Business card art

[hwango]

If there's one thing I learned from handing out prints of my art with my contact info on them, it's that it was a lousy idea and I should have just handed out business cards. So I need to get some of those made. Clearly they should have some art on them, because I've never seen an artist's business card that featured only text. The question is, what do I put on them?

Hermit Crab in Skull seems like the logical choice, since it's not likely to be mistaken for anyone else's art, nor will it be "just another card with a dragon on it." However, that piece is sort of old at this point. I'm tempted by Cthulhu-Approved or the 9 Crab made of junk. Thoughts? Opinions?

Comments

[fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com]

I think the Hermit Crab actually works just fine. It's different, it's well executed, and it will look good at business card size. The 9 Crab is way too cluttered to work as a business card. Cthluhu is grayscale, which is notoriously finicky about printing correctly.

Of the newer stuff, I think the Cavern of Doom or Blood Mountain might work as a full background with your text over it. Lurking Horror also might work but would need additional background space off to the side to provide enough area for text.

[hwango.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the feedback. I've got some mockups with the skull crab over here (http://hwango.livejournal.com/231622.html). I had a favorite out of the three, but I'm having second (and third) thoughts.

[gunthersdncemix.livejournal.com]

It's kind of your "signature" piece so I would say stay with the hermit crab - also because I think it's nifty! :)

You could look into printing a few different ones later on if it goes well, I've seen artists do that too.