headache

I'm hoping to get a lot before I leave today. My goal is to have at least my process book print-ready. Here I go...

Progress

I am close to competition of my Academic Portfolio. With some slight tweaks and adding in text I should be finished by this evening. I have noticed one error today, when I updated my Masada logo, I didn't change the logo on the bottle as well. Over the weekend I improved on my Extinction Exhibit Logo and I am pleased with the changes I made.

Seriously

Cant believe i'm almost done, way closer than I thought Id be, everything is in place, just sharpening and fine tuning, color and precision of the actual layout, wow its starting to sink in now, almost DONE!

Printing

I'm trying to print my book. So close to being done, I hate these last-minute snags. I figured this would be a good time to post a blog since I'm just sitting in class waiting for the printer.

ALMOST DONE!!!!!

this weekend was good, Im glad it was a holiday weekend, I got a lot of stuff done. I finish my process book, then realize that i forgot to narrate on each piece. With the academic portfolio, I'm almost finish, just need to add some of my sketches and my design statement. Other than that, I'm looking forward thursday, when i turn everything in

Crunch time

the next 2 days are going to be long and tedious. Putting the finishing touches and making sure everything is the way that I want it to be. I am starting to get nervous since we are nearing the due date and presentation but I know I will have a good finished product. So I wish myself and everyone else luck in finishing their academic portfolio and process book.

work work work

i need to do more work.



-Tim

about ready to print

Although I have not been in class lately due to some family issues I have however been doing a lot of work on my portfolio and process book which is printed I just need to print my portfolio once I finish with some more details. I look forward to seeing the overall look once printed and everything.

Just adding descriptions to my academic portfolio, should be done and printed by this evening. Process book is complete also. So far so good... now just to get some signatures : )

Academic Portfolio Complete!

This weekend I wrapped up my academic portfolio, and now it's printed and ready for signatures :) Today I'll be working on putting the finishing touches on my process book and printing it out! Busy, busy, busy- but happy to be completing things!

I will paint out my portfolio tomorrow hope it look well. Almost done!

Final Stage Not Completed Yet :/

I have made a lot of progress this weekend. There have been changes on my portfolio covers only, I'm still extremely happy with the layout of all my books.

I had an interview in the duplicating department here at Cal State but unfortunately I didn't get the job :( but this gave me a lot of experience on interviewing.

I can't wait to be done with this, I'm sure a lot of us are. I have been revisiting my web page and I am also updating it day by day

Glad to say I am done with my academic portfolio I just need to print it and have them signed. I am halfway done with the process book. I need to do scan the previous art history papers still. I finished my essay just need to design the layout for it. I cant wait for all this to be over!

Oy.

Just doing the final touches on everything right now. I can't wait to get this done. I still need to get all the signatures, though. Yikes.

Incidentally, my Pepsi is of normal stature today.

BIZZY WEEKEND

THIS WEEKEND I BARELY HAD A CHANCE TO ENJOY MYSELF BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO BIZZY TRYING TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING. BUT IM GLAD TO SAY THAT I'VE GOT A LOT DONE. IM PRINTING MY ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO TODAY SO I CAN COLLECT SOME AUTOGRAPH'S. THE PROCESS BOOK IS COMPLETE I JUS HAVE TO GO OVER IT AGAIN. BUT ALL IN ALL EVERYTHING IS LOOKIN GOOD.

Nothing too exciting....

Well not much has changed since last class. I am only waiting to get Kurt's signature today and then Beth's and then my academic book will be done. I also finished my process book, my website, and my interview paper. My professional portfolio is done as well I just need to figure out how I want to bind it. I'm glad to be done with everything early, that way I can focus on presenting my work well.

Other then that, not much to report on, so see you in class :)

yayz

I've made a lot of progress on my process book over the weekend and today in class. Things are coming along nicely but I still feel I have a lot more to do. Hopefully I'll have something solid for Tuesday so I can get it reviewed by Beth before we turn it in Thursday.

Enjoy the 3-day weekend! :D

I did a practice print today, and i like the way it's looking. However, some of the pages of solid color look stripy. I am going to do a test print at kinkos of those pages and see if they turn out nicer. If not, i plan on having my projects printed and ready to sign on tuesday : )

Solo Dolo

I decided to stay home today just cause I get a little distracted when I'm in class. But my academic portfolio and process book are coming along nicely. Not quite done yet but they will be done and ready to be presented by thursday.

