Now we jump into the new and exciting chapter concerning "Books about portfolios", putting "Building Design Portfolios: Innovative Concepts for Presenting Your Work" in the spotlight. Written by Sara Eisenman, this starts off by going into what you should be using to present your portfolio. I applaud her in this decision, because nothing else really matters if the person you're showing it to loses interest by simply looking at it. My favorite portfolio case out of all that she listed was on page 27, number 6 for those of you who have access to the book. It's a black case made of linen with retractable chrome handles. Seems fitting for some of the work that I create and my overall style. I do have a black and white wolf logo after all.
The first thing that caught my eye with this book was the way that it's case worked. It's got a very nifty fold over that, while a little awkward when the book is open, closes it nicely and protects it from the elements. It's a very clean design that helps it hold up very well to weathering.
The bits that she's gone into so far has made me sit back and think a bit as to how I want to design my portfolio overall, and once again what I need to be doing to get everything printed out and happy. I'm thinking possibly print for my alternative portfolio, but we'll see when the time comes which would turn out to be more beneficial.
In "Designing a Digital Portfolio", it seemed odd to be thinking about some of the things they were going over, seeing as I've never really had to deal with them myself. I can't say that I've thought about digitizing anything from a VHS anytime...well....ever. I'm sure I'll look back on this someday and be like "Oh, right", but until then, a lot of this just seems so far away.
Overall it's been a bit of a crazy semester, but I'm looking to get my blog postings much more squared away than they have been, which means picking up where I left off and getting these to where they should be. I'm finally happy with my logo, and I've got a solid design for my website that, despite my efforts, reminds me why I'm not going specifically into web design. Dreamweaver doesn't so much weave my dreams as it takes them, eats them, then spits them into the sun.
This is also perhaps one of the funniest things of all time. Riverdance for life.
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