Business card design for musician

I love the atmosphere of this card; it has a definite 'cool' show look to it which works well for the type of thing you're trying to sell. However, the picture of Mr. Jones bothers me somewhat. Not only is his instrument completely hidden by the bottom wave, but his left arm appears to be disappearing into the background. Clarify him a bit, maybe move him in front of the bottom wave, and that will serve to make him somewhat less distracting from the main point of the card.

I also would recommend making some distinction between "Steve Jones," and "Bass" -- different colors perhaps? They run together a bit much.

Great start, though. :) Best of luck with your revisions!

as mentioned above, the text is probably too small for a business-card. I think you should have it as simple as possible since you're using photos, because there will be so much details all together. A close-up photo of Mr.Jones, his name and qualificatons big.

I also think that mr. Jones should look in another direction. Who is he looking at? If he's looking towards the text your eyes will move along with his. Either flip him so he looks to the left, or place him all to the left and the text to the right.

The contact-info and the image of the bass-guitar could be on the cards backside, in bigger font..c",

I hope that this was at any help..c",

good luck.

The best concept in my opinion is the first, to be honest the rest don't really do it for me.

Addressing the first one in the following.

The image is good but he is looking straight into the edge of the card, following photographic principles I would advise giving him some space to look either by retaking the picture so to have him looking the other way or alternatively have the picture on the other side and move the text accordingly.

Secondly try playing with the fonts, I like the white on the background but a different typeface would make the design more unique.

Other than this I think it's really good!

Hi,

Like Kingsley has said, the colours are good and the picture is OK. I would personally have the instrument on display not hidden behind the seats, after all he is a bassist, not a fish.

I've just realised that it's a business card to, in which case you have very small font sizes which could be a problem for older people who need glasses to read, also could be difficult to read in dark areas where the bassist is performing and handing out cards.

I would advise you to increase the font sizes, probably to nothing below 20px, for legibility. I reckon you should print a couple of testers out on your home printer just to get an idea of how the text will look and how big it needs to be. Perhaps show your client some of the proofs before sending to print so he can OK them. That way you will have extra back up when you show him the final product.

Also Steve Jones' service list is tucked away down in the bottom right. These are his main points so they should be standing out not hiding away.

I dont know whether or not you have a one sided constraint, but you could use both sides of the business card? You could put all the service/contact information on the back. Perhaps a good strap line could then be used on the front.

Not sure why you have his name twice either? Once should be enough on such a small card.

Good luck.

I hope Steve Jones likes his cards.

I like the image of him sort of alone in the spot light, and I like your colors.

I also like the textures of the blue and red waves -- it feels very music-hall ish to me, not sure why -- but I like the texture & depth it gives. Would work on how to integrate them more into the space around him. Possibly like music flow.

Forgive my lack of music knowledge, but I just realized that 'Bass' wasn't his last name. Suggest making that word a different color or font from his name (unless it IS his last name).

I like the icons, especially the info one because its transparent. Would consider lightening up / carving out the other icons to pull some of that dark through.

I think my change request may stem from more personal preference, but I have hard time giving credit to times new roman... with print you can be creative with fonts. Nows the time to spread your typographical wings!!

The design is good. the colors are good, the black and blue background signifying a night show, and the man with the Guitar showing that he is a musician But I suggest that the Picture should be an artist with Guitar playing in front an audiences that are going crazy (you know how you feel when your popular artist is playing, how you go crazy), The picture of a crazy audience will give the impression that the artist in question is a popular artist or your client will develop to the point of getting very popular to drive fans crazy, And in changing the picture, the man in the page should be included because of his appearance, he look like a very celebrity playing Thanks