Portfolio Reviews 2

The second round of preliminary portfolio reviews will begin in March.

• March 1, Wed.
• March 6, Mon.
• March 8, Wed.
• then we head into Spring Break that weekend

All students are required to submit the following for at least one class day, March 1, 6, and/or 8:

• design and/or illustration that has been revised, these can be composed in your folio layout, or as loose PDF or JPEG, or other singular images
• revised layout of portfolio, especially with type, grid, and hierarchy improvements made since round one folio reviews
• website portfolio should be a designed site done in Squarespace or your chosen content-management system, and it need not be public (we'll discuss this in class)
• PDF as spreads for print content
• functioning website, with a URL and operational links, interaction

This work counts as 25 points towards the 50 points in Portfolio Review 2.

• 5 points, use of grid system to organize 16 works (or slug for temporary identification)
• 5 points, use of size and space to create hierarchy, unity & variety
• 5 points, typographic hierarchy and labeling of content
• 5 points, progress made towards completed folio
• 5 points, formatting, presentation, following directions

The second and final component for Portfolio Review 2 is forthcoming. See the class syllabus for a complete list of point values, and how they factor into your final grade.

Student Works for Show Website

Preliminary review Feb. 15

Your Work: Select three (3) illustration or design pieces that will appear on the show website. Each image should stand alone in one layout, and work well when viewed small.

All three works should be different and they should all say something about you as an illustrator or designer. The three works you select need to be formatted as:

1. JPEG or PNG
2. RGB
3. Highest Quality, No Compression
4. 72dpi
5. Landscape format of 1024-1280 pixels in the widest dimension; but dimensions haven't been established yet, so for now get the work on Turnstile2 even as a hi-res PDF, TIFF, JPEG, or PNG and we will size it later

Your Bio: Revise your third-person biography for the show website, telling readers about you, your work, and your goals. Aim for 2-3 sentences, but if you can write more, 3-5 would work well too.

Your Headshot: This is still open: Will it be a photograph or illustration of each student?

Put your three images and also your bio (as a TXT or DOCX) on the class Turnstile_2 folder.

Participation, meeting deadlines, and following directions for this work will count toward your Show Participation points.

Photography How-To

Sampling of how-to videos for photographing your work.

Photography with One Softbox

How To Photograph A Beer Bottle/Product Photography

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Guide on how to do product photography on the cheap

Product Photography Tutorial using tabletop continuous lighting

Prodigy: iPhone for Studio Photography

Prodigy: Studio Photography from Beginner to Professional