Portfolio Inspirations

Hello! I've just realized that my last post was on April (wow).
Between now and then, a long summer has passed and
I've become a senior in college, which means it's time to get
ready for the real world! (the fun stuff! I want to look at it as..)
The first step I'm taking is prepare my portfolio and
making sure it looks as perfect and professional as possible.
Since my portfolio is a reflection of who I am as a designer
it is important to organized it in a way which it will leave
a good impression on the viewer. Speaking of impression,
often times first impression can almost determine
something's overall impression. In other words, first impression,
or the moment you step into the interview room should
not be underestimated. In order to stand out from the beginning
of the portfolio review, we have learned in class that
having a portfolio bag/case/box that's unique is critical.
So I've done some research and listed some of the portfolio
containers that would inspire me on finding the right one for me.

custom made portfolio case 1

custom made portfolio case 2

digital portfolio case

aluminum portfolio case

Introducing "Eggie"!

Today, (instead of working on my project)
I randomly came up with these characters,
and while I was drawing them, Morgan, my friend asked me
if it was a some kind of "Eggie"!
I was quite surprised and wondered if Morgan
secretly knew how to speak Korean,
since Eggie, (or Aaggie) is a word used to call babies in Korean!
Of course, she meant that they looked like eggs
but why not name them "Eggie" since it perfectly fits the character :)

(Click to see a larger view)

101 Things Designers Can do to save the Earth

With the interest of going "Green" constantly growing
at every corner of the world,I was searching for how designers can
support it and found this cool web page that lists 101 things
(and more!) we can do as a designer.
Although not all of them may specifically apply to graphic design,
there are some cool tips on how you can think
in a new way while being earth-friendly.


here's the link

Inspirations for calendar project

http://blog.digitalroom.com/30-delightful-calendar-designs/

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/simple-numbers-complicated-dates-49-innovative-calendars/

Postcard design final

These are my final 12 postcards that I designed for my Imaging class. I was to design each postcard according to the 12 random words that were given. Also, out of 12 postcards, half of them had to denotative and the other had to be connotative. Along with that, 4 of them had to be montage, collage and patterns. We did not had to have a specific theme for this project but I decided to have one to give my postcards a sense of unity. This year marks the 40th anniversary of celebrating the Earth day, and I thought this would be a perfect theme for my project since it'll allow me to design something that's creative while containing a meaningful message.

Cool websites of the day :)

1) The Dieline
(I'm not sure if there should be a space between die and line;)
This is a website that contains bunch of amazing packaging designs

2) Plushism
This is more like arts & crafts, but
this lady makes her own camera, cell phone, card cases
and they're super cute-

Tutorial9_Adv.GD : Glowing Type

For me, this is the coolest tutorial so far.

It was easy to follow yet had many tricks to learn-

Dealing with so many layers seemed like a challenge

but the tutorial also showed me some tips on how to manage them.

Here's the link!