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Of any, I prefer C.
I would, however, reverse positionings of the designer's name and list of what they do and play a little more with overall layout.
"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."
— Frank Zappa
"Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised." - James Thurber
back to the drawing board... this doesn't look like a designer's card. it looks like a teacher's card. C is headed in the right direction, but has a bit of work ahead
yeah, i'm not really seeing anything that says professional design to me here. even the name "dzign" comes across (to me, anyway) as l33t dudespeak instead of professional.
i think you need to work on the logo first and get the name/logo down as a design and then worry about business cards. you have four logo concepts here and none of them really hit the mark. what does 5by5 mean in this context? why spell it dzign?
Are you offering 2for1's on "graphix" at your local flea market or do you want to design business cards, corporate identities, logos and annual reports?
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Yuk.
Two things. First, design the logo. Second, design the biz card. Right now you have no direction, no design chosen -- there's no way you're going to get a card done without the logo determined.
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Powerpoint is not a design application
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Dirt and Rust
Agreed. Start of by designing a logo and go from there. None of these work.
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The dzigns are way too bzy!
Less stuff, more design.
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good point. not just too bzy, but too big. everything on there is big BIG BIG! one of the quickest ways to pick out a young and/or untrained designer. size is not the only way to show emphasis. i had an old art director who used to say, "that looks horsey" any time my type was too big.
learn to be more subtle. not everything has to be communicated with a 2x4 up side the head.
Everyone's said it.
Watch out for things like with version A. To me, it reads "55 by dzign." It helps to take a step back and just read what's on the page. And I agree with the logo advice. Establish your logo...your identity. Then your ancillary materials will fall into place. Think about your name, too. "55 by dzign" sounds like someone who designs those horrific radio/tv station sites, or college bar you-call-it foam party posters. If that's you, ok.
-Johnny
Besides from anyone else said; There is no harmony whatsoever between the elements
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