Honest is out the door
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- gavindayyy0
didn't Don't