PDF folio crit
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- itstimefortea0
Really nice work man. Good stuff.
If you were looking to take stuff out I think you could get rid of:
• Page 12: The Otesha Book
• Page 19: 15 Love
• Page 27: Air TransatI think its better if the pdf is a bit of a teaser. Then when you're at an interview face to face, you can show them some work they've never seen before.
- aanderton0
Can't fault it really, quality work.
Perhaps slightly higher res images, or download links to higher res images in there somehow. That'd be my only gripe.
- LOKi0
yeah, these are both relevant concerns.
I do think pdfs are a useful portfolio tool, allows employers to keep a catalogue, makes it simple for me to print, etc. this isn't to say I won't develop a simple portfolio site in the future (just haven't gotten around to it yet).
As for cutting down the work, I'd like to do that while still showing my versatility and push the type of work I want to do. What would people cut? can I get a consensus on the weakest work?
thanks!
- Nutter0
Really nice work and well laid out. I do agree there is a bit too many projects and kind of expected it to end with the logo's for the different clients. Might also want to mix up the order a bit so not all web projects are after each other. But nice work, you're lucky you got that much to chose from.
- hellojeehae0
its so big. there's around 30 pages. I would pick your best 15 at max.. if you are planning to send it via email.
- Christa0
It's too heavy and gave me a download error
why a pdf?
- LOKi0
bump. need more feedback.
- meffid0
May finish on a contact page again.
- meffid0
I love PDF folio's. Only gripe would be file size.
This is brimming with awesome content, fucking awesome.
Well done.
- Fax_Benson0
Some fantastic work in there. Maybe have a couple of smaller versions tailored to whoever you might be sending it to?
- LOKi0
yup, all mine, though obviously in some instances working with various collaborators. Web stuff is my day job, but I'd much rather be doing crazy type stuff...
Thanks for the kind comments, I was expecting to get ripped apart!
- fredddddd0
Is all the stuff yours? So many different styles. Def see Carson in there.
- utopian0
Lovely work LOKi...
- LOKi0
@chalk, I agree, what would you cut?
- chalk0
Good stuff! My only critique is that maybe there's just a little too much work being shown?
- LOKi0
thanks all, I'm going to re-upload with a higher res version soon, once I cut it down and swap some old work. The problem with the web screenshots is that though I could increse their size for web viewing , for the print version, I can't really get away with making them any larger without fuggly pixelisation.
And I'm too lazy to make two versions, heh.
- Serious? This one was 6mb. Nice stuff in there, though. Good hustle.Andrew_D
- fyoucher10
Love it.
Needs an index page though or a way to navigate through the PDF since its so long. (Some folks might view PDF's in the browser and Acrobat's thumbnails view looks like crap).
Take advantage of Acrobats features (if you have Acrobat Professional). Make it similar to a real HTML website. Have an index page with thumbnails and make the thumbnails go to specific pages in the PDF (or a similar type of navigation of some sort).
Look up creating a "destination link" in Acrobat's Help.
- ukit0
It looks good man. Only thing I would say is with the web pieces, you don't get a very good sense of the design with those small images. Might want to consider dropping the iMac/ Macbook frames and just showing a larger screen with the four thumbs to the right.
- vitamins0
I like the page with the macbook air. So cool, and futuristic.
- Continuity0
You have some really solid stuff in there, mate.