A baseball as a business card would be ideal because it would be very practical. It is a representation of the occupation as well as being something that can be used. To make this picture, I took a picture of a ball from the internet and a picture of the New York Yankees logo from the internet. I cut out the logo and put it on the ball and aligned it with the ball. Then I used the text tool to write my name and occupation. I then gave the text an arc and aligned it with the ball. I changed the opacity on both the symbol and the words to make it blend better with the ball.
My intent for this business card was for it to look like a popsicle and to have my contact information on the popsicle stick, similar to how many popsicle sticks have jokes on them. I took a picture of a popsicle from the internet and a picture of a popsicle stick from the internet. I cut them both out, resized them, rotated them and stuck them together on new background. I took the Popsicle logo from the internet, cut it out and put it on the stick. I then typed my contact information out and lined it up on the stick. I changed the opacity in my text and the Popsicle logo to make it blend better with the popsicle stick. I added a rainbow gradient to the background to make it more appealing to the eye and interesting. It is a good representation of popsicles because there are many different and brightly colored popsicles.
A guitar pick as a business card, similar to the baseball, is a practical idea because it represents the job but is also something that people can use. I found a picture of the front and back of a guitar pick on the internet. They both had logos on them, so I used the clone tool to erase those logos. I then found a picture of the Bahamian flag, since I am from the Bahamas. I cut it out and placed it on the back side of the pick. Then I found a picture of a guitar and placed it on top of the flag. I selected the outline and deleted it so that all that was left was the selection. I chose my flag layer, inverted the selection and pressed delete which left me with the flag in the shape of the guitar. I then stroked the guitar in white and resized and repositioned it. I used a filter on the guitar to make the picture more interesting. I used the text tool to add my contact information on the front side of the pick. I changed the font to something I thought more suitable. I changed the opacity in both the guitar and the text to make it blend better with the pick.
