In the remaining white space use the Text tool to enter your name, job title and contact details using the typeface of your choice. Position these shapes running across the lower left of the card.
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Select and copy a series of vibrant shapes from the front of the card and position them on the rear to continue the pattern. Fill a rectangle covering the second artboard with a swatch from the colour palette. With the front of the card complete it’s time to move onto the rear. This will create a guideline to give an insight into how the card will be cropped down during printing. Right click on the newly created rectangle and select the Create Guides option. Grab the Rounded Rectangle tool and click on the artboard to enter specific dimensions.
Use the Align tool to centre the text to its container.
Select the text element and its surrounding shape, then give the shape an extra click to select it as the key object. Give it a fill using the darkest colour from your palette. Toggle on Smart Guides then use the Pen tool to fill a selection in the centre of the card to allow space for a website URL.Įnter the address of your website in your favourite font, then adjust the sizing slightly to lower the prominence of the prefix and suffix. The random fills and alternating directions of the gradients creates a really cool pattern effect to fill up the rear of the card. Once all the shapes have gradient fills applied, zoom in and use the Gradient Tool to alter the direction of the gradient randomly for each shape. Use the Magic Wand tool to select all the shapes with the first colour from the palette, then use the Eyedropper tool to replace the flat colour fill with the new gradient. Make a duplicate of the colour swatches and create vibrant gradients from the base colour to a lighter tone. Set out a colourful colour scheme for your design (this one’s from ColourLovers), then begin filling random shapes with the first colour from the palette.Ĭontinue cycling through the colours to fill the empty shapes with swatches from the palette. Right click and select Ungroup, then draw a selection across the linework beyond the edges of the document to delete them. Select all the intersecting lines and convert them into a Compound Path by selecting the menu option or hitting CMD+8.Īdd the white rectangle to the selection, then click the Divide option from the Pathfinder palette. Use the Line tool to begin drawing intersecting lines both horizontally and vertically.Īdd more intersecting lines to the design, this time diagonally by holding down the Shift key. This deign will be double sided, so enter 2 in the Number of Artboards setting.ĭraw a white rectangle across the whole of the first artboard, including the red bleed outline. I’m using UPrinting for this business card design, so I’ll use their dimensions of 3.5″ by 2″ with 0.125″ of bleed. Open up Adobe Illustrator and create a new document. View the final die-cut business card design The final printed card will be die-cut with round corners, so we’ll set up the print ready file appropriately with the correct dimensions, bleed and margins. The business card design we’ll be creating as part of this tutorial features a vibrant pattern on the rear of the card, with a minimal design on the front allowing the contact information to stand out.
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