Since the group is slow, this is a good time to ask the advice
of those more artistically inclined than I.

I've redone my daycare business card (mostly because it was
time, but also because I bought a new domain):
http://www.calgarydogdaycare.com/card.jpg

Comments--which bear in mind that I'm totally artistically
challenged--are welcome.

Revamping the entire CalgaryDogDaycare.com webpage is my next
project.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky wrote:
Since the group is slow, this is a good time to ask the advice
of those more artistically inclined than I.

I've redone my daycare business card (mostly because it was
time, but also because I bought a new domain):
http://www.calgarydogdaycare.com/card.jpg

Comments--which bear in mind that I'm totally artistically
challenged--are welcome.

Revamping the entire CalgaryDogDaycare.com webpage is my next
project.

Well done. I like it.

The human and dog figures remind me of petroglyphs (no pun intended),
and if the entire graphic was converted to gray scale with a slate-y
sort of background you'd get a sort of prehistoric graffiti look.

Kathleen

In article ,
Rocky wrote:
Since the group is slow, this is a good time to ask the advice
of those more artistically inclined than I.

That kind of completely and utterly disqualifies me, but
here's a non-aesthetic thing, and that's that Rocky's
Gallery didn't work for me. Firefox 1.5.0.1. Also, it
might be nice if you could click on the logo in the upper
lefthand corner or the calgarydogdaycare.com on the upper
righthand corner and have it take you to the home page.
Mostly because that's how so many others work.

It's a great website, though - particularly the writing.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community.

Papa Dog said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I think it looks pretty cool. I like the little stick guy
and the stick dogs.

Thanks! Each piece of clip art was individually grabbed from
somewhere (I paid attention to royalties and copyright), though
I'll take credit for putting them together.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

(Melinda Shore) said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

That kind of completely and utterly disqualifies me, but
here's a non-aesthetic thing, and that's that Rocky's
Gallery didn't work for me. Firefox 1.5.0.1.

Damnit! It worked just fine in an earlier Firefox (I recently
upgraded to 1.5.0.1, too, and I've just verified my gallery's
non-functionality).

Dang javascript!

The way it's *supposed* to work: hover over a picture and it
loads into the framed area. It was the easiest way I could
think of that client dogs' pictures would be difficult to copy.

Also, it
might be nice if you could click on the logo in the upper
lefthand corner or the calgarydogdaycare.com on the upper
righthand corner and have it take you to the home page.

Good idea (and easy-peasy). I quickly added the righthand logo
after buying the domain name and hadn't though of making it
clickable.

Mostly because that's how so many others work.

Yup.

It's a great website, though - particularly the writing.

Thanks! It's a little stale, though.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"Rocky" wrote in message
...
Since the group is slow, this is a good time to ask the advice
of those more artistically inclined than I.


that's not me either but here's what I think anyway...

I love the stick figures. I would add your real first name somewhere on the
card, maybe by the number, like "ask for Matt" or something simple like
that. It makes it seem more personal (which is what I would look for if I
needed a dog daycare).

Kathleen said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Well done. I like it.

Thanks.

The human and dog figures remind me of petroglyphs (no pun
intended), and if the entire graphic was converted to gray
scale with a slate-y sort of background you'd get a sort of
prehistoric graffiti look.

Like this?
http://www.calgarydogdaycare.com/card-embossed.jpg

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"MauiJNP" said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I would add your real first name somewhere on the
card, maybe by the number, like "ask for Matt" or something
simple like that. It makes it seem more personal (which is
what I would look for if I needed a dog daycare).

I thought about that when I first made my business cards a year
or so ago. Most of my clients' humans are female, though, and
it seems to me (correct me on this) that many women aren't keen
to phone unknown men.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

(Melinda Shore) said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Here's another thing that disqualifies me: I'm bad at
following directions. Apologies for critiquing the wrong
thing.

Well, you *did* point out something that didn't (and still
doesn't) work, and something else that took me all of 15 seconds
to improve.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

On 12 Mar 2006 21:21:05 GMT, Rocky wrote:

"MauiJNP" said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I would add your real first name somewhere on the
card, maybe by the number, like "ask for Matt" or something
simple like that. It makes it seem more personal (which is
what I would look for if I needed a dog daycare).

I thought about that when I first made my business cards a year
or so ago. Most of my clients' humans are female, though, and
it seems to me (correct me on this) that many women aren't keen
to phone unknown men.

I don't think you necessarily need to put your first name on the
business cards. I know it's a different sort of business, but we
don't put names on ours. It might be different if you had a whole
slew of employees (I'm assuming that neither Rocky nor Friday answers
the phone).

Cute cards, BTW. I like the stick figures too.

Mustang Sally