Business cards

I found some interesting business card designs to give me ideas as to how far you can actually push the boundaries of what a business card actually is:













Double sided








































































































Textured/3D design












































Comparing two to identify my style:











I really like this design above, as not only is it relevant as a graphic designer, it is also created in a simple, elegant style that is typography driven with reversed out text on a dark background - all of which I am drawn to when I have been trying to reflect myself onto a business card. Adding a simple pattern and flow of one other colour through it makes it appear dynamic, professional and full of quality.










However I do not like this design above at all. The use of two colours mirrorred and reversed out could ideally work, but here in my opinion it comes across as cheap and unprofessional. A business card wants to draw you in and be noticeable for the client or company to remember you, but this is much too in-your-face and garishly pink for my liking.


Difference in photographers business cards:







































Interesting that two out of the three have gone for the layout of typography to be their top priority, when in fact there profession is dealing with imagery.

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DVD ideas

My main inspiration for my imagery running throughout the idents and with the DVD interface menu ideas, came from Love Actually. It's website design, DVD cover and beautiful animated present unwrapping the bow and opening to reveal the love heart and the menu options were particularly inspiring.

Audio Choice

I made a decision about what kind of music I wanted playing throughout the background of the idents quite early on in my development work. I didn't want a lyrical piece as I thought any songs about love would come across too cheesy and would distract the viewer from the action of the ident. I looked at one of my favourite soundtrack albums from Love Actually as I knew there were a few relevant, solely instrumental pieces on there. Two of them were slightly depressing, but the one which I immediately knew I wanted to use was the one below known as the Portuguese Love Theme.




The piece is beautifully uplifting and I loved the crescendo about half way into it and decided I was going to take the 10 second clip starting from 1:43