with designing business cards you have to design as a quick read to the lowest visually challenged human being. Make sure typography is the easiest to read. What is their budget? Rounded corners and UV print? Excess!

07-02-2006, 13:17	#6 (permalink)
ghetto elvis CREATIVE INDEPENDENT Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Origin Unknown Posts: 83	p.s. your crop marks are going through your type. come on man!

07-02-2006, 13:34	#8 (permalink)
ghetto elvis CREATIVE INDEPENDENT Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Origin Unknown Posts: 83	varish? or varnish?

07-02-2006, 14:15	#11 (permalink)
chips Mr chips to you Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,376	sorry I don't like anything about these. print web identity is too big. in fact all the text elements look the wrong size and spacing is off. e.g the url is pushed right next to the edge. that stuff has got to be pixel perfect if you're actually going to print these. maybe blue and black combo could work though.

07-02-2006, 14:36	#12 (permalink)
ghetto elvis CREATIVE INDEPENDENT Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Origin Unknown Posts: 83	let the chips fall where they may. what is that picture of? that thing is scary. more than the burger king guy.

07-02-2006, 14:38	#13 (permalink)
velizio Motivated Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 70	Smooth work, well done

07-02-2006, 15:50	#14 (permalink)
chips Mr chips to you Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,376	my pic is frank sidebottom

09-02-2006, 05:25	#15 (permalink)
j_polo9 j_polo9 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NorCal Posts: 124	Thanks all! @ No 7: Which part is illegible? People don't have to read it immediately, as long as they can think about it for a second and make it out. Rather it be memorable and different than boring. @ Elvis, lol i don't even know what bleed is :S Cost isn't a big deal seeing as how i expect to get At least 1 job just from the cards. So a good card is well worth it. Sorry about the crop marks those were just from illustrator i didn't even know they were crop marks lol. heres an update:

09-02-2006, 10:22	#17 (permalink)
briljant oranje Keep it foolish yeah? Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Not Leeds Posts: 579	the logo/typeface is awful. it's not a case of being boring, just that the vast majority of clients don't care about experimental design. they want it to look good, be cheap and work for the purpose it was intended. and if they look at your card and have to work out what it says, you're not gonna hear from them.

09-02-2006, 10:27	#18 (permalink)
Alexanda European Champions 2008 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 2,590	Legibility isn't boring. Design is about problem solving first with all the pretty shit following after. Just cos you got a fairly illegible logotype doesn't make it memeorable either, it just shows your typographic skills aint that good.

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dan Iris Folder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: smokey Posts: 2,650	If the printers already have the die cuts for the radius you're after they can actually be pretty cheep - if it's a good printer you have a relationship with.

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