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- stringbean
this may have been posted before (although I didn't find very much), but :
when you are printing you work out in sheets for your book (for your Pina or homemade book) do you just bring some nice Mowhawk Semi-Coated 80# (or what have you) to Kinko's and say 'print this' or do you go to a nice offset printer and print off like, 500 ?
dumb question i suppose but Kinko's tends to mess things up.
sorry/thanks in advance.
- kroma0
I tried printing business cards there once, but the idiot didn't know how to cut a perpendicular line
- neue75_bold0
Usually they are quite strict about using stock they don't carry...
- gramme0
Kinkos is notorious for poorly calibrated printers, which could kill even the sexiest portfolio.
I went to an upscale copy shop here in STL, it's actually an offset co. that also has a nice Xerox w/ fiery rip. They let me choose the paper too. Fast turnaround also.
- gramme0
cost me $120 to print 2 copies of an 18 pg. 8.5 x 11 full color PDF.
- ********0
if you're going to go to kinkos go real late at night. most of the dudes working at that time could give a shit. (in my experience).
DON'T go to anyone over 35 who looks like they actually take their job seriously.
i used to go in there late night all the time and shoot the shit with the guys. i'd take in my own stock and everything.
your best bet may be a real deal printer. drop some cash and get it done professionally.
- gramme0
what he said ?
kona...you from Hawaii? Sorry, I'm sorta new here.
- ********0
no gramme. i just went there from the 30th-7th of this month.
great time.
stayed on oahu. i posted the pics around here somewhere.
look for the "aloha" thread i think.
- stringbean0
ahh kOna - good advice. . you sound street wise :)
gramme - i hadn't thought about an offset copier, i should make some calls. is $120 about standard for doing about 36 pages? mine is 52 pages.
actually, if anyone cares to crit it (no pressure), i'd love some insight on what is strong, what sucks, etc :
- gramme0
Jon:
My 2 cents. Like the overall layout. Very clean.
Best stuff: Forward Montana, 3rd Equity Angels logo, Forte Music School, Wee Boppers.
I'd recomment adding sketches to show process. I just scanned in pages from my sketchbook & cleaned them up for my portfolio.
I also rely heavily on real samples. Esp. if you have any stationery, books or posters you're proud of. People can't appreciate nice production values through a scaled down porfolio alone, though it is a necessity.
I always go for less in a portfolio. Your book is only as strong as the weakest piece. There are as many opinions on this as stars in the sky, but it's been my experience that 10-15 pieces is plenty. Even like 8 really solid projects is good. I personally have 11 in mine, not counting self-promo work.
still in progress, but you get the idear.
keep it up man....
- seed0
gramme, I'm in the STL area too. Nice to see another person from the area on NT.
- ********0
FedEx-Kinkos blows monkey @ss. Go to some smaller shop, chances are they know more anywho.
- seed0
I have heard people say they used similar paper for Pino books and wondered if they actually had them offset printed. Does that type of paper work well with laser?
- fullerc0
I thought the Equity Angels logo was the weakest.
Cut down the page size by consolidating some of the same themed work on the same page.
Remove drop shadows on the Halloween invite, It was giving me PDF problems.
You can buy a good inkjet and used a slower print speed and get just as good as results as kinkos.
Good Luck.
- fullerc0
"I'd recomment adding sketches to show process."
do you have any good example of this? I didn't see any in your portfolio.
- stringbean0
thanks for the response gramme - i like your work btw - clean and direct.
thanks for the comments. i had not thought about the sketchbook idea, although there are a lot of ideas in there.
i had thought about doing photos of my work but about 70% are vector and the rest are printed. so instead of having half vector and half photos, i just went all vector to be consistent.
but i think you're right about nixing some of the work, 52 pages is pretty big.
anyway, thanks and keep up the good work.
- stringbean0
just curious, fullerc - what computer/speed are you running when you looked at my booik?
at work i have a measely G3 and it does the thing i think you're talking about but at home on my G4 it's totally fine. but, i agree, the drop shadow is a bit much.
i had not thought about a inkjet - any recommendations?
thanks.
- ********0
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD,
DON'T GO TO KINKO'S!!!
(unless you want really badly printed shit with horrible colors etc.)
- antoine_1010
i think on page 25 there was a ripping problem with the pdf. the orange poster has a white box on where the shadow overlaps. you might need to export as a later pdf version. Or was the white box intended?
- gramme0
fullerc—
I only show sketches in my print portfolio. The website's more of a sampler. I also customize my book for each interview based on what pieces would be relevant to that specific co.
- tkmeister0
i'd rather buy a nice big inkjet printer and print at home. it's worth it if you gonna print often.