Oof.

I am way stressed out about all of this. Still putting everything together. I just realized that I've been focusing completely on my portfolios, and I have almost nothing done for my process book. Oy. Time to get that done.

Feeling better

Almost done with Academic Portfolio, website, and Professional Portfolio. So this weekend I am going to focus on the process book.

green and orange

I've been slowly working but the plan is to kick into over gear this weekend. My cover has evolved once again by I dropping the teal for green and orange. These new colors portray the carefree and imaginative feeling I am trying for.

Yay!

I have gone back and forth a lot on the look I want for my book, and especially after talking to Beth about printing techniques it's really made it tough for me to pin down a final design that will impress. Finally I think I have done it though. Now I gotta play catch-up on the rest.

. . .

I'm about 75% finished with my process book and academic portfolio and about 50% done with my professional one. And my web presence . . . I don't even want to talk about that right now lol. I still need to work on my covers for all three books. I will be printing out my academic portfolio tomorrow (I hope!) so I can get signatures on Tuesday and Wednesday :)

Progress

Yet again I changed my front cover....I'm staring to think that even after this class is over I will change this again. So far I think this is it! Its almost the end of the road and I have my academic portfolio and professional portfolio almost completed. The precess book is also almost done. I hope that at the end I'm happy with the end result.

Progress book

I am creating my progress book, and I think I almost finish my portfolio. Hope I will print everything out next week.

so close

changed my cover again, I think I can relate more with this theme than the previous, hopefully it works.. other than that working on my process book, want to finish early sooo bad. Back to the grind

Coming together

Im so happy that I'm near the end of this project.... the stress is starting to get to me and it will be nice when everything is done.

I finished all my books and now i just need to print them. what do you think the chances are that the printers will be in great working condition today????

I'm crossing my fingers. I am getting my signatures on my portfolio today and that should mark the end of the majority of the stress. Once i print my professional one out I'm going to look into having it printed professionally.

Not too much to report on other then just getting ready to print today :)

See ya~

Almost FINISH

i have been working on the process book. I'm a little more than half way done with it. I scanned everything to my computer, its just a process of getting them place onto my process book. As soon as i get done with that part, I'm going to finish narrating the process book. With my academic portfolio, I'm finishing up taking pictures of my work. As soon as I am done with that, everything else should fall in place. Good thing we have a holiday weekend coming up, this can either really help me, or stress me out even more.

oh yaa

I can see the light! takin more pictures today, few more additions and tweaking

Keep on Keepin' On!

With a just a few weeks left, I am really trying to everything done early and be ahead of the game. I finished my process book and looking forward to turning that in. I am currently making a few design changes to my academic portfolio. I'm changing a  few colors and size or boarders, small things like that. As far as my professional portfolio, I have a few structural changes that need to be made. After printing it out i hated a lot of it so I will be redoing that one. I figure if i get the other two out of the way then that will give me plenty of space to work on my professional one.

I also had an interview yesterday with Resen graphic design company. It was really great and I got a lot of great feedback that will hopefully help me improve everything I have at this point.

See ya~
Michaelene

Banana!

I decided to go with a name for my design portfolio and have also created a logo.
still working...
:]

AWM'GAW!!!!!!!

I'm redoing my resume right now. I'm keeping the same design, but I'm tweaking it and putting it on InDesign.

I'm still doing the tedious work of putting all my work in my portfolio. I'm getting things done.

In case any of you were worried, I have a regular sized Pepsi today. All is well again.

I heard the world was ending this weekend...

I've been tirelessly refining my portfolio aesthetic nonetheless. More work to come :D






-timhill.

totally forgot

I need to put more into my process book, it has the least amount of work out into it so ya know what im gona be workin on

Moving On

I've locked in the last remaining details pertaining to my logo, fonts, colors, etc. Finally I can move on and finish some other stuff that I'm running behind on.

New Cover

I'm currently working on a new cover and inside flap for my portfolio. My previous one was really random and didn't say much about me. I feel like the new design I'm going with for my cover is creative and a great replacement to the old cover. It is meticulous work so I know its going to take a while to get done.

not much to report

I have not accomplished much between tuesday and today. Currently I am working on completing my spreads for the portfolio and small adjustments to my resume.

