critique my business card please

[mrerico]

What do you think of it?


http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/azn-eric/stuff/ericobusinesscardcopy-1.jpg

edit/ to tell the difference between the business card and the bleed is the two different color blacks. =]

[TTk]

If you are going to use black and blue with grey? I would use the colour grey as in photography for your outer edge..

[ghosh]

I would recommend a white back ground

[zeenes]

I like the color combo, and the text is pretty clean. I don't much care for the little blue guy in the corner. You have periods after "Phone" and "Web" but not after "Email". Did you try switching the colors around to make "Phone" gray and the telephone number blue? Since that's the info you really want, it might make it stand out more.

[CanonXtiDude]

I like the colors and the layout. Take out all the periods after the phone and web and figure out a better logo than that guy its distracting. Lastly why are you putting landscapes on your business card? Do you hope to get some business shooting landscapes?

[mr_e]

I think it'd look better on white, black looks to dark and enclosed to me, I like the font of your name and the blue color though

[plattepro]

I think it would look better if the photographer image was grey not blue but I DO like blue and black together...you can get it to work after some tweaking.

[Mike-DT6]

I was just going to say exactly the same as Plattepro! Oh, I just have! :-D

If the photographer on the left was the same grey as the word 'photography' and the text on the right, the whole layout would be nicely balanced. I really like the layout and colour scheme.

Mike

[tracknut]

That original Mac font feels a bit 1984 :) ...or maybe it's not, but it sure has that feel to it!

Dave

[Hikin Mike]

I do like the colors, but I don't care for the "guy logo". Looks too "cheezy". Loose the periods on Phone and Web.

Good point "CanonXtiDude", why mention Landscape?

[willowdawn]

I'm not feeling the dude with the camera... and I'll bet that on a business card, it'll be really hard to distinguish what it is. I'd leave it off.

Also, the line under your name... I'd drop it down a bit, and make it the same thickness, or at least closer too, the stroke of your name font. Same for the vertical line. They seem insignificant.

The more I look at the card... I'm agreeing with a pp and I would like to see a white background. Keep the blue and grey, but I think a white ground will be more contemporary and easier on the eyes.

Willow

[mrerico]

I like the colors and the layout. Take out all the periods after the phone and web and figure out a better logo than that guy its distracting. Lastly why are you putting landscapes on your business card? Do you hope to get some business shooting landscapes?


I just put that on their because I like to keep my options open.


And why should I remove the periods after phone, web, and email? Is it annoying or how does that make you feel? Does it seem unprofessional that I did that?

Also, once again the outer border for the card is a different color black to show the bleed marks for the card. It will not show up on the actual card. I did get the corners rounded on my card as well...what's your guys opinions on that?

thanks for all the replies! I would like to get more feedback so I can fix anything I might need to change

Thanks again! =]


-Eric O.

[Picture North Carolina]

With the actual small business card in hand, the light gray text on the darker gray bkg may be hard to read. Especially if the font is small. /Dan