Background information
Description of the organization and its target audience
Afternoon, designers.
I am an author of science fiction novels. I write both on the cosmic side of things (cosmic horror) as well as the human side (robots, cyborgs, mutant creatures, you name it).
Industry
Entertainment & The Arts
Existing website
Visual style
Style/theme ideas
The visual style should be science fiction (especially cyberpunk) focused. An example would be a dark-ish (but not black!) background with neon lines/a neon design on the front. If you decide to go with a design, I like air bubbles in water (a lot of what I write is based on water), lions (neon lion shop-sign for example?), or even just simple screws/metal sheet seam lines (as if the business card is a metal plate) in the corners to indicate something was artificially created.
It is important that the image is painted/drawn digitally and NOT based on a realistic photograph.
As for the colours: blues, light blues in the hologram-ish style, violets preferred (see my website for an indication of what I mean). Obviously you can play around with the design and add different colours (red, yellow, green) if you see it fits well. I would prefer not to have a white card with some differently coloured stripes on it however.
Content details
Brand name to include on the business card
Jasmin Gelinck (underneath: science fiction author)
Logo to incorporate
Business card details
It is important you include my author name, Jasmin Gelinck, and my website: http://www.jasmingelinck.com
A line such as 'Looking to find my (sci-fi) books?' could also be included.
What to avoid
You should avoid using photographs. I don't like realistic business cards.
Contest deliverables
Business card
Final files
If you use fonts that require a license, confirm with the client they're ok with it. For licensing reasons, it is better to provide your client with information on how to acquire the font rather than providing the actual files.
I like blue hexagonal shapes. They look fancy.