Website update
Since half setting up a website a while ago, not completing it and finding out that web design is definitely not my forté, I decided to collaborate with someone that did know what they were doing. Geeksy are a local web design business (as well as providing support in other areas, such as IT support and business planning) and as I am fortunate to know them I asked for their advice. They were glad to help and we put together a brief that we want to stick to, with questions like the ones shown below to help focus on what is important to make the purpose of the website work successfully:
We then came up with initial ideas and discussed the layout. The image below is a rough mock up to give the general idea, based loosely on the style of my final presentation boards for my briefs, so that it showcases my work and contains the right information in the right places.
The website is now a working progress, so a post with a live link will be on here very soon!
We then came up with initial ideas and discussed the layout. The image below is a rough mock up to give the general idea, based loosely on the style of my final presentation boards for my briefs, so that it showcases my work and contains the right information in the right places.
The website is now a working progress, so a post with a live link will be on here very soon!
Tigerprint Competition
Well unfortunately I didn't win this month's competition but I aim to enter every month and keep trying as I have really enjoyed producing card designs and would love to create a huge range of designs I have done for this context. I did however come in the top 22 shown in the first image below when they narrowed down their entries... got to start somewhere! (Mine is also the design being pointed at in the second image.)
Package arrival!
I'm really pleased with how my business cards look printed out. They arrived from moo.com in perfect condition and with lovely rounded edges that I chose to suit the soft style of my logo and the hand crafted feel.
Tigerprint competition
Tigerprint's latest competition is all about designing cards with unique and contemporary phrases for five different occasions: Birthday, Engagement, Wedding Day, Anniversary and New Baby. I designed 10 designs altogether, which can be found here but could only submit a maximum of five so here are my chosen ones:
Here they are uploaded successfully onto their site (third row down) and awaiting the competition results:
Here they are uploaded successfully onto their site (third row down) and awaiting the competition results:
Top Tips from Saatchi & Saatchi
'We see a lot of student work at Saatchi & Saatchi Design. But no matter how great the work may be, simple mistakes in presenting your work can be distracting and frustrating. The ones who get the portfolio right are already one step ahead of their peers. So we thought we’d share some tips to help you make your portfolio show your work in the best light possible. Follow the tips below and let your work speak for itself.
found on their site http://saatchidesign.wordpress.com/
- Keep it relevant. Demonstrate your understanding of the company you’re applying to – for example at Saatchi & Saatchi Design we are branding-focused with a corporate bias. Put your work in the relevant discipline up front. Show us you’ve done your homework and aren’t sending us the same file to a dozen other agencies. This doesn’t mean you should exclude your work in other disciplines (e.g. photography, illustration, etc) but keep in mind you portfolio should convince the recipient that you are as a good fit for what they do.
- Show multiple applications. Consider the breadth of real world applications. A single logo and letter head only tell part of a story. Show a wide variety of applications, e.g. signage, vehicle graphics, TV idents, website and social networking pages. Take a look at the student work at Brand New Classroom for some great examples.
- Let your work breathe. Focus only on one project per spread, but don’t feel limited to just one spread if the project merits.
- Give proper credit. If you’ve worked on group projects, let us know which aspects you worked on.
- Label your file clearly. Make sure your name and contact details are in the folios of every page of your document. If your file gets printed out and shown around, you want people to easily identify you and know how to get in contact with you.
- Send a single pdf file. Pdf is an industry standard format and can be read on mobile devices. Avoid Word documents, or multiple jpgs.
- Keep your file around 5Mb, no larger than 7Mb. Many corporate email clients can’t accept attachments larger than 10Mb, so you want to keep well under. Make sure you optimise your pdf export settings, use RGB rather than CMYK (3 colour channels take less space than 4) and set your JPG compression accordingly. Avoid rasterising vector graphics except in the case of extremely complex work. For more information on optimising the size of your pdfs take a look at this tutorial on the pdf optimiser tool.
- If you have a portfolio website, still send a pdf file. Sometimes being able to print a self-contained document is just easier. Send us a selection of your best work in a pdf and link it to your website for anyone who wants to take a more in-depth look later on.
- Put your CV at the end of the document. Your work is far more important than your CV. Let your work to show us your skills. Keep the CV to a single page and keep it at the end of your pdf.'
found on their site http://saatchidesign.wordpress.com/
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