# Business card critiques **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 3, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088 "2008-06-03T07:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayreyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jayreyes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jayreyes)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/1 "2008-06-03T07:27:01Z")
![](http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/155/6/2/Business_Card_Front_by_jaydreyes.jpg) ![](http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/155/9/0/Business_Card_by_jaydreyes.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@nobody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/2 "2008-06-03T07:39:11Z")
For being as simple it is it has way too much going on. I think you need to take the “New Media Designer” out of the logo entirely. But back to the business card. I don’t like the layout at all. It doesn’t seem like you thoughtfully placed the information and logo, nor the background image. Not trying to be rude, but it looks pretty weak. Check [this link](http://creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs) for some inspiration. They’re not all good, but you should get some ideas. ---
**Author:** ![ajcates](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ajcates/32/2435_2.png) [@ajcates](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ajcates)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/3 "2008-06-03T08:03:42Z")
Yea the coloring doesn’t even match, you have some things with lots of gradients and some without. You need to have a constant look all thur out the business card. ---
**Author:** ![snickelfritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@snickelfritz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/snickelfritz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/4 "2008-06-03T08:05:02Z")
I like the basic card design, but I have one concern: Your contact information is along the edge, _outside the live area_. It will almost certainly get cropped to some extent. (No printing service will certify this layout unless you pay extra for a border job.) Your layout should have at least .0625" bleed, and .125" margin along the edges. Keep all important content within this margin. BTW, [4over.com](http://4over.com) now does multicolored metallics, which I think would work nicely for the cropped logo in the upper left corner. ---
**Author:** ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/5 "2008-06-03T08:53:41Z")
I like it:P the fade on the red looks bad. ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/6 "2008-06-03T13:33:28Z")
The layout and tone is ultra unbalanced ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/7 "2008-06-03T13:36:58Z")
the proportions are off… its too tall and wide you shouldn’t put your giant logo overlay up in the corner like that, as it is the only graphical element, it should probably be displayed in full… get rid of the gradient overlays on the contact information… when thats printed at real size, its going to look like poop is “Jay” your full name? Me thinks putting your real full name on it (Jason ?) is better, and more professional… I for one wouldn’t put “JAMZ YO!” on my business card lol ---
**Author:** ![jayreyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jayreyes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jayreyes)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/8 "2008-06-03T15:34:17Z")
[quote=fasterthanlight™;2335510]the proportions are off… its too tall and wide you shouldn’t put your giant logo overlay up in the corner like that, as it is the only graphical element, it should probably be displayed in full… get rid of the gradient overlays on the contact information… when thats printed at real size, its going to look like poop is “Jay” your full name? Me thinks putting your real full name on it (Jason ?) is better, and more professional… I for one wouldn’t put “JAMZ YO!” on my business card lol[/quote] Jay Reyes is my full name (-: ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/9 "2008-06-03T15:35:03Z")
Fair enough! ---
**Author:** ![jayreyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jayreyes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jayreyes)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/10 "2008-06-03T15:37:19Z")
…also the picture/colors isn’t the same on the real card, the quality is way different. Once I get it through mail, I’ll put it up - but other than that, thnx for all the critiques. ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/11 "2008-06-03T16:45:47Z")
But whats the point of asking for critiques if you’ve already sent it off to be printed ? ---
**Author:** ![jayreyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jayreyes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jayreyes)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/12 "2008-06-03T17:14:43Z")
> [@fasterthanlight™;2335678](#): > > But whats the point of asking for critiques if you’ve already sent it off to be printed ? …only did 50 cards, for test to see the real colors on print.:thumb2: ---
**Author:** ![doctor\_funk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@doctor\_funk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/doctor_funk)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/13 "2008-06-06T16:11:43Z")
Looks good. I would only warn you against printing gradients with CMYK process. The results are never predictable. I think these cards would look great with white text on the same bkg. Also, watch the margin near the bottom, that text might get cut off if the printer sneezes while cutting. I recommend always keeping a border margin of 3mm for business cards when placing text content. ---
**Author:** ![Stratification](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Stratification](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stratification)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/business-card-critiques/262088/14 "2008-06-06T18:25:34Z")
I’d be a little leery of squeezing your contact info along that bottom edge. That is, after all, the whole purpose of a business card, so make sure you don’t make people work too had for it.