Makin' a Business Card . . . Who Am I??

Jessica Dinh

Hey guys ^_^

I'm still a sophomore, but I thought it might be a good idea to go ahead and make myself some business cards. I'm keeping it nice and simple, but I still have some questions . . .
At this point in time, I'm leaning toward 3d modeling as opposed to concept art, but I'm not sure what 3d I'll be specializing in yet - I love doing props but I've never made a full environment, so I can't call myself an environment artist . . . I haven't tried making characters yet, so I'm not a character artist either!

What would I put on my card? 3D Artist? Prop Artist? Game Artist? Or should I just put my name and list my proficiencies beneath it?

Any help appreciated

Jessica Dinh

Wells

sounds like you might be jumping the gun a bit,

but I would go with '3D Artist'. The people looking at the card will know what to ask.

JDinges

3D Artist

I assume you'll have a website link on the card, in which case that's all you'll need.

Habboi

Then maybe you're moving too fast? The first thing you do is try every role and see which ones you like and then break it down into one choice by thinking which one so I want to do for a living?

After that make some content towards that choice and THEN make your cards.

Your name, role, website and contact details are all you'll need. Make them easy and big to read even if they're just black words on a white background. Reminds me of that video clip of the guys all comparing business cards in that American Psycho film.

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Shogun3d

Nothing wrong with having a business card at an early stage. Even if your content and card changes, the purpose of it is to extent your professional network and having a business card is always a great way to let others know you're serious about your work.

Just keep it simple (as you already know) Jessica Dinh, 3d Artist, jesiccadinh3d.com or whatever url you want to use. Don't need to add skills, etc let your site do the talking.

Jessica Dinh

Thanks guys! I know it's probably early, but I've had some people ask me if I have a card and all I can do is write my name down on scratch paper for them So most likely these cards will be temporary and I will make some more accurate ones when I've found my focus

3D artist it is! At least for now . . . XD

Shogun3d

Ive seen you work, it's good. You may have good freelance/contract opportunities during your studies. Definitely better to be prepared than not, it'll also save you some time in the long run when you graduate and give you some street cred.

Jessica Dinh

Thank you kaburan! I'm glad you like my work so far ^_^

CNecron518a

Make sure you do Vista print! They have some really good deals Jessica!

Jessica Dinh

Yep, I'm going to use Vista Print. Thanks!

Autocon

Jessica Dinh wrote: »

Thanks guys! I know it's probably early, but I've had some people ask me if I have a card and all I can do is write my name down on scratch paper for them So most likely these cards will be temporary and I will make some more accurate ones when I've found my focus

3D artist it is! At least for now . . . XD

I ran into this problem the first time I went to GDC. It was pretty terrible being asked for my business card because someone liked my work and having nothing to give them. Most people struggle to give there business cards to people and you just don't want to be in the position where if ever asked you have nothing to give.

Will gave some great advice and i would go with that.

Also as the saying goes. Keep it simple stupid. Dont do silly things like adding a whole bunch of art too it or trying to make it crazy fancy. The point of the business card to be able to get your information quickly. Also avoid the mistake many do by putting some 3D art on there. The pitfall of this is it locks in the impression of your skill. A person with your card could look at it in 3 months when you have made some tremendous improvements but they see old work, realize its not up to where they want it and not even look at your website.

Jessica Dinh

Oooh, I haven't gotten myself up to GDC yet, but I'd imagine it would be frustrating to be unprepared there!

And thanks for that piece of advice, I was about to put one of my artworks on the front >_> ahaha

skankerzero

just put 'awesome' as your title.

Jessica Dinh
awesome

Jessica Dinh

Huh. I like that . . . I think I will XD

skankerzero

when we worked with SNK for a couple titles, they had a couple guys on staff with the best titles ever.

one was 'Hyper Organizer'. The other was 'Wizard'.

Jessica Dinh

xD