Well, I’ve been doing some business-related things today. It is such a large word, “business,” but I am trying to think of my art as a business in some way, or at least, I would like it to be.
“Exhibit A” is my new Etsy Shop button at right. Since the Etsy Mini (Etsy’s marketing button that shows glimpses of your personal shop as a method of advertising) does not jive with WordPress, I drew up my own. This doesn’t display my wares like the Etsy Mini, but I think it’s a little more eye-catching than the generic Etsy button I had before.
“Exhibit B” is my new business card. Every once in a while, art will come up in conversation, and the person I’m talking to asks if I have a website. I always end up writing my blog address down on a scrap of paper or saying I’ll email them a link. This is very unprofessional, and kind of ridiculous– I’m an artist for crying out loud–I have to be able to think up some sort of business card. So, here’s my new business card below, that I drew up the good old-fashion way (with pen and marker). I know I could have made it with a computer graphics program, but this was more fun–and more appropriate to my work. I wanted something loose and fun, that displays in some way, what I do.
I’m going to get them printed in a low-quantity fashion at the local print shop, so that I don’t have to make a giant commitment to the design, but I at least have something to hand out. I’m starting a creative web design class next week, so I hope to have an actual website address to add to these cards by this Winter. I’m having a little trouble with the scanning, so hopefully the blacks will be even blacker in the final scan/print.
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