- Folio BLAD (book layout and design)
- DIFD students will present a mock-up of their website as a static (non-web) layout or as a framework they intend on using
- this is a preliminary look at how your portfolio will come together, and the way you will use a grid and typography to organize and present your work
- VCOM & ILLO BLAD designed as spreads in InDesign, exported as PDF in spreads, placed on Turnstile_2 in our VCOM578 folder
- DIFD site as non-web wireframe, layout, or other design as PDF, or web wireframe and grid-system viewable in a web browser
- these works will be reviewed and feedback will be shared with students
Goals: Order your works, as you would want them presented in your folio, with your best work first, and your best work last, sandwiching all other work in between. Use typography to create a small subheading that labels the work and smaller typography as a caption that describes the work. See prior examples on Turnstile_2.
Requirements: If you do not have a finalized work then you may use a slug, a placeholder. For example, if your thesis is not yet done, you can type THESIS on the page it will be appearing. If it will take two pages, put THESIS on both pages.
Layout:
- Use a grid, and have margins on each page
- Vary the size of your imagery, but have a consistent "shape table" or "shape scheme" when it comes to the size of your image boxes
- You can "flood" images across the page's gutter, so one image takes up two pages (the left and right), but keep in mind that things may get cut off when it's printed and bound
- Put things in context, especially if they are illustrations for a magazine, lay them out in a magazine composition so that we can see how they would work
- Think function first, and be sure that titles, subtitles, and captions are big enough to read, but not so big that they take attention away from your illustration and/or design
- Size of caption type can vary, depending on the font used, but as a rule of thumb, 7 points to 11 points is a good range to work in
- Use a grid, oh wait, I said that above in the first line, but this is a friendly reminder
Required Reading: See THE PORTFOLIO link cluster in the right sidebar menu.
This work counts as 25 points towards the 50 points in Portfolio Review 1.
- 10 points, use of grid system and organization of content
- 5 points, ordering of 16 works (or slug for temporary identification)
- 5 points, typographic hierarchy and labeling of content
- 5 points, formatting, presentation, following directions
