19.3 Design 2: Graphic
Our first business card attempt was mostly inspired by a layout of the text lines, with graphic elements coming secondary to support and reinforce that layout. Could we go the other way around, starting from some piece of graphic and building the design around it?
Of course, if you’re doing a company business card, the obvious starting point is the company’s logo. If you’re designing a card just for yourself and want it to be more personal, you can try tracing (18.8 Tracing) an imported photo of yours. Finally, you can also use a piece of clipart, for example from http://openclipart.org (1.3 Sources of Inkscape Art), which has many decorations and abstract pieces that might become the centerpiece of your card.
For my second ...
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