Fixing designs

I am still fixing my designs. I think my portfolio layout is ready, and I want to print it out and see the final result. http://haochenw.carbonmade.com/

IN THE PROCESS

i have bits and pieces pf all for projects. i just need to print some projects out so that i can take some pictures over the weekend. As soon as i do this, the webpage should be done. By doing this, i will get a step closer to finishing up both the academic and professional portfolio. As for the process book. The layout is coming along, but i still need to scan my art papers and exams so that i can complete it. My goal for the coming weekend is to finish my webpage and process book.

I am still placing my work in both my academic and professional portfolio. I still need to finish my design statement and once that is done I will be focusing on my process book. I have a lot to accomplish over the weekend.

Progress Update

I am wrapping up my process book this week and then I'll be working on completing my academic portfolio this weekend. I want to have enough time to be able to set them aside for a couple of days and then open them again to make final modifications. Things always pop out at me once I take a step back.

On the side, I've been thinking about my leave behinds, but I probably won't physically start on those until I have the process book and academic portfolio out of the way.

I'm not too stressed. I know there's lots of work ahead, but that doesn't bother me. As long as I have direction I'm a happy camper :)

Moving forward

I have already finalized my layout for my professional portfolio and I am very pleased with it. I will be using this layout for my academic portfolio and the process book. I don't want to have my portfolios look too different. I believe that they serve different purposes and different people will see them so uniformity is the best thing for me.

Quality over Quantity is Best!

Every time i revisit an idea I end up changing it so the best thing to do, for time purposes and deadlines, is to move forward so I can complete all my projects by the deadlines.

WHAT I'VE BEEN UP 2

WELL I HAVE ALL MY ADJUSTMENTS FINISHED FOR MY PROCESS BOOK, I STILL HAVE TO GET THOSE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OUT THE WAY. THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS GETTING BIGGER WHICH MEANS EVERYTHING IS ALMOST DONE. MY NEXT MOVE IS THE ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO WHICH I CAN KNOCK OUT IN A FEW MINUTES. THEN ALL I HAVE TO DO NEXT IS PRINT AND GET SOME AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE OTHER PROFESSORS AND IM GOOD.

Good Progress

I'm done with my process book and now I'm starting on my academic portfolio and web. I feel better then I have been before. I'm making good progress can't wait till this class is over. I should be getting signatures by the end of next week. I just hope I don't have any problems printing.

One Down

I finally am done with my process book. it turned out to be around 40 pages..... CRAZY!!!! who knew i thought that much about my projects :) JUST KIDDING BETH! No, but i have my process book done and i'll be printing out my draft of it.... crossing my fingers that the printers are working tomorrow (they wont be)
I have to take one photo for my academic portfolio then Im done. I'll be meeting with my other professors next week to get signatures to get that one out of my hair as well. I added a description for my web content and i will be buying my domain name soon, so that can be a permanent thing.

I look forward to wrapping up the last few things to work solely on my professional one.

lil

lil bit of this, lil bit of that.. way better than where I was before but still lots to do, need to be x100 according to Beth. Tightening old things as well as plugging in new, lets go!!

mas progreso

made more progress on my portfolio over the weekend but still not quite up to speed. i'm also contemplating a name/title for my work. hmm...

Finally happy with where i am. I am finished with all of my layouts, and my web presence is complete. I just need to place a few more projects, and work on my leave behind item.

Crunch Time

I pretty much finalized the logo I will be using throughout both portfolio. Crunch Time :D

Working Away

Well I felt that I had to redo my academic portfolio. I felt it was not strong enough, therefore I had to redo a lot of what I had. I'm really stressing out because everything I do is not good, I feel. I hope I finish a lot of it this weekend.

I have a lot of work to do.

Web and Fix

I will keep working on my web and portfolio. Hope it will finish ASAP.
http://haochenw.carbonmade.com/

Adding more work

For my portfolio I'm currently working on adding new works to it. I've been wanting to redo movie posters and album covers of ones that I liked just to add my flavor to it. I feel that if I show how I wanted to redo it people would get a sense of my style. I'm still iffy on the design of my portfolio but I do like the layout of my pages. Lets hope I do get married to this design so I don't have to stress about creating another one.

Hi

Made alot of progress this weekend. hope to show you guys soon.

Update

Sorry for not posting sooner- I almost forgot! Currently I'm working on re-doing my process book. It will follow the format of my professional portfolio.

