Category Archives: Level 4
Finalising my Portfolio.
Following the feedback from my tutorial with Theo, I wanted to start making my portfolio more creative. To do this I started by adding pops of colour that would compliment the work as well as using the master page to put my name at the left hand corner of every page, this is something IContinue reading “Finalising my Portfolio.”
Binding.
As the chapters within Frankenstein were so contrasting, when it came to binding my book I wanted to do something in which would show this. As David mentioned and I have researched before, I decided to bind my chapters side by side instead as one, so that the book opens in the middle with chapterContinue reading “Binding.”
Printing.
The process of printing my editorial and my book was something very familiar to me as I have previously worked full-time in a printers myself, so often dealt with work very similar to this. For both of my work it was important that I included a 3mm bleed and crop marks on all of theContinue reading “Printing.”
Open/Close: Final Hand in Spreads.
Final Alterations to Book Design – Open/Close.
To begin with my alterations to my book, I started of by focusing on the last chapter in which from my tutorial was pin pointed to need the most changes. Pace and tone were a big thing in which I wanted to start thinking about more within my design as it hadn’t been expressed thatContinue reading “Final Alterations to Book Design – Open/Close.”
Changing Faces Spreads: Final Hand In.
Final Alterations to Editorial – Changing Faces.
I found it a challenging task to push my editorial further to its final outcome. My feedback from my formative assessment was positive however to get myself into that higher mark, David mentioned that balance and contrast of elements was something that I needed to focus on more. Struggling with the concept of how muchContinue reading “Final Alterations to Editorial – Changing Faces.”
John&Jane Workshop.
To help build upon our portfolios, we had a workshop with Gareth Strange – one half of John&Jane. Gareth talking about how to build a successful portfolio before moving on to primary talk about self branding, which is something that will become essential to us and therefore this workshop was very beneficial. When talking aboutContinue reading “John&Jane Workshop.”
Portfolio Feedback.
I found my group tutorial with Theo very helpful as it cleared my head for the type of portfolio I needed to produce. All three of us within the tutorial had produced a similar type of portfolio to show Theo so all our feedback was very similar and benefitted all of us a lot. TheoContinue reading “Portfolio Feedback.”
