The artist business card, with a QR code that stays alive
At an opening or an art fair, the card is still the simplest way to be contacted again. Yours carries a QR code to your work — and the 10-card sheet comes out ready to print.
What to put on an artist business card
A card is read in three seconds. Everything that matters, nothing more.
Your name
The name people find you under: your artist name, the one on your works and your social accounts. It is the largest element on the card.
Your discipline
“Abstract painter”, “Ceramicist — Bordeaux”: one line instantly places your work. No need to say more — the QR code does the rest.
Your website
One single address, short and readable. Your website or your public page — not three links fighting for attention.
A direct way to reach you
Email or phone, whichever you prefer to receive. Instagram counts too: it is often where people follow an artist.
A QR code
The bridge between the card and your work: one scan, and the person lands on your artworks or saves your details.
Empty space
A crowded card looks amateurish. Every line you remove makes the others more readable — in MycreArt, each field is switched on one by one.
A QR code that never dies
The trap with printed QR codes: the address changes six months later and 200 cards point to nothing. Not here.
The link can change after printing
The printed code goes through MycreArt: you change its destination whenever you want — website, contact card, Instagram — without reprinting a single card.
Every scan is counted
You know how many people scanned your cards, and when. After a fair, you can measure what the stack of cards actually brought.
The destination you want
Your contact card — your details saved to the phone in one tap —, your website, your gallery profile or your Instagram.
Three ways to print your cards
No special sheets are required. Depending on the time and finish you want, three paths.
Pre-cut sheets
A4 sheets calibrated for 85 × 54 mm cards, sold in stationery shops or online (Avery, Decadry), from about €13 for 250 cards. Check the box: “85 × 54 mm, 10 cards per sheet”. Print at 100% (actual size) and test one sheet; if the alignment is right, the cards snap apart by hand.
Copy shop or printer
Send the PDF, ask for 300 g paper and a guillotine cut: cards as rigid as a print shop's, for €10–15 per 200 cards. The right choice beyond a few dozen cards.
Plain sheet and cutting
Heavy paper (160–200 g), the cut marks built into the PDF, a metal ruler and a craft knife. Honestly: keep this as a fallback — hand cutting always shows a little.
In every case: print at “actual size” (100%), never “fit to page” — otherwise the cards no longer land on the pre-cut lines.
Your sheet in three steps
The information comes from your profile — you only choose what gets printed.
Choose your information
Displayed name, tagline, then each contact detail one by one: website, email, Instagram, phone, city. Tick what gets printed, nothing else.
Set up the QR code
Choose where it leads — contact card, website, profile, Instagram or a free link. Optionally, a back side: one of your works signed, or a work with a small tracking QR.
Download and print
An A4 PDF of 10 cards with cut marks, and a second PDF if you chose a back side. Off to the printer, the pre-cut sheet or the copy shop.
What artists ask
No, nothing is required. Pre-cut sheets (sold in stationery shops, supermarkets or online) are simply the most comfortable option when the format and print alignment are right. Search for “business cards 85 × 54” — for example Avery C32010 or C32011, or Decadry MicroLine, around €13–20 a box. One thing to check: the box must say “85 × 54 mm, 10 cards per sheet”; if the size is different (90 × 50, 85 × 55…), the cards won't land in the right place. Otherwise a plain heavy sheet works with the PDF's cut marks, or a copy shop takes care of everything.
Usually not, but check two things: the paper weight your printer accepts and the laser or inkjet mention on the box. Some references are made for only one type of printer. If in doubt, a copy shop prints your PDF for a few euros.
In France, 85 × 54 mm — the size of a bank card, which fits every card holder. It is the format of pre-cut sheets and of MycreArt cards: 10 cards per A4 sheet.
Your artist name, your discipline, one web address and one direct way to reach you — email, phone or Instagram. No more than two or three contact lines: the QR code gives access to everything else, and empty space makes the card more elegant.
Yes: MycreArt generates two separate PDFs. Print the front, let it dry, put the sheet back in and print the back — do a test run on plain paper first to check the orientation. On pre-cut sheets, check that the box says they print on both sides (not all of them do). If that feels like one step too many, stay with front only: it is the default choice, and it is plenty.
That is the whole point of the MycreArt QR code: it goes through a redirect link you can change at any time from your workspace. The cards you have already handed out point to the new destination — no reprinting.
Related guides
The rest of the toolkit for being contacted again.
The contact card
Your details saved to the phone in one scan.
Printing your documents well
Paper, printer, print shop: a professional finish for every document.
Exhibition labels
Wall labels with QR codes, generated from your inventory.
Creating your artist website
The website your cards will lead people to.
Your cards are ready to print
A sheet of 10 cards with your name, a QR code to your work, and scans you can count.