I have never asked for anything on this site. and as busy as I am I believe I have given a lot to the IM forum. I have recently fallen into my own business. I started with just family and it's progressed. So now I have changed from full time to part time at my main job and have taken up this business. I make more time doing what I do that working at home depot. but the benefits are great and until i know this will pay off and keep money flowing well then i cannot afford to lose those. anyway. The company is called Hobbs Tile llc. I am making business cards but i need a logo. i have never been great at making stuff like that. i was wondering if someone could help me out with it. maybe a few designs. i want to be able to screen print it on some shirts and maybe a few hats too. so something people will recognize. i also want to put it on the upper left hand corner of my business card.
well here is the business card and what it looks like so far. i am not finished. but any C&C on the card would also be apreciated.
thanks for you rhelp in advanced. i apreciate any help on this.
oh and i have added Free Estimates on here since i saved the psd as a jpg. and also my name is on there too. i removed the marbalized look to the top name. but if it goes well with the logo i will put it back to that. basically i want the logo to be top left corner. the title line will be moved over... shoot. if you feel like it go ahead and add the logo to the card and mess with that too if you feel like it.
thanks again
Craig
oh and i also removed the CO after hobbs tile.
website is in the works
i have been taking pictures of all the work i do to put up too
its just that when i started i just did it now and then and i didnt think to take pictures or anything. so i dont have much.
but a domain just for the adress would be work it.
thanks for the advice there too. i didnt think of putting the e-mail or adress on the card
well id say from now on just make sure you take pictures before and after etc...
and personally one of the top issues would be getting a website up. even if at first it didnt have your work on it yet.
you could have it be only one page have yoru logo at the top a bussiness description email address phone number hours that they can call areas that you serve etc... and you dont need any other pages at first
as you get pictures you can add pages to the site etc..
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if i got a bussiness card from you the first thing id want to do is check out a website. and or email you.
and again i think of those tiles on the card had a few colors in them it would really add alot to the look.
good juck with your bussiness
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i might add some color to a few random tiles on there. ive had 2 other people say that too. maybe do each tile a different color. the diamond tiles one color the small ones another and the bigger ones a different color. just to see what it looks like
again.
i apreciate all the c&c and help i get
thanks
craig
heres a new version of the card. i like the gray. its subtle but still takes away from the boringness of the previous version. i also put up my name, free estimates, and web adress on there (which is not a site as of now). again, any more C&C is apreciated. i might make a version in blue and red instead of the gray and some of each printed up. we will see what happens.
I still would like some help coming up with a logo of anykind. something subtle but still stands out in the crowd. again, any help would be apreciated.
thanks.
Craig
i will have to see what it looks like that way. i might go and make them a hair bigger or the lines a hair thinner on all the tiles. because when its printed they are a little small. gray and blue is always a nice color combo. thats what i had been doing my interior on the cav in. although she will be leaving me soon. *sigh* oh well. new car is here tomarrow so im ok with it. new to me that is.
I've worked in CopyMax/OfficeMax before and making business cards can get expensive especially if you have more than 2-3 colors in it. The best you can hope for (if you're trying to save money to invest in your business instead) is to get a well made logo (no more than 2 colors). It must be bold so as to stand out when you present the card to a potential client. The best type of business card I created for a client was a B & W picture of the best tile they had and I had to turn it into a vector art. That was his art that connected with his logo. I'm not saying that you should do the same......but that was just an idea of what you can do.
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That's a lot of wear'n'tear on a home printer though. With a simple design, you can get 1000 cards for only $10 and if they have the template, all you need is give then $8 more for another set of 1000. It's your call, but places that reprograph have machines that were built for mass productions are better. Save your printer for your best work!
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I think this is my Final version of the card for sure. I am very happy with the way this turned out. ive worked on it on and off for a few days. maybe 10 minutes here and there. Its nice to walk away and get a fresh look at it later too. and the blue diamonds was a great idea. i love the way the blue and gray look together. thanks for all the c&c. any more is still apreciated.
i really dont need anymore money to put into my business at this time. i have all the tools i need to the time being to stay afloat. the cards are it. and a good business card can really make or break a first impression. so i need these to be great. thanks again for all the help, and again, any more is still appreciated.
peace
craig
Dude...you got a winner
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looks awesome! maybe back the title just a little bit bigger though.
on another note, solarfirepower, juss a fyi, you're gonna end up with a day ban for your sig. max size allowed is 80k. yours is 312 something. trust me, it happened to me.
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ahh yes the blue diamonds are awesome
and what you did next to the title with the grey and blue tiles is genius. really ties in the whoel card top to bottom
i only have 1 sugesstion. all the text is the same size under the title. i feel like i kinda get lost as i see the words. like a jungle of words and i dont really read any of them because they are all teh same size and take up that whoel space
sooo i was thinking that it MAY look nicer if free estimates stayed teh same size but the rest under that got dropped down 1-2 font sizes.
but again thats just in my minds eye. and as artists know what u see in yoru head that loosk good doesnt always look good in reality. so im just throwing the idea out to you
but other than that its def a wiiner!
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BoltZ22 wrote:looks awesome! maybe back the title just a little bit bigger though.
on another note, solarfirepower, juss a fyi, you're gonna end up with a day ban for your sig. max size allowed is 80k. yours is 312 something. trust me, it happened to me.
That sux Bolt....I thought that the forum option also controlled the image file size as well , not just the size.....oh well.....guess I need to go back to the drawing board with the sig
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