Single page CV

I created my single page pdf CV by condensing the pages 2 and 3 of my portfolio into one page. I am uploading this today. Happy with the look and feel of it - professional yet different, hopefully it will stand out from the crowd.

Acrobat pdf's

I have wrapped up on my portfolio for now...I have 14 complete pages.....I have started creating pdfs and reducing their size.

Old front and back covers - I tried these out but felt my new designs work better

Portfolio taking shape

I am tidying up some images and writing the copy for my portfolio. So far I have 14 pages.....a lot of the other portfolios seem to be 20 pages.....I can easily get up to this but I think after today I better take a break from it for a while and concentrate on other pages....I will then have more designs to fill my pages with. I will upload all other links to moodle except the final finished portfolio. I will do that closer to the deadline.

Adobe stock

I signed up to Adobe stock today to get computer, laptop, ipad and mobile phone graphics to use as placeholders for my designs. I think they look really good on my pages. I have put geometric print folios on now also....I had originally planned to have a really grey looking retro portfolio but I'm liking the colour mixed in. It looks better in my opinion. I created all of my icons from scratch. I hope that people looking at this for the first time will be impressed. I'm sure that if future employers with a design background will recognise the level of work that I have put into this.

Geometric design

I created this in Illustrator today. I am quite proud of it....I will use this for the front and back covers. I already had a computer screen image for my front and back but I will go with my re-design. I think it looks more arty.

Layout

I have gotten my basic templates sorted out. I have 14 pages at the moment. This may grow depending on what else I put in there. I need to find out where I get images of computers etc in Illustrator, I seen them in templates section of Illustrator once before but can't seem to find them now. I learned an important lesson today, that I need to make sure I SAVE all the time. I lost some work I did yesterday but thankfully am back on track.

Pages 2-3

I have made some good headway on pages 2 and 3 today, I created logos from scratch as the logos I found online were a bit low res. I created a timeline and edited a world map also. I feel like the portfolio is starting to look good and I am becoming more sure of the direction I am going with it. I am going with a retro feel for my whole portfolio. I am still deciding on whether or not I will introduce geometric shapes but for now I will get the bulk of the work done as best I can.

I installed Gotham font family on my computer which I am going to use in portfolio and have also made headway on my front and back covers.

Portfolio

We got our Portfolio assignment a few days ago. I have been doing a lot of research. I will be doing an original design as I believe that as a designer it's important to be original but also be inspired by other's designs.

Behance.net

I really like the sleekness of these designs:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/10013903/Thulfiqar-Ali

Love the use of colour in this portfolio, I plan on using shades of grey with blues and greens to make it pop, blue and green pops of colour:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/21369853/Nadhil-Rahman-Resume

What I like about this portfolio is the use of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop logos, I think they look good in grey:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/15292429/My-portfolio-compiled-in-2014

I really like this typeface and the geometric design behind it. I am toying with the idea of using a new font and a geometric design in my portfolio:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/26796663/Kano-Typeface-(Free-Font)

I like this pencil logo, I plan on using images in the background on my pages:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/33328581/Logo-design-Media-La-Vida-(freetime-project)

Very impressed by thes infographics, I will use infographics on pages 2 and 3 of my portfolio:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/20589523/Infographics

I like the general feel of this portfolio and will strive to create a similar style, I want to re-create the sleekness and geometric designs:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/37106349/Darragh-Hughes-Portfolio-2016

Special mentions

While researching and looking up the best design portfolio websites I came across 'the geek designer' and was wowed by his use of colour and imagery. I am really inspired by this website:

http://thegeekdesigner.com/

Issuu.com

Love the general feel and style of Joshua's portfolio, the use of colour and clean style, my aim is to re-create a similar portfolio to this where the images are embedded in the computer screens:
https://issuu.com/joshuaoshea/docs/portfolio_done

I really love David's portfolio and I aim to create something on this level, clean and sleek:
https://issuu.com/davidmorris79/docs/new

Love everything about Darragh's this portfolio, it is really impressive. I plan on a similar format:
https://issuu.com/darraghofarrell/docs/merged_document_3

I really like Fiona's final three pages, her level of detail is really good on these pages:
https://issuu.com/fionakiely/docs/fk_portfolio

I plan on using a similar colour scheme to Neal's here:
https://issuu.com/nealcrowley/docs/portfolio-neal_crowley

This is one of my favourite portfolios, particularly pages 2 and 3, she includes a world map and Jenna also includes a quote that I believe in also: 'Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life', I think that this is a really positive addition to a portfolio and would be attractive to potential employers, I might use a world map to illustrate where I have worked and travelled also and maybe even a positive quote:
https://issuu.com/jennabarry/docs/multimedia_portfolio