ccstat Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) In a few weeks Brandon will be guest of honor at Boskone, and I wanted to have some cards to leave on his signing table to direct people to the 17th Shard. After looking at several options, it seems like having them printed as business cards at Staples is an easy route to go and will look more professional than printing something at home. Here is the current layout I've designed. I would appreciate any feedback on how to make it better. (In particular, I am undecided on how to best do the series symbols, and I wonder about the wording and order of the site feature list.) I plan to make the (editable) file available for anyone who wants to make these for other signings in the future. Note: I'm posting in this subforum primarily because these cards appear to represent the site officially, and I'd like to get Mod/Admin approval before doing so. Edited February 1, 2017 by ccstat 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 If you'd like, I can send you the files of our business cards that Will designed and you can print those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccstat Posted February 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 Sure! I didn't know some already existed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemalurgic Headshot Posted February 2, 2017 Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 Could you put some orange into the design? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasarr Posted February 2, 2017 Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) I have a few comments, design-wise, which I hope don't look like complaining. It's too dour. The background grey stripe could be any colour other than dark grey. I'd say try green, dark blue, maybe orange, like suggested above, and see which one looks best. The grey text could be turned black, which would make it look sharper. The "do you like Brandon's books? Come share your enthusiasm" part could be a little higher - as it is, it seems a bit crowded with the stripe, and leaves a lot of empty space above. I'd also move it just a tad more to the right, but I'm not sure about this. Likewise, the list of features could be moved a bit down as well, and aligned with the "Also hosts Coppermind.net", so that it looks as if "Writings Groups" and it are written on the same line. Speaking of "Also hosts...", it's a tad too close to the black line, though in this case, I'd move the black line up so that the distance to the symbols and to the text would be equal. The symbols could be moved or resized a bit so that they'd fit with the black line beneath them; as it is, the Cosmere symbol stick out a bit. Why use regular font for the "Shard.com" and "The Official" etc.? The logo on top of the forum page is perfectly serviceable, holds the same information and looks so much nicer, not to mention more colourful. Edited February 2, 2017 by Rasarr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccstat Posted February 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) Thank you for the feedback. I've incorporated most of the suggestions, including using the full site logo. (For some reason when I tried to do that on the first version I couldn't download the right image.) Here's version 2.0. If you have any more tweaks to suggest, let me know. I'll be printing them pretty soon. Although, if Chaos sends me Will's version, I could end up using that one instead. Content-wise, I removed "Role Playing" from the feature list so that things would fit better. I think the Reckoners RPG is still active, and the elimination games have a loyal following here. Do you think that is an important advertising point, or is it more of an added bonus for people who would like that area of the site? Edited February 5, 2017 by ccstat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 I will find these for you, but not before Wednesday. I am just too busy... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccstat Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Totally fine. We've got almost 2 weeks until the event. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jofwu Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 The orange is a bit much imho. Kind of drowns out everything else. Maybe it's just the shade of orange? Don't have much helpful advice, just throwing out an opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasarr Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 @ccstat, it looks much better, and I like this version a lot. I kind of see jowfu's point, though, that this orange might be a bit too strong. Maybe you could mute it slightly, so it's just a shade darker than the blue of "Shard", because as it is, it feel a bit like we're looking at something that's lit up by a spotlight from behind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elenion Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 On 2/5/2017 at 1:11 PM, ccstat said: Content-wise, I removed "Role Playing" from the feature list so that things would fit better. I think the Reckoners RPG is still active, and the elimination games have a loyal following here. Do you think that is an important advertising point, or is it more of an added bonus for people who would like that area of the site? For me, role-playing was the reason I joined up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalidinStormblessed Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 been in business, did all the shopping around on these kinds of business tools if you will.... anyway . gotprint has the best prices .. i started with vista but once i used gotprint i never turned back, i actually cant figure out how they make a profit.. color both sides 2000 cards shipped out the door $20.. high quality.. choice or gloss or non gloss.. no i dont work for them.. im a realtor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalidinStormblessed Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 This is a good site, and i love the cards... just a bit sad that not many people know about his books.. My name on Counter Strike , a game i play everyday that has a million unique players each month , about 600,000 per day, i never see the same 14 people in each game , i play 4 games every night.. my name in the game is KaladinStormblssed and not one person said hey, i read that book or is that from The Way of Kings.. blows my mind.. its like the best book i ever read and it was due to the great reviews on audable that got me started .. now i just bought the hardcover books just to collect , thats how much i got into it.. the last thing i was reading was Universe in a nutshell by Hawkings and the god delusion by dawkins along with Philosophy books.. talk about a change in reading . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalidinStormblessed Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Im buying a Branddon Sanderson fan t-shirt and maybe a bumper sticker , see if i get a beep or a high five for bridge four. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalidinStormblessed Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 On 2/1/2017 at 6:30 PM, ccstat said: In a few weeks Brandon will be guest of honor at Boskone, and I wanted to have some cards to leave on his signing table to direct people to the 17th Shard. After looking at several options, it seems like having them printed as business cards at Staples is an easy route to go and will look more professional than printing something at home. Here is the current layout I've designed. I would appreciate any feedback on how to make it better. (In particular, I am undecided on how to best do the series symbols, and I wonder about the wording and order of the site feature list.) I plan to make the (editable) file available for anyone who wants to make these for other signings in the future. Note: I'm posting in this subforum primarily because these cards appear to represent the site officially, and I'd like to get Mod/Admin approval before doing so. check out gotprint.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalidinStormblessed Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 im sure you guys use photoshop or gimp.. consider removing the color band and have it all white, use color for shard, logo, brandon, and those little symbols, perhaps make them with color.. line above the coppermind.net add color maybe blue.. Blue, Orange, Yellow seem to work well with each other.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Kalidin, There's no reason for you to post that many times in a row. We have a no double post rule, and you're being excessively spammy. You made your point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccstat Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 FYI, I ended up using the official design I received from Chaos (which matches the site design and color scheme), rather than the one I made above. If I get approval, I'll post that file here. Either way, I am sure you can get the file from Chaos if you want it. I printed them double sided at Staples, and got 1000 for $25. It turns out half that many would have been about right for a three day mid-sized con, but doubling up to 1000 was only $5 more so I figured better safe than sorry. So now I have enough left over for all the future events I get to. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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