The past two months have just been a total whirlwind of activity for me. I’ve done so much work in the past two months in school – and at work – that have just made me wish for one day off where I wouldn’t have anything to do.

Oh right – I also went to Hamburg!

Yep, so this starving college girl has been extremely busy for the past two months. Instead of having one gigantic post of all the things I’ve been doing, I’ll just leave you with my calling card.

What’s a calling card?

A calling card is essentially a postcard sized (4″x6″) business card. We had to create one in our visual design class (Journalism 1141) and I went through several drafts.

My first draft was inspired by a magazine that had information contained within a column. The vector swirls were an added touch to help deconstruct the box, and I liked this look but felt it was a bit too sterile.

My second attempt came from a suggestion from Roley, who said “Why don’t you make your own word tag cloud?” …which resulted in somewhat of a mish mash of words all over the place. I liked it, but I wasn’t in love with it. Plus, I created this thing at like 2am, so I wasn’t completely awake.

My third draft was, I felt, a lot better. Everything was contained properly, it was readable, it was clear who and what I was, and my information was all contained at the bottom.

So I was happy. I went to school the next day with three black and white drafts to show my teacher, Susan Harman, and she fell in love with my second draft. I showed it to several people and discovered that they liked the second draft better as well.

So there you have it! I have a calling card. Interested in getting one? Well, I’ll be attending a few networking events in November, so be sure to look for me then!