Exhibit 1

Challenge: Combine graphics and text to make a pleasing design

Displayed above: the business card without the cut and bleed lines

Background

I chose to make a business card that I could share with people interested in my place of work, or interested in contacting me about it.

Photoshop

  • Guides

  • Ruler

  • Crop

  • Transform

  • Paint Bucket (for lines)

  • Text

Design

  • I used the ruler tool and guides tool to make sure the business card layout had cut lines and bleed lines for a hypothetical printing

  • I used the crop and transform to edit the logo and resize it

  • I made the text for my name the largest so that it stood out

  • I justified the text of the information at the bottom so it looked cleaner

  • I put the text in the bottom left corner and the logo in the bottom right to maintain visual balance

  • I used the eyedropper tool to make the text the same color as the logo to maintain a sense of cohesion in the design

Credits

The logo belongs to Embroidery Central. All other elements were taken from the default Photoshop tools.