ARTTECHES NEXUS • GRAPHIC DESIGNING MASTERY
- ARTTECHES NEXUS • GRAPHIC DESIGNING MASTERY
- DAY 21 • ASSIGNMENT
- Day-21 — Daily Assignment: Business Card for a Real-Style Client
- Instructor: Ali Akbar Shah
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- Objective
- ▸ Produce a complete, print-ready two-sided business card from a written brief — the same workflow a paying client expects.
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- The brief (fictional client)
- ▸ "GlowCare Salon" — a women's beauty salon.
- ▸ Owner: Sana Malik (fictional), Founder & Stylist.
- ▸ Brand feel: soft, elegant, modern.
- ▸ Suggested palette: blush pink, charcoal, gold (choose your own CMYK values).
- ▸ Tagline: "Where beauty meets care."
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- Specifications
- Size: 3.5 × 2 in (89 × 51 mm), 3 mm bleed → working page 95 × 57 mm
- Safe area: all important content 5 mm inside the trim edge
- Color mode: CMYK only; minimum text size 7 pt
- Front: logo mark + salon name + tagline (identity side)
- Back: owner name, title, phone, email, address (information side)
- Images (if any): 300 dpi at print size, or vector only
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- Deliverables
- GDM-D21-Assignment.cdr — CorelDRAW source file (2 pages)
- GDM-D21-Assignment.pdf — print-ready PDF, PDF/X preset, 2 pages, bleed
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- Submission format
- Export the PDF via File > Publish to PDF (PDF/X preset).
- Name files exactly as above.
- Keep a copy of the .cdr — the client may request edits later.
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- Self-grade checklist (before submitting)
- [ ] Page is 95 × 57 mm; backgrounds reach the page edge
- [ ] No text or logo within 5 mm of the trim edge
- [ ] All colors set as CMYK (check with F11)
- [ ] Smallest text is 7 pt or larger
- [ ] Both sides designed; spelling double-checked
- [ ] PDF opens at 100% with both pages correct
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SUBMIT
- SUBMIT
- Submit Your Work
- ✓ Follow the submission steps in your assignment file.
- ✓ Name your file clearly: Day-21-Work-v1.
- ✓ Done is better than perfect — submit on time.
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