Selfie | Portfolio

The top image is prepared for upload to my portfolio. The lower one is the original. I shot both of these using my 500d and a desk lamp held in front of my face. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out but I would have rather shot with more light.

Portfolio | Mock up

Portfolio site | Inspiration

I want to have a minimalistic looking website for my portfolio. I am allowed to use tumblr templates for this and i think it would be wise for me to do so considering we aren’t marked on our coding for this project.

I’ve found some inspirational website and posted them below. One of the ones I’ve posted below is of the Spotify Discover page. I think the layout works well. All the posts are close together but none are the same size. It allows for captions to be different lengths without ruining the containing elements form. If i can find a theme that’s similar to this I would be pleased. I am however, going to be using a lighter shade than black. I would like to imitate the header i made for my responsive website in first year. The image went into a gradient and then into the block colour for the rest of the site. This is a trait i’d like to continue. 

Here is a screenshot of my responsive site header, and the discover page on google. Imagine the discover page as being white and then you will be able to see the kind of mock up look i'm going for. Maybe in my next post i will put together a mockup. 

Branding | PT2

Unfortunately my design was rejected after much deliberation. I will admit I was being a bit arrogant and thought it would get chosen. 

Dan Mole was selected to do branding, but that was soon dropped as the majority of class voted for Jess. Her branding is really different, quirky and fun. I’m glad her’s was selected although there were other strong contenders. 

Here's one of the logos Jess came up with:

Branding | PT1

As part of this personal and professional assignment I’ve got to design a branding style for the show. 

In the previous post I discussed how our class has opted to go with the name i came up with - dots per inch. I’m really glad it got chosen and i think the concept was well liked by everyone in the class.

I mixed up the branding styles between two names - RGB and Dots Per Inch. I used RGB colours for the dots and the “D”, “P” and “I”. This works really well in my opinion. It keeps it all relevant.

Here’s my first logo attempt, and the full poster design. 

Work Submitted | pt2

A few posts ago I wrote about my disappointment regarding the print work i'd submitted for the show. Since then i've made a new piece. It utilises my design and photographic skills, a far more accurate representation of myself. I also feel its a more professional looking piece overall.

Here's the final print:

Final 2nd year project | End of Year Show!

We've been issued our end of year project, in which we as a class have to put on a show to exhibit our work. Shameless self promotion will happen during this no doubt but we need to get used to it.

Our first few classes on this project were productive but stressful. I've been appointed Admin and budget. I will be working alongside Andrew and Alessandro for the months running up to the show. As a class we worked out the schedule and have a name for the show; "Dots per inch". This name came from myself whilst we were bouncing around different technical aspects of our work. RGB was another we came up with. However "Really Good Bullsh*t" didn't quite cut it with the management team so we scrapped it. 

I'm pretty excited at this current time. Unfortunately i know some people are going to be a real strain on our whole team and cause problems. Some of whom already have...

I look forward to seeing Dan's final designs for the shows banners, posters and flyers. But right now I'm just enjoying having some time off! Essay is stressful.