Pinterst

So I've started up on Pinterst and regret not doing this sooner. Its absolutely amazing and has become so useful. I have always been a bit silly, found some work i'd like, note it down or save the image and lose the original source, which I have always found I've needed. With this, I can quickly pin something I like and find it again so easily! Its also got me feeling a lot more creative and on board, Its making life a little bit more organised.

OUPD301 - Briefing

When booking job consider:

PI insurance

Purchase order - Ask for one

Talk money early, don't be shy

Terms and conditions, provide basics for client

Do some work for free, if its beneficial to you, if it promotes your work and reputation

Copyright your work

Payment - Some up front? Staged payments?

Price quotes for both work and amendments


Assessment:

Presentation 50 %
Design presence portfolio 50 %

Presentation - 7 - 10 minutes
Progression, activities, reflection, self evaluation, work / skills developed, industrial experience 

Design presence:

Print based portfolio
'Samples of work' PDF
Online presence
Personal Branding -CV, Business Cards, stationary

Portfolio - Focus on you and your focused subject

21st Jan - Portfolio Assessment week
14 / 15th April - Assessed presentations
29th May - Module Deadline

Additional personal work for portfolios - What else? Etsy? Penguin book cover competitions

TO DO:

Attend more craft fairs
Organise event
Self initiated work - Produce more for Etsy
Produce better Mail out
Contact more studios

What I want out of this year...Task

ANNOTATE

Business Cards and Promotional Piece

My new business cards haven't arrived yet so I quickly printed one at uni. My idea for the promotional piece was to showcase a lot of my work, in a minimal way, I've made the product small, so it can be hand held, holding just clips of my work, to give viewers just a snippet of my work. The front and back hold my business card design, in the form of a sleeve and front and back cover. It is held together with a bulldog clips, to give viewers pieces of separate artwork as well as a whole.

Etsy - Sales picking up

I set up my Etsy a good 6 months ago and found it very difficult to achieve sales, I had no purchase made within this time and it was getting pretty depressing! But I did finally manage to make my first sale after promoting myself through Facebook, Twitter, friends and family. Since my first sale i've only made one other, but you have to start somewhere I guess! I intend on attending a lot more craft fairs for further promotion of my work.

My Etsy Site: www.Etsy.com/shop/SLouises

Loving Type too much...

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Typography-lover/5142265

One day, I want to be able to do something like this...

Promotional Concertina Mailout

One of the Tasks for wednesday, was to pin up a promotional piece you had for yourself. I hadn't yet had the chance to design any form of mail out so decided this an opportunity to create something which I could potentially send out to potential companies and clients I'd like to visit / go on work placement / work for. I have created a simple concertina book which shows snippets of a range of my work over the time I've been at University. It has a Business Card quality, containing all the design elements, colour and design my business card has (consistency between products). This will fold up to be able to fit in a standard envelope, with a little room, I do want to try a few other designs, this has been put together simply for wednesday, but its a start.

Inside

Outside