Doug Hoppes Studio Notes: New Business Card Design

Artist Notes

As a Vermont artist, I am fortunate to be able to constantly surrounded by the beautiful landscapes of trees, mountains and lakes. However, having the love of modern clean lines, I am able to express my attraction for nature with the sharp edges of modern society.

My paintings are known for their strong colors and vibrancy. When painting any landscape, I try to introduce these strong colors so that a person can look at my paintings and say... "That must have been a lot of fun to paint". In the end, I want the viewer to constantly look at my paintings and see the playfulness inherit within the painting.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

New Business Card Design

Well, finally decided on my latest design for my new business cards. As pointed out earlier, I needed a way to ensure that people 1) took my business card and 2) kept it for a reasonable time frame (or used the information on the card).

So, using the idea of my monthly drawing for Facebook, I designed my card for two major areas. The front of my card shows one of my landscape paintings with information about what I sell and how to get a hold of me.

The back of the card lets people know about my monthly drawing in the hopes to attract more fans, and, potentially, any new sales of prints or paintings from those fans.

Now, time to send it off to Vista Print. Their prices are pretty reasonable and the cards look nice. When using Vista Print, they have a downloaded Photoshop template that you can fully modify. Once you get your design done, then you upload the template to the Vista Print site for approval and final printing.