Business Cards

I want my business cards to be really simple, a limited colour palette, but still bright!

I have investigated into the kind of business cards I'd like to produce - from a book called The Best of Business Card Design...

I love the orange and white, its a great colour contrast, it really stands out. I like how it also works on the back with the black text.

This is the kind of business card I would like, its friendly, funny and eye catching at the same time. And it looks equally as effective on the back.

I like the colours used for these, more than the design. A set of three colours for my business cards could be interesting as it gives the reader the chance to select the one they prefer as opposed to taking one, that everyone else has. IT gives a bit of exclusivity.

This is very corporate but I love the colours and how the hierarchy works within this. The arrows give a feeling of travel and mail and forward thinking, very appropriate and business-like.

These are quite playful in terms of the illustrative type. They work well and suit the business they are promoting.

\From this, it seems I am quite attracted to a single bright colour and white, similar to my current business card colour palette. Bold chunky text also appears to be another common feature.
I would like my next business cards to 'speak' to the reader.

Medical Practice Logos: Pike

I like the meaning of the logo with this one - I think the type completely ruins it. Firstly I think the black is quite harsh against the softer pastel tones used in the logo. The layout of the type is very messy - and the strange style of capitalisation or none at all doesn't work.
The image works, it represents medical with the stethoscope, and I like how thats been adapted into a heart, it also looks like 2 ears joined at the lobe, so that communicates the listening and hearts part. The different colours could also represent diversity.
I think with a rework of the text this could be a great identity.

Own Branding... Final

This is the final change I promise... until next time.
So, this idea which ever way you look at it it's the same!

And the reverse:

Own Branding... Again

I can't leave my business card alone! This is it now, I will print some with James this afternoon and thats it. I will leave it be... until next time. This did need rectifying though. The first ideas were experimenting with a portrait format:

I then tried to make the back of the card more friendly by adding 'Say hello!' - I need a friendlier font.

This is much more friendlier, the font is more personal and informal - and I have used a grey from the front rather than a black which was quite harsh.

Tried and tested - reverting back to the landscape format:

I think the speech bubble in the previous version looks more like it's coming from 'me'.

Oops! I haven't said what I do, I could be a dog walker for all this business card says! I am not a bad communicator really, just nervous about my own business card. This makes me a real adult now!

Own Branding: Third Attempt

Open publication - Free publishing - More business

My painful third attempt at branding myself - how hard?! I know exactly what I want to say about myself but at the same time I am not happy with anything I produce. For the sake of Portfolio Surgery week I have settled with this idea:

This shade of blue I feel is a positive, happy blue - and makes me think of blue skies, it is also eye catching to stand out to anyone who may be interested in picking it up. I have use my initials in lower case as it looks more like a name rather than GB which seems more like the abbreviation for Great Britain. The reason for the repetition of these gb's is to symbolise my interest in motion graphics, particularly simple ones as I have still a lot to learn.

Wow... I must be semi-pleased with this business card design as I have never made it to designing the back! I think it's bright, cheerful and minimal.