They're Here! Business Cards!

Well, they've been here for a little while, now - but now I have some time to review them! The business cards I received from MOO.com are here, and I've spent a lot of time examining them ...

I sent three designs off to them - 50 cards each, and they made it to me in a matter of days (put it this way - my expected delivery date is still four days away, and I've had these in my grubby little hands for just under a week). The online "designer" was fairly easy to use, although I'd not found the template I was meant to have used as a guideline. Because of that, some of my cards turned out a little differently than I expected (although nothing major). I've saved the template for future reference, as I wouldn't mind going with MOO again - my designs will need tweaking if I do, though.

This one is my favourite of the three. It accurately represents my style, my love of doodles and my site (in other words, this blog), while looking fairly stylish. The design background is slightly off-white, which I think has worked nicely. On a few of the cards, though, there is a small white line around the edge - a small printing error. Not too noticeable, though.

There's a small blue line below Elizallustration's face, but it's actually quite grown on me. I love the contrast of the red, white and blue, and I was right to go with the blue background. The text on the back is slightly off-centre, but that's me being a bit of a perfectionist. The text is otherwise nice and readable (something I was a bit worried about, with a portrait-orientation card). 

Elizaillustrationdoodlething's face reaches the bottom of the card. Having these printed also helps me find impurities in the drawing (such as scanner/ink marks), to remove them for future reprints.


All in all, I'm happy with these bad boys - they're not bad for first-time cards, and I wouldn't mind going with MOO again - I'd just have to watch the template and bleed.