My business card

This is my business card, I made it to practice the lesson in class.
I wanted to use more color, however, after trying so many other things, I came back with black again. Probably because I originally created my logo with B&W. Besides, only with black background can I feel the contrast that can make my symbol noticing. (I think I should try some effect to make with a bit glossy, this is kind of bland. I will improve it later)

There is nothing much to say about the design. About the color, I already explain above. Another thing I want to say is the curve that divides the card. I want to use my logo in this card and I realize it cannot stand it front of any text (because I can't make my name too big and if the logo is too small, it leave no impression), so I leave a space for the logo exclusively. I used curve to divide the card to make it have a more flexible look (not just a straight line like other cards for business men). I put the logo on top-left and the area with lots of text on right-bottom to archive balance, dunno if it's successful ^^"

Finally, the space below the logo is too blank, so I left a small signature there.

Dance with me

This is my new drawing, using pen tool and outer glow effect of photoshop. What do you see in this image? A flower or a butterfly ? Actually, it is both. I'm trying to practice drawing something abstract (just a bit ^^)

I got the inspiration for this image from the tutorial of creating magical light for Dark art (which I used to create the roots). Because I love to see those glowing light so much, I got carried away and wanted to draw something else with the effect. Those light I drew accidentally looked like roots to me, so I thought about a flower to go with it. When I have flower, it looked like it was dancing so I thought I would give it a partner and added some details to make it a butterfly too. (Buterfly and flower is like a couple to me ^^)

The name came in the end, just describing what I see in the image I create randomly. I love this image because it is created with such a simple technique and still look lovely ( or at least I think so ^^)

My personal LOGO

I created my logo as a combination of the Initial of my name and my main interest. When I'm confused about how I should make my logo, my friends recommend me to think about my hobbies and I decided that it was BOOKS (In highschool, I was called bookworm anyway ^^)

After decided that it was Books, I surfed web to look at book icons (what kind of image that books are usually illustrated). By accident, I wrote the word "book" in capital and I realized that, the letter B look horizontally would include letter "m". My name is Khanh Mai and I was thinking about how to combine KM with book. With that notice, I combine the letters "K & m" to make a symbol that contain the 1st and final letter of BOOK.

About the color, I choose Black and White as it is the color of most printed books. Besides, I don't want to make color an important part of the logo since this logo may be printed in Black and white on paper. Black and white is also my favorite colors. I love manga, Japanese comics that are usually drawn in Black and white, therefore I always think B&W images are really great.