Design Idea

Design Idea:

Since every designer needs to do projects that excite and inspire them, I am going to start with making new contact/business cards. I figure this is something that I should update constantly.

My current ones (Vega Motel) are really neat, but I have discovered the following problems:

1. I am almost out.
2. My email address is different.
3. The tagline "Looking for Vacancies" doesn't apply anymore since I have a job.

Besides, they have blue, maroon and a dark gold bronze that doesn't match my personality at all. Since I want these cards to reflect ME and my PASSIONS and PERSONALITY, they are going to be black and white, with a splash of red, pink, teal, blue, and fuchsia. If you know me, you know this is my style, and pretty much what I wear. Right?

Continuing on...here is why I am sharing this idea. I need a little feedback, both from design people, word and vocabulary people, and people who know me well.

I am going to have 5 different designs, all linked with the main colors (b&w) and the splash. Same Fonts, same copy and placement of info. Each front will have the "picture". I say this term, "picture" loosely, because each is a different type of image.

1. photograph, spot toned (dotty)
2. woodcarving floral graphic
3. modern pattern (circles, more than likely)
4. Typography (yes!)
5. Cartoon drawing (from the 20s)

With each image, I'll have a word that describes me, or something I like. Design and Dance are two of my passions/likes/hobbies, so I figured I could follow a trend of D words.

Discovery
Delight
Dame
Darling
Devious
Details
Dashing

Now, word geeks: does it matter if they are not all verbs and nouns? Think about it: Design and Dance are both VERBS and NOUNS. The only words that follow that are DETAIL and DELIGHT. Thoughts? How about the word, DISH? DEAL? I like DISCOVER, even if it's a stretch.

The only other thing I am debating on (ooh! DEBATE!) is what word or words to use for the typography card. My initial thought is to just use my name. No, I am not obsessed with myself, but it leads into the book I have been working on. Cool.

That's it for now. Please give me some feedback, especially Cade, Jennifer and Rhonda. I thought of you guys as great resources and thought-paddles. (idea bounders!)

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