so thank you to all of you that voted on the front of my promo cards. now it is time for the back.
the two above this message (all grey) are the ones i am currently using. the ones below are the potential new ones. i have been trying to keep everything the same as far as design goes. from my website to my blog to my newsletter, and business cards i want everything to have a similar feel. the newly designed back seen here step away from that design slightly. so far there has been no color in my logo design until now. that is the major change.
so i am curious about your thoughts. do you like my message on the back? how about the new logos? is the color working? is there anyther color that might work better? any saying/moto you would use instead? any and all suguestions on any and all parts of the designs is greatly appreciated.
if you click on the image it will open bigger. if you are viewing the larger version of the image ignore the black border. only what is inside of that border will be in the final version.
thanks in advance.
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I like vertorange or orange14 depending on the orientation of whichever front you chose. I like the orange pull out. That's nice.
I think the "w." "e." and "c." are a mistake. First, I "c" isn't obvious as obvious as "p" I think. Second, all three of those things are obvious without the abbreviated signifier, i.e. your email address won't be mistaken for your phone number. Third, be prepared to miss a lot of emails sent to e.josh@photojosh.com and be prepare to have a lot of people encounter 404 errors when they go to w.www.photojosh.com.
I like the final one or something similar. It's easy to read and looks nice. And, I agree...Leave out the w.e.c. Maybe you could express your mythical photo character on the card?
I'd stick with the very first one (horizontal) you've been using, on the top of the post except there is an extra punctuation mark after reportage, I'd take out the comma. I love the man, myth, hire slogan and I think it's simplicity works best here.
brutally honest here:
i think the slogan is sort of desperate sounding. i think your logo on the back and a strong image on the front is enough. the people you are sending it to know you want work. i prefer the second design to the 1st but if you were to go with the first I would take out the "domestically and abroad" part, too. because what photog won't travel? :) why not use the white space to hand-write a personal message about the photography you like in the magazines you are targeting? just my opinions :)
jen
Hey Josh,
I think I like the ones where there's a balance between things at the top of the design and at the bottom. The ones that have too much weight on either end (where everything is at the bottom, for instance) seem a little off to me. Hope that helps!
Scott
I am so worried I offended you with my suggestions . . .
I thought I should say that the first of the new designs (with Florida in yellow) is my favorite. :)
I failed to mention that I think you should move the whole thing up to the top left because of USPS regulations.
There's lots of guides online- this is the first one that I found.
http://www.expresscopy.com/images/layout_std_postcard_bleed.gif
If people can't figure out W. E. C. you don't want them as clients anyway. But I agree that it could disappear and still work.
Hey Josh,
FYI, your current first design (Open.jpg) has an extra comma after "portraiture" and a comma and period after "reportage," which someone else brought up.
I like the third-to-last design (orange19.jpg). Your contact info is right at the top, which I think looks best and draws the eye to read it rather than ignore it. As others have mentioned, I would remove the "w. e. c." bullets--they may not confuse too many people, but I think they're unnecessary. I do like the separation and contrast they provide, though; maybe you should try using an orange slash, bar, or round bullet point between the contact info fragments, with whitespace around them?
Regarding the slogan, it all depends on the clientele--but I'd consider removing "the man, the myth," from the beginning and just leave "the photographer you need to hire." I like the orange highlighting on the word "photographer." Nice work!
Jill Epsicokhan
Hi Josh, I like a lot of the elements you are working on right now, I just think you still have to put them together in a different way to make that FINAL version very strong.
I like the last two versions a lot, however I have a couple of suggestions. For example, I think you have to specify or make it clear that your name isn't Josh Ritchie Florida, to me people could get a little confused about that...second and this might not be very important, I'm having a little bit of trouble with the spacing the "h" from josh and the "r" from ritchie. Maybe you could space them differently ?
Other than that I like what you're working on, my favorite is the last version. I think the negative space really works great on that one.
Another thing, is your logo (the star design) already present on the front of the card ? It if is, then I don't think you have to worry by showing it again on the back...if you haven't used it then I think it's a good idea to use it.
Hopefully I was of some help, haha, cheers !
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