Print Design: Chalkboard Business Card, Part 2
by Joey at 11:45 am
After creating a chalkboard image out of a photo, we have decided to create business cards. We want to follow through with the same theme. In Photoshop, we open a new document. Because of the bleed necessary for printing, we have to add 0.1” to each side of the document to ensure proper printing. A regular business card is 3.5” x 2”. So we make the new document 3.7” x 2.2”. That should be plenty for great printing.
Now we bring over the chalkboard that we used in the first tutorial, along with the chalked photo. We resize the photos to fit. This may take some adjustments to ensure a good looking chalkboard and to make sure it is not stretched and disproportionate. Now we want to add some text. First we add the name. In this case, we’re using a font called karabinE. It’s a hand-drawn style font that looks sort of like chalk.
To add more effect, we select the text layer in the layer palette, and change the blending mode to Screen. We will do this for all text that goes on the front and back of the cards.
Once we have our font selected, we get ready to develop our business cards. Now we add the rest of the information for the front, and the words “Tutoring Services” we change the color to a light yellow (CMYK values: 4, 0, 63, 0). Once the front of the card is finished, we develop the back of the card.
To match the front, we use the same chalkboard image as the background. And we select the same font as well. We add in the information, and the business card is ready for proofing.
Now for proofing, open a new document, and drag both the front and back of the card onto the new document. Using the transform tool, we can rotate the cards. To give a feel as if the cards are laying on a flat surface, we add a drop shadow to each layer. Now we have business cards ready to send to our client for approval.
Tags: business cards, photoshop, print design, tutorial, tutoring
