Jake Armerding, new business card layouts

This was a simple project; my friend, a musician, was getting some business cards printed to promote one of his new albums, but knew that the layout he cobbled together wasn't working. The typeface and image were set, based on the album cover, but what could I do rearranging these elements?

Here were the initial front and back card designs he came up with, for front:



and back:



In the next post I'll share my critiques, as well as my suggested solutions.