Login Success!

I didn't get to blog last week due to login fail but as an update I've been bustin my booty trying to get stuff done, I've realized I should get everything done and go back and fix things. I've finished my layout and placed all my images for my academic and professional portfolio and am finishing up my process book today. I see the finish line!

GETTING OVER THE STRESS

This past week was stressful, getting as much as i can with the professional portfolio and the web presence. Good thing is that i know im heading for the right direction. I still have a few things to do, and i dont want to wait for the last minute to do it. the faster i can get this done the less stressful will be for me at the end

Has anyone seen Joey's Pepsi bottle?

That thing is ridiculously big. We need to hold a Pepsi intervention.

So I'm still working on the portfolio, and have settled on all the details that are going to be incorporated throughout. My web presence is pretty much finished, I just need to buy a domain name. Some people have been giving me suggestions concerning whether I should go with ".co" or ".net", but I've settled on ".net". Also, someone pointed out that LauraBurkDesigns.com was open. But I think I want to keep it simple and go with just my name.

I'm pretty sure the final URL will be LauraBurk.net.

But yeah, Joey's Pepsi bottle needs some diet pills.

My bottle of Pepsi is too Big

I figured out some new elements for my portfolio that I think will tie everything together. I started tweaking things a little bit, and I'm starting to think that maybe that isn't such a good idea. I keep tweaking with things until eventually I don't like it and start over. That's not productive. Obviously.

I started putting up more work on my portfolio as well. It's just a matter of getting it on there.

My web presence is kind of bothering, but I'm going to focus on my portfolio for the time being. I hope everything goes smoothly this week.

I am still working on my professional portfolio and academic portfolio. I am also revising my design statement.

I am going to make a few changes on my website.

You can check it later on this week

http://www.wix.com/infinitebloom/infinitebloom

More Revisions

That's all I've been doing, revising...liking it...hating it...and revising again. I'm just gonna pick one and go with it. Errr....

ALL MOST THEIR

I PUT A COUPLE NEW TOUCHES ON THE LAST PROJECT, BUT NOW IM GOIN TO START RENEWING MY ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO. I SHOULDNT HAVE A LOT TO DO JUST A COUPLE THINGS NEED TO BE REARRANGED, AND ALSO I NEED TO DO SOME ORGANIZING AND I SHOULD BE ALL GOOD. I FEEL EVERYTHING AS A WHOLE IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD SO FAR. I CANT WAIT UNTIL EVERYTHING IS ALL DONE.

RAINY DAY PROGRESS!

So my professional portfolio was starting to look like a scrapbook :/ but I have revised the layout of my pages and I believe it looks more professional.

The process book needs work and I think I'm going to pick a different project to display.

My web presence is the same, I am happy with the way it looks so Im taking it off my to do list.

Its almost the end of the quarter and and now I want to concentrate on putting the finishing touches on all my projects.

WEB IS UP :)

As you all might remember that my web presence from the presentation was super lame. Meeting with my friend fell through so i went to the web building sites that some of you used and developed my own. i am really happy with the end result and i think that it does a great job of showing who I am.


I hope you all like it :) (but in the short run does it matter, you aren't hiring me :) ) That was just a joke!!!!!

anyways since my web is done i am trying to fine tune my academic book and my process book. Get them done so i can solely focus on my professional one.

All in all.... Things are looking up :)

Web Presence.. C:

I have been developing my web presence and I feel that this is something that will be constantly changing, here's my final one for the moment :

http://www.wix.com/rosasdsigns/portfolio

I have also finalized the layout for my professional portfolio and its very similar to the academic portfolio.

Web Presence

http://alexandrarhae.daportfolio.com/

I would appreciate any and all feedback, thanks !

Constantly changing.

Ive been working on my logo and web presence this week. I've been switching back and forth between different versions of logos and believe i have found something I am satisfied with. Here is the link to my web presence thus far right here.

This weekend I should be able to finish

It's still rough but I am headed in the right direction I feel.

Presentation

So as we all know it is presentation day.

I have my professional portfolio like 85% done and my web presence at a lame 25% (and thats being nice). It's not because i don't want to do it or something, I am meeting with a friend next week (a web designer) who is going to give me a few pointers  on how to make it nice and professional. This way I'm not restricted to daportfolios. So i have my web page up for now, but I do plan on changing it in the very near future.

