For a PPP session we had we watched a talk/lecture from Johnny Cupcakes about how he became successful and where he started from. I found this very useful as I guess as a student I sometimes feel whether I'm on the right path or not due to pressure and doubts that I'm not good enough. But it shows that almost everyone has or have had these doubts and its best to overcome them rather than give up and take the easy route. Johnny Cupcake's is now a successful global brand and it all started out from when Johnny was is school and he made his year a yearbook, managing to influence the parents and students to buy this book that did not exist yet, he then made a huge profit from the books once they were published and sold.

This is an artist I found on the AIGA website. There wasn't many self branding designers to choose from but out the selection I found this designer stood out the most. After building up research and blogging about other designers self branding I've found that I'm more attracted to bright colours with the use of vector shapes on a crisp white background. For me I think its clean and minimal but still looks interesting and atheistically pleasing. I would have to decide whether I wanted to use hand rendered type or stick to a simple serif/san serif type which will enable me to focus on other hand drawn things.

Sandra Connors:

This is another one that stood out from the website and I think has a clear message. You can tell from the logo that it a mixture of two different cultures. I also liked the little owl you get with the package as the logo is incorporated into the design. This I think works extremely well and makes it interesting from the bog standard business card. I'm not too sure whether the mint colour works well with the green, I personally would of went for a more minimal and clean look maybe with a white background.

Esther Longmore:

This is a designer I found on cargo collective. I thought the majority of the branding on the website looked quite similar and didn't really have anything special to offer, this is bad I suppose because for your own personal brand you need to stand out from the rest. Anyways this branding stood out to me because of the really minimal and clean vector patterns, this is something I am considering to do myself so I think it would be good to get an example.

Amanda Eve:

Another example of a self branding designer on Cargo Collective. Now this branding I really like and think it has quite a strong impact. The bright brush strokes of the type contrast with the white background which creates an impact on the card making it really stand out.

Joe Elam:

This is an designer I found on Behance who I thought stood out from the rest. I like the use of the vectored stag as I think it signifies independence and leadership, the fact that is it on a white background also makes it have an impact on the business card and keeps it clean and simple. This is  definitely something I want to take into account for my own business card as in the PPP session I discussed the use of animals to represent me as a person and take a more humours approach.

Amanda Mohlin:

Another designer that caught my eye on Behance. As I am thinking of incorporating some type of pattern into my business card I think this is a strong example of how to do it right. Also the use of hand rendered type that is used I absolutely love, its so personal and works well with the space on the business card without looking sloppy and cramped. I would definitely like to receive this business card myself as the pattern on the back too is really athsetically pleasing.

Amy Slatem:

Another design that I picked from Behance. I guess what really stood out for me was the use of colour and the hand rendered type, as I'm developing more as a designer I'm becoming more fond of hand rendered type and illustrations. The bright colours and simple vector designs I think work extremely well and make it more interesting. It if influencing me to do some illustrations in my work, well I can always experiment and see whether it would be successful or not.