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PERSONALIZED BUSINESS-HOBBY CARDS
No matter your Profession or Passion...
...Make your calling card your "Ace in the Hole".
In the hypothetical samples above I have used the well-known symbol for "female" to denote the Doctor's specialization linked to the characteristic known best in a lady's pen. The Lawyer's card shows his interests plainly. The Indian Chiefs card resembles a woven blanket, the border adapted from the decorative band seen on the pens he admires.
Over the years I have been asked to design business cards for "real" (not hypothetical) pen collectors. I try to make each of the cards unique to the individual who orders them. Generally I like to include what they do from 9 to 5 (their profession) with what they think of 24 hours a day (their obsesssion: pen-collecting)
Here are examples of cards I created for pen collector-doctor COMBOs.
Otto's card was the first of the three, and the one which had most rigidity to the design...(Otto came prepared with a sketch). In addition to rendering his favorite pens a bit more carefully and devising the horizontal bars of black and white, I suggested the exchange of two words of text. Rather than
"Fountain Pen Collector and Infectious Disease Specialist"
he bacame a
"Fountain Pen Specialist and Infectious Disease Collector". See Otto at his spot in CYBERIA
Dr. Hsu saw Otto's card and wanted one similarly proclaiming his dual interests. Here I suggested a picture of the labcoat pocket. (I think we recognize our fellow collectors more for the contents of their shirt-pocket than the features of their face). The text is contained within the I.D. tag he wears at the hospital. Steve hand-colors each of the cards. A bit of gold for the "51"s clip...a splash of blue in its diamond. The hand coloring, and the vertical format bring his card out of the ordinary.
Another M.D.-Pen Collector's card design resulted in this composition. Here I took the look of the brain and its cranulations as a point of departure. The pen draws the surface of the brain in calligraphic swirls, much in the way 19th century pen-masters drew decorative birds. This card-carrier states that his card attracts more attention at a pen show than the pens in his case...that might be true, for I discovered (quite late in the day) a bright red Esterbrook pastel pen (in his five-dollar box), which I promptly purchased.
You need not be a Doctor to get me to design a card for you. Lawyers, Candlestick-makers, and Indian Chiefs are equally welcome!
The cost of designing a camera-ready card is $150. more or less.
E-Mail me if you are interested in having me come up with something.
ALL ILLUSTRATIONS COPYRIGHTED BY THE GOOD SERVICE PEN CO.