Lazer Cutting Dan's Business Cards

I really wanted to start Lazer cutting as soon as I had my induction. I editing Dan's logo in Ai and expanding his words too. I imported them into the software and began experimenting with programmed in weight of paper creating different depth of lazer. Using different stocks of paper:

Watercolour 300gsm

White card 200gsm

Dark Grey

Light Grey

Antique White (all thin card).

Here are some photographs of the effects I used and the application on different Stocks. I met with Dan over lunch and he told me which he preferred from the first few I cut. I then went back to lazer cut for a further 2 hours. I will highlight below which one I preferred and which one Dan liked the most too. I always find Dan likes the looks of things and doesn't think about the practicality.

Dan preferes the bottom left dark icon. I prefer the bottom right as it stays true to the designed icon but had cut throughs where other coloured stock will be visible.

I also really like the rastered icons, thin fine lined that make up the circle in the logo.

Dan loves the burnt Daniel Chappell back. I thought that it looked to messy and that we should print the writing and lazer cut the front. We both prefer the white card as it is thick and durable. But Daniel loves the greys and I love the antique white and it reminds me of drums.

I into lazer cutting with a open mind and creating dark burning logo examples and simple cut out ones. I prefer the antique white and white card stock. Together they work great mixed up. Below are some photographs of the business card mock-ups. My first time using PVA glue in a long time, so some of them are a bit messy.

In my crit this week Andy mentioned that I should use material for Dan's business cards that reflect him. He said I should use drum skins that had had actually used. He's a snare drum I have at my house which is Dan's he said I can use it, but its see through. So I can't use these. You can buy tan ones which is that Dan is using at the moment, but they are £10 for one sheet of plastic (a small size), something unfortunately that I cannot afford for this project and Dan couldn't afford it himself.