Bind and Blow Cards

This was done in InDesign.  I did not find it too difficult to do.  The font was just plain Arial, and the lines at the bottom were the hardest part. I kept typing capital "i's" and changing the font size to match the original bind and blow card.  I though doing this card was easy because there was no colors or images to match up with the original, just text.

This was also done in InDesign.  The most difficult part was the "best deal" part with the circle around it.  I used a script type writing for that text, but the arrow was the hardest to figure out. I could not get it to match perfectly, so I eventually drew it as best as I could.  The image background is a zebra image I found online and cropped to only see the pattern. I used the same pattern on each card, to keep it the same.  The pink was a simple magenta, and was not too hard to match up once I figured out how to use the eye drop tool.  I used Myriad Pro for all the text on each card, and the letter code at the bottom is typed in OCR A Std.  The entire card is 5.6 x 4.1 inches, for each different program.

This card was done in PhotoShop, and was probably the most difficult.  Luckily, I did this one first, so the cards were easier.  Layering was a pain, and I kept getting confused and loosing layers. I drew the arrow in this one too, and it took a few tries before it looked OK.  I google image searched the Cosmo logo, so it is an image, not text.   Once I figured out how to link and group layers, to layout was easier to manage.  

The final card I did was done through Quark.  I am not a huge fan of Quark.  For some reason, whenever I drew boxes, they kept getting locked and I could not move them.  The circles were also very difficult to draw.  I ended up having to use text boxes shaped as circles to get them on the card.  I'd have to say my favorite program is InDesign, and Quark comes before Photoshop.  It was very frustrating to have the boxes keep locking, and I never figured out how to unlock them.  I ended up having to delete them and keep trying.  Other than that issue, I did not have much trouble.