This guy wanted a "baseball card type" card for his business, and so we came up with this. The cards are 2.5x3.5.
The photo from the front is a composite that took the longest part of the design process. The image of the guy holding the fish came from a lousy cellphone pic taken on a gray, overcast day, with a featureless background. So I scoured the net for images of the lake in question, and came up with the images used here on the card. The mountain in the background is called "Sugarloaf" and is a well known local landmark. The image on the backside is of a popular diving/fishing spot near Prim, AR.
I designed the logo, and came up with the slogan as well, and we are doing posters, vehicle graphics and hats too.
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
WOW! I like it Barry! Cool!
Nice work!
Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
Great work Barry!
Posted by Lee McKee (Member # 3533) on :
Man, If that does not get your customer a ton of Business I don't know what would. Very Cool!
Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :
Thanks for the comments guys! I really enjoyed making this project....
Posted by scott eckland (Member # 3036) on :
really a cool marketing piece! Nice work!
Posted by Craig Sjoquist (Member # 4684) on :
wow I want to go fishing ...
ratfink rules
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Decent overall layout.
I don't know why... but for some reason the guy and the fish look like they were cut out with scissors and pasted over the background photo...
That dude must be one strong mutha.... because I don't think I could hold what appears to be a 110 lb fish directly away from my body like that! Us Yankees are weaklings... lol.
Nice overall layout though - - a little heavy on the outlines again, and I'd probably use different fonts and colors.... but that's just me. Everyone has a different view on what they think works and what doesn't.
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Todd, you ain't a Yankee. Michiganders do not qualify. Minnesotans, neither.
I like the card. It is bright and colorful. Makes me wanna go fishing.
BBL... I've gone fishing.
Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :
For some reason it looks like he was pasted......I dunno, maybe he WAS...
Todd I thought I mentioned this at the top of the thread, but the pic he gave me came from his CELL phone....taken on a gray, cloudy day.
I deleted the background and placed him in a more colorful recognizable setting with a local landmark in the background.
The fish has been color corrected but NOT size enhanced. Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Dude... I wanna know where that fishing hole is....all we catch around here is guppies. LOL.
Looks good Barry....sorry, I'm in a hyper critque-y mood the last few days. :-)
Posted by Robert Larkham (Member # 2913) on :
Barry, I love it but are you sure you didn't cut and paste that photo.....hehehehehehe
Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :
Nah Rob, that guy has hard edges and oversaturated color in real life....
Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
Looks like tight focus on the gent and his fish with the lens open a bit to soften the background. Very nice "trade card" effect Barry. Much more effective for this business than a standard business card.
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