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What a GREAT idea. I don’t think that would work for me though.. i stress myself out about lists and things. I found out that if i don’t plan things, things seem to go a lot better for me.. Like my plan NOT to be an artist… turned into exactly that.. Me being an artist for a living (well, ALMOST but still)
So I wasnt going to make a ressolution this year either.. but i caved. My resolution this year is to really amp up my blog. I want to post three times a week and really post a lot more personal pictures or more project based posts.. not so much randomness.
My other goal (not QUITE a resolution) is to do more personal art projects, maybe get something into a gallery around here.
» Posted By Lindsay On January 10, 2010 @ 4:07 pm
You’re going to get sick of me talking about portfolios.
It depends on what you mean by “together”
Right now I have my blog and my portfolio kinda together. People can get from one to the other because they are linked together in the navigation, but the designs are completely different. My portfolio website is also not even CLOSE to done (keep getting paid projects that get in the way – not that I am complaining)
Also, I like to have a portfolio site because I would like to use my portfolio site as a way to highlight my web design capabilities. My blog is just a way to chat about things that interest me. Since you are not a web designer (are you?) you don’t really need to show off your web design work, so you dont nessecarily NEED IT..
My suggestion to you is, if you ARE going to put a portfolio right into your blog, i would redesign the blog to really SCREAM your style. I would also work very hard on creating a nice way to display your work instead of just a basic wordpress gallery.
There is nothing wrong with blogging about your professional life – you do have to be careful about what you speak about though. You never want to “vent” about clients.. or talk about how you got wasted over the weekend.. and you really want to be careful even about talking about how stressed you are because it might turn some people off from hiring you for big jobs. Its all a balancing act.
online portfolios are great, but they can be less extensive than a printed on (in my opinion) because you can use the website itself as a portfolio piece. If you don’t know much about websites, i suggest you hire a developer. You can create a mock up in illustrator and a coder can put it into motion for you. This is how I build my websites and it creates for a LOT of flexibility design wise. IF you try and code it first you will get lost in the technical side.
The other problem about blogs when you are a professional is that even if the websites are completely different with a completely unqiue domain name, people will find it. You might have twittered about something on the blog from your personal account, our posted a link to your blog from facebook.. Even linking the two websites together on advertising networks could tip people off.
My suggestion, since you already have an existing blog that seems pretty busy is.. Just link them both and be aware of what you speak about.
If you were starting from scratch, you could easily separate the two by creating separate accounts for everything and never mentioning your REAL name, email address, or other accounts on the blog.. but again, since you have been blogging for a while, you can’t REALLY do that
» Posted By lindsay On November 28, 2009 @ 3:10 pm
Pina Zangaro is like the standard in graphic design portfolios. they are expensive, but they are worth it. When i designed my first portfolio i searched EVERYWHERE for a cheaper alternative. Luckily i live near yale and there is an AMAZING art store that cropped up for the yalies in art classes. They had every brand possible of portfolios and nothing compared to the acrylic cover Pina Zangaro portfolios.
You can even get the covers screen printed with your own logo, date, and designs.
There is no reason why you can’t have multiple portfolios for different clients, but there is always that ONE design that you wish you could remove. The pina portfolios let you do that because they have a screw post and sheet protectors.
I’ll upload pics of mine and post them on my blog. I’ll let youi know when they are up
» Posted By lindsay On November 22, 2009 @ 10:49 am
I also think your work is great.. and the portfolio is also VERY nice.. There is only one issue with the blurb books that I have found – they do not lay flat. So over time, they are going to get very haggard.. AND you cant remove and add pages.
For a first portfolio, its great !! And the work is amazing.. I really should get some photos of my portfolio up. I just have a digital download of mine on my blog. We used the Pina Zangaro 11 x 17 and i like it because it lays flat and i can add an remove pages at will.
There is always that one piece that you get sick of looking at – i wanna be able to remove it
» Posted By lindsay On November 22, 2009 @ 5:17 am
Its really freaky how much they look alike. I mean, i saw this picture and was like “How took a picture of my cat and used it as their own?!”
They must somehow be long lost cousins or something. I know they are not brother/sister (Fuffooey is a girl) because I had all of her litter mates in my house.. the momma is my chili cat (shes a LARGE calico)
Anyways, she is my little buddy. She follows me EVERYWHERE. As a matter of fact, she is sitting on the desk staring at me with those eyes.. those judging eyes
» Posted By lindsay On November 18, 2009 @ 3:11 am
OMG.. your cat looks JUST LIKE MINE!! My cat’s name is fuffuffooey.. Fooey for short (if you listen to howard stern you will get it a little better)
Anyways.. it is SCARY how much these two look alike. Down to the weird coloring on their backs. Its like a mix of tortiseshell with some tiger and calico. REALLY REALLY funny. They even have the same grouchy face!
heres the pictures:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c391/lindsayanng/fuffooey.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c391/lindsayanng/fuffooey1.jpg
» Posted By lindsay On November 16, 2009 @ 12:59 pm
«« Back To Stats Pagewe do photography AND graphic design and we usually use BLURB as a way to create our photo books, I never really thought of using it for a graphic design portfolio
Right now, for our graphic design portfolio, we are using the Pina Zangaro covers with the removable pages. it does definitely make it easier to take out some of the work you have become tired of and add new pages.. I guess thats the only downfall of using a blurb book.
» Posted By lindsay On November 16, 2009 @ 12:52 pm