Im excited about my portfolio and I cant wait to show everyone my book.

Hope you all like it :)

ALL DONE I HOPE

WELL EVERYTHING IS ALL READY TO GO. I'VE RE-DONE IT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES. I HOPE I EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ASKING FOR. CANT WHAT TA SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS. SEE YA IN CLASS. AND HERE'S MY WEB PRESENCE, IT IS http://www.wix.com/infamouse85/marcus-blackshear. I KNOW ITS KINDA LONG.

Third Time's a Charm :)

Finally! After two failed attempts I was able to find a layout that has a good balance for me. I'm actually finishing things now which feels really good. I have a good start on my Professional Portfolio, and even though I want to redo my academic portfolio and process book this weekend, I know it shouldn't take a massive amount of time since I already have everything together and a strong sense of direction.

I haven't spent as much time as I would have liked on my web presence, but it can be found at http://sarahwinter.carbonmade.com/ . I was able to upload at least a few projects there. I also purchased a domain name at the beginning of the quarter (http://sarahwinterdesign.com/), but so far I have not had a chance to play around with it. I may end up using it, or linking the Carbonmade portfolio to it, but for now this is what I have.

Web is up

http://tourtillottdesigns.carbonmade.com/

WHAT'S UP

TODAY IM FINISHING UP MY WEB PRESENCE. ITS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD SO FAR, IM KINDA HAPPY WITH IT. IM ALSO WORKING ON THINGS FOR MY PRESENTATION. MY PORTFOLIO IS ALMOST FINISHED, I JUST HAVE TO ADJUST A COUPLE THINGS HERE AND THERE. I WISH I HAD JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME TO WORK ON THINGS, BUT HEY WHAT CAN YA DO. THATS ALL FOR NOW UNTIL NEXT TIME

omg omg omg

A lot closer but still far away, I started just doing stuff and jumped in like I was told to, but honestly I'm not happy with what I came up with. I knew that was going to happen but whatevs, hopefully I can make it at least look decent =/

Got It!

I think I have a theme and it's consistent all around. I hope this works, it's simple but I like it a lot. Now that I have a theme going I think everything else will be much easier to work with. I just hope I get to finish by the due date. I'm still working on my process book and now I need to start my portfolio.

Almost there

I stayed home today in order to save myself 3 hours of driving and finish this project up. My web presence is nearly complete, and everything seems to be coming together. I cant wait to see what everyone else has completed.

Web presence

I am working on my web presenc so far. I think my layout has been designed. Now I think I will need finish my whole book and print it out. So far so good...

Layouts and Decesions

I have been working on my web presence so far... it's  a work in progress but my url looks like it's going to be www.queenbeedesigns.dapotfolio.com. I am trying to incorporate everything I want. Also I have been working on my professional portfolio. I have my cover and today I will be working on my layouts. I did some research on other books and binding. So hopefully I am able to take all the interesting things that I saw and my them unique for me.

We'll find out :)

More Changes

I'm trying really hard to be consistent with my portfolios, but I'm struggling with it and I keep changing my mind on my layouts! I'm just not satisfied with it yet . . . although I do feel like my ideas keep getting better (so that's a good sign, right?). Working on finalizing as many things as possible- resume, cover letter, design philosophy. I also still need to figure out how I want to place all of my work in the portfolios . . . Hoping to have lots of things ready to show on Thursday :)

Hello

To prevent forgetting I am updating today.
Ya. I want to just get the formatting done and then improve later instead of trying to complete everything at the same time, it just makes more sense that way.

I did forget

I went home because I started feeling light headed, but I did make some great progress. I set out how all of the folio's will look and I just might be able to have some great stuff to show next Thursday. Well ...back to work.

Someone please hit fast-forward!

Is the quarter over yet? I just need to come up with an idea that works and I like so I can move on with my portfolio. I've been working on my portfolio and wasting hours perfecting ideas that I don't end up using. Although talking to classmates, sounds like I'm not the only one.

Im slowly advancing.

I am having a hard time figuring out how to place my work in a consistent manner.

