For one of my week five assignments, I chose to do the assignment, Create Your Own Business Card that was submitted by Lauren Brumfield.

The assignment is to,” create your own business card to advertise who you are.” The assignment is worth 2 points.

I picked this assignment because I thought it would be fun to make my own business card for my position in my agency, Hit Me.

I used VistaPrint to create the business card. I wanted something sleek but stylish at the same time. I also wanted to keep things simple because if there is too much going on it’s more difficult to read. I think that I ended up designing a very “clean” business card. It has all of the necessary aspects, but it’s not “too much” in my opinion.

Shirley will definitely be bringing in the business with these sleek business cards 

Along with the resume, Jack has made business cards to hand out as well! looks like Jack is moving up in the world!

I loved commenting on other people’s business card assignments, so I decided to complete the “Create your own business card” assignment for myself (2 pts). I really liked how everyone had different colored backgrounds on their cards, but I decided to make my card more simple like a traditional business card. Also, I made these business cards for my agency, The Steadfast Sleuths, so I put the company name without specific names. At this time, we do not have our phone set up in the office yet, so I also omitted a phone number on the card. Instead, I just put the URL for our agency website, which has more information about who we are and how to contact us. When we get the phone set up, I can easily add that to our business cards. The thing I love most about this assignment is that our agency seems so much more real now. I mean, only real agencies have business cards, right? Since our company works on the mean streets of the noir world, I put a picture of the noir cat on the cards. It is simple but elegant. In this way, my card is minimalist, but has the most relevant information on it so there is no searching through fine print. Here is the finished product:

I used a font that wasn’t too boring or too fancy for the lettering, so the card is easy to read without being boring. For the size I found a picture on Google and copied it into PowerPoint, then created the card within the parameters. The hardest part was aligning the words with the cat. At first I wanted the words to be centered like many professional cards, but it looked better with the cat next to the words. This way neither the cat nor the words looks too cluttered, and the black and white theme is universal for the card. Also, printing in black and white saves money, and we are a new business. I mean, I have the money for it, but this is a partnership, and years of experience tells me that companies that save money wherever possible do better than those who lavish on fancy business cards. That money will be coming out of paychecks or that new computer you wanted for the office. This business card is perfect for the fledgeling Steadfast Sleuths agency.

This week, I was contacted by none other than the Vixen Vigilante herself! It was quite an experience to converse with this mysterious foxy femme, even if it was just over the phone. Though she is keeping me from revealing too much, I can say that her reasons for reaching out to me involved the creation of a business card (worth a fair two stars in the DS106 Design Assignment Bank)  as she began to get her agency up and running this week. I was more than happy to help seeing as she’s been so dedicated and vigilante in her efforts to help all of us. Thus, I took to PicMonkey and created a business card that captures everything a potential patron of hers may need to know.

For more information about how to contact the Vixen Vigilante’s agency, “Vixen’s Ventures”, visit their site in just a click!

Au revoir for now,

As John Brown is starting his own agency, he thought that he would need a business card to give out. So, by using create your own business card (2 points) assignment, I made him one.

I tried to make simple as possible, because John likes simple thing. I used only colors of white and black to make simple and well visible. Also, he likes those two colors.

To make this business card, I used Powerpoint. I inserted the image of balance scale and then put some informations into it. After I finished with inserting text, I screenshot the powerpoint slide.

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Veronica Smith “The Boss” of the new agency Hit Me. If you don’t know what we are about then you don’t need our services. https://the1agency.wordpress.com/

The creation of our agency’s card was simple. I found the background image online and felt it would be a nice design. Our agency has men and women and the shadow really could be either. The image also left me with a lot of white space to write in. I used red lettering to make the agency’s name and motto pop out. The red I think accents the black and white well, and also is the color of danger. Then I added our contact information in black as a secondary feature. Also the black is a tad more hidden so if you want to contact us you have to find us… and be sure you want our services.

I think my application to Stirrup Trouble got accepted! I received a business card in the mail, which is huge because they keep their headquarters address and phone number secret from the general public. It make it easier to sift through cases and avoid drama and angry ex’s. So I found another one of those … Continue reading Stirrup Business Card (2 stars) →

Well. For this new agency, I decided I needed a business card. I’m a VIP and obviously need something that says so. Not only am I the Stain Queen, I am also the Manager of this place. Get on my level. No Stain, No Problem is ready for YOUR mess! Lucky for me, there was an assignment in the assignment bank worth 2 stars entitled Create Your Own Business Card. If I want to be taken seriously, it is probably time I’m a little more professional with how I present myself….. but baby steps.

Well. I used Gimp, because Mia said that that was the best way to edit things, and create things, and it was. I started with a red circle like background that reminded me of blood. I placed that down first. Then came making the words. I used a bunch of different fonts including Always In My Heart, DK Douceur, and the ever boring Georgia. I played with sizing and placement, and am really happy with how this turned out. Also, the background was definitely too bold, so I used the transparency slider and made it much less opaque. This really helped make the words stand out. I’m sure the rest of the crew will ask me to design their business cards, because I am so great.

2 stars – Business Card for the Agency

With the new agency developing, we’ve been trying to get set up as best as we can while making everything super official. Nothing too fancy but I’ve been getting into making the designs and getting the word out about our agency. Say, if you need someone to help you get out of a sticky situation with your lover, give us a buzz!

For this assignment, I used a free business card maker and put some of our information for our agency on it! Check us out.

This is a 2 Star assignment to create a Business Card for my Agency.  Here is Red’s new card.  I used PowerPoint to create it and duplicated our Agency Logo on the bottom.