Susan has Emerged!
The illusive, almost mythical, Susan has posted on her blog, Susan Elkin Photography. She has a much smaller request than I have been making of you – Susan has only her own business card. So she is hoping that you will take a hop, jump and a skip over to her blog to welcome her back and to give your input. She has been touched by people’s concern here … Thank you so much!
Reflections Below I, Digital © Diane Clancy
Thank you for your help in working on my business cards. At some point today I will have lightened up the middle image on the Art Business Card to see if that speaks to Sue O’Kieffe’s concerns. (By the way, thank you so much Sue for a birthday mandala at Sacred Circle Mandalas!) I tried several other paintings in that spot, but I think that will be the best … I think it shows a different style that is very popular. But I am hoping that my lightening it will make it work for you.
And Soul Fish, thank you for your comment about the little text. I am not sure if you mean the list of types of art I have or if you mean the address and such … or what. Perhaps you can be more specific. I have enlargened the text in the list on the back of the card. But, again, that will be uploaded some time today. I welcome more specifics of what you mean.
Sue and Soul Fish, I have made the changes and uploaded them.
You see, my powerbook cord went totally caput! So I do not have access to a lot of my things and files and such. It is mostly backed up so I can deal with it later today … technical issues … like which version software is on which computer and such. Some of these computer programs are foolish enough that they have no backward compatibility with older versions. For Adobe InDesign, you cannot save backward to even one version older. It is a real problem! I think they are very foolish to be so rigid – whatever they may gain financially, they more than lose in goodwill. At least Adobe has allowed Photoshop to stay extremely flexible.
They perioidically have problems and I think the problems are theirs, not our cookies. Again, I still welcome others’ feedback on the posts of the last 2 days. I take it that people are happy with the first version of the “Fanciful Animal Images”? I will be checking back through a borrowed computer to see what you have to say. And, thank you again for your birthday wishes!
~ Diane Clancy
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Hi Diane,
I am assuming the changes to your bizcard are on yesterday’s post because the middle image does look a bit lighter to me. It seems to go with the flow better than before. Since you didn’t leave both versions of your card up, I cant really compare the font size at the bottom of the two versions of your card, but I think I’d decrease the leading just a bit.
Picky me. I can tweak for ages!
~Sue O’Kieffe
Hi Sue,
thank you for your comment. Glad you like the change on the front of the card. So, by the leading you mean the space between the lines? Or did you mean the size of the font … or something else?
Soul Fish, please check on from your comment too …
I can’t send it off until I get my computer cord replaced … maybe tomorrow – I sure hope so!!
Thank you again,
~ Diane Clancy
I forgot to tell you all something. Today Alyson Stanfield (artbizcoach and artbizblog) featured one of my paintings (actually the middle one on the business card) in her newsletter today – very cool to me!
Funny also that that was the one image she choose from my site and I chose it for the card.
~ Diane Clancy
Hi Sue,
I made the font size .5 smaller -making it closer didn’t look good,
~ Diane
by leading i meant the space between the lines….
is the font size on the left and right on the bottom the same size?
~Sue
so you did mean the leading! I thought you meant on the list … and that closer didn’t look good. But did you mean on the list? It looked scrunched up – but I can try tomorrow – I shut that computer down just now.
I am pretty sure the font size is the same on the bottoms … it looks different with the diff info – I think we (not meaning you particularly) ran into this on the graphic design card too.
FYI – Susan and I have always used the same font and stuff to sort of brand our stuff together .. but maybe that is not a good idea? All our cards and promo materials have the same fonts …
Locally, we are very much seen as a pair.
back to my card … hmmm…. I will look tomorrow again. Thank you for looking so closely!
~ Diane
Hi Diane,
Im not sure where to post now…*smile*…I think I will take this to Susan’s blog…
The text next to the images/front of the card. Is it situated where is best, or should the location should be tweaked with? Or has it been plunked there? Or is it a scientific/design placement. I knew it would be a bad day when I bit off the head of my toothbrush and swallowed it. Oh well, I’ll have a clean stomach.
Hi Soul Fish,
so I have been fooling with the back when you meant the front. It was plunked there – to be honest. I have no idea if it is where it is best. Should both sets of text get tweaked slightly to the right?
Do you like the essence of this idea of the text on the front and dividing it up like this?
Absolutely scienfic plunking!!
I am happy to hear that your stomach will be clean … what part of you going to work on after the stomach?
Thank you for your feedback!
~ Diane Clancy
There is no best place, but there might be a better one. 🙂
I would nudge the small text closer to the left, some, just to see if my hunch is right.
Wha da ya thunk Ms O’Keefe? I think I am going to change my name…
PS: This is NOT what I mean:
nudge 2 or nudzh or noodge (nj) Slang
n.
One who persistently pesters, annoys, or complains.
v. nudged or nudzhed or noodged, nudg·ing or nudzh·ing or noodg·ing, nudg·es or nudzh·es or noodg·es
v.tr.
To annoy persistently; pester.
v.intr.
To complain or carp persistently.
HUNCH: 1. An intuitive feeling or a premonition
I am buying myself some superglue to put back the head of the toothbrush where it belongs. I’ve got to watch my pennies. 🙂