I have been working on my web site, i took some time off the portfolio because i was getting too overwhelmed with the layouts. As I develop my web site I am getting a better perspective on how my portfolio feel should look like.

workin through this food coma

hello,
still making more progress on my portfolio. I 've got the general layout down and have began placing my work. I've made changes to my resume and updated the headings i want to include.
i finally feel/see my work becoming more cohesive. yay!
happy cinco de mayo everyone :D

THEMES

Honestly, I'm having a real hard time with my process book and portfolio. I can't stick with one theme, I have so many themes and I'm all over the place I'm not consistent at all and I know I need to be. I'm having such a hard time being motivated to get going. I've been putting things together of things I've done in printmaking and this class and hopefully I can come u with a theme.

And a capital day to you good sir/madame.

This past week I have been refining my design statement and resume. In addition to this i have been working on the construction of my finalized logo. I plan on locking myself in an internet capable room for many moons this weekend in an attempt to accomplish many goals.





byee :D

The gears of productivity go "click"

This week has been slow-going, but I'm still making progress. I decided on my cover for the portfolio and its general layout as well. I'm still working on the layout, but the cover is more or less finished. My resume is done, and I've been applying for a bunch of jobs, in hopes that I'll get an interview for the class.

That's about it for now. Have a good day everyone!

working

I have been working on my resume. I am trying to fine tune the wording and describe my past work experience. I have collected some professional work that I have developed as a layout artist. Next, I need to weed through the pieces and pick the best options to show in the professional portfolio.

finishing up

ive been working on designing my resume. its almost done, and its not too fancy which i like that about it. I have also been working on the different projects that i will use for my professional portfolio. Some of them will be the same as the academic portfolio, but i am also going to use stuff that i have done for TARGET, Empire Parts, and Cash & Advance.

Out With the Old, In With the New

I have started working on my professional portfolio and am thinking more about my web presence. I was having trouble finding/figuring out a grid that would work with my current format, so I've decided to try something new on my professional portfolio. I'm keeping the same fonts and color scheme, so I think the three portfolios will still work together, but I still may end up re-structuring my process book . . . It will be more work in the end but I know I'll be more satisfied with it.

In some ways I feel like I'm back in the research phase of my process, which is very frustrating- but hey, this is a learning process :)

I'm Stuck

Reworking my logo and concept is not going very well. Once I get past this phase it should all be down hill right?

Updated Web Portfolio

I updated my web portfolio. The color scheme is lighter (it's much sleeker now), the degree/skills/biography section is updated, and it's now streamlined to where it only showcases my graphics skills. Before I had also mentioned music work, but decided it only cluttered the portfolio and made it less effective.

If you remember before, I had a section called "Junk Drawer" in which I put random photos, paintings, drawings, and photo manipulation. I decided to scrap that and put an Apparel Design section in its place. I'm much happier with the result.

If you're interested in checking it out, click here.

The next step is actually securing a domain name. As I mentioned before, LauraBurk.com is taken, but LauraBurk.net and LauraBurk.co are available. I'm worried that people will see LauraBurk.co and automatically think it's a typo, and try to go to .com before realizing that it isn't. What do you guys think?

wth

Honestly just a work in progress, lil bit of this, lil bit of that.. not much to say. Get er done

Finally

The final version of my portfolio (jacket?) is done. I think it turned out really nice. I also reworked my resume. I feel like i am finally starting to get somewhere.

5.5

I tried to redesign my portfolio and everything, but I cant stopping thinking my original idea. I dont know why I couldnt focus on my works. I think I need a new logo to instead these squares. I designed a new layout of my portfolio, but still I am working on it.

Changing my look

So far I've been working on my professional portfolio and my web presence. It took me awhile to actually choose it but I think I've got the look I want for my web presence. I know its going to take a lot of work but I'll have my web presence up and running by next week. I wanted a different look for my professional portfolio from my academic one and I hope I'm going in the right direction.

WORKIN HARD

UMMM. NOTHING HAS CHANGED TOO MUCH STILL DOING THE SAME THINGS SUCH AS WORKING ON MY PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO, ITS LOOKIN GOOD SO FAR, I KINDA LIKE THE LAYOUT. MY WEB PRESENCE IS ALMOST DONE AS WELL. I STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO DO HERE AND THERE BUT I'LL BE FINE. THATS ALL FOLKS

Looking to be creative

After almost finishing my academic portfolio and be being pretty much done with my process books. I am looking for a way to make my professional portfolio stand out but still look like all my books came from the same person. I think I have a few good ideas and Im starting to work with them to see how they would pan out in real life. So as of class tomorrow I will be working on my professional portfolio and making it spiffy :)

Peace Out Cub Scout....

better late than never

today I came late to class, i've been working non-stop since the last class, have restarted my portfolio many times and finally feel like i'm going in the right direction. i'm hoping after printing today, i can still make some improvements. next thursday is haunting me!

finally gaining direction

actually made some headway over the weekend with my academic portfolio. I have a better idea of what i want it to look like as far as style and layout and i'm workin toward that goal. i've also made more progress on my process book.

REDESIGN

Over the weekend i thought of how I want my professional portfolio to look like. I dont want to do one solid color, I want to be more created and come up with a cover that will catch peoples eyes. One problem..... I cannot come out with anything. I am also working on my resume. I decided to design it and make it stand out. other than that, I have been working on the rest of my professional portfolio, and on my process book.

I CANT BELIEVE ITS WEEK 5 ALREADY

Ahhh!!!!!!!!!

almost forgot.

I am in class reading a book about grid design because my portfolio is not organized at all. I hope the learning material helps. i feel alot better about the directions of my portfolios. Still not to the point where I want to show them off but....ya.

Going Online

I figured out exactly what I'm going to do for my web site. I found a host with great templates but now I just need to wait a couple days to get the money. I'm now 99% done with my academic portfolio.

same story, diff day

Ive had some stuff going on and havent really got as much as I wanted done. I do have my web presence forum down, just need to finalize it. Now just back to everything else I been workin on, I want to focus on my biz cards, but keep wanting to work on everything at once, this is overwhelming.

I redid the layout for my academic portfolio. I decided to use Infinite Bloom as the official name for my portfolios. I redid the logo by creating a peacock/flower. The flower will be the main design element for my portfolio. I feel that I am still behind but I feel that I have the hardest part done, my identity.

On the right track . . .

I'm making progress, but I'm still not as far along as I had hoped to be at this point. I wanted to be finished with at least my Process Book, but I'm still inserting pictures and finalizing my comments. I know how I want my Academic Portfolio to look so I feel like that's a good sign, and I have ideas for my business cards, etc. that will tie in with the portfolios.

I also figured out a way to fix my portfolio layout so I won't have a strange right justified text box (thanks to everyone who commented on that last week!) This week(end) I'm really going to focus on my cover pages. I need to find something that makes them all unique but also unifies them.

Stage 1 1/2 ://

This weekend i started working on my web presence and still trying to come up with a cover for my portfolio that "says" something about me. I never thought it would be so difficult to respond the question..."what does it say about you?"

Also I'm still remaking some projects for the portfolio and trying to decide what to include on my professional portfolio.

Project Layouts and Corsages

Yup, still working on the 'folio. I'm working on project layouts at this point, trying not to make it look too much like a yearbook. Although I'll probably still vote myself "Most Likely to Succeed".

Who's gonna take me to prom?

LATELY

WELL I'VE BEEN PRETTY BIZZY LATELY WITH OTHER THINGS BUT I'VE MANAGED TO GET SOMETHINGS DONE. I'VE ADDED A COUPLE THINGS TO MY WEB PRESENCE, I STILL HAVE MORE TO ADD THO. I HAVE THE FORMAT FOR MY PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO, I STILL WANT TO SEE A COUPLE MORE EXAMPLES OF WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE SO I CAN HAVE A GOOD IDEA TOWARD THE DIRECTION I WANT TO GO. WELL THATS ALL FOR NOW. BACK TO WORK

TOO MUCH!

After last class, I had a lot to do. I was going the wrong way with the process book. With work it's really hard to get things done. I have redo my process book and redo my logo, because no initial are allowed. I've been spending so much time retouching my other projects that I really don't have an idea on how I want my process book to look like. I'm thinking shapes, but I don't know. I have so much to do, I'm starting to stress out between this class the other two, work and my son I'm starting to feel like this will be a challenge for me.

Until next time.

Things are looking up!!!!

Since last class, I reworked my process book and I am now only missing a few photos I need to take. I also finished my process book :) whoo hoo!!!!!!

I decided to keep the process book and academic portfolio fairly similar, I changed the accent colors and the size to make them different. But the over all look is fairly similar.

I plan to work on my professional portfolio and change the look to show off two different styles. I want my web presence and professional portfolio to look  similar.

I feel like as of right now I am ready to work on the second part of the project a keep on track. Good to know that I'm not falling behind... at least I don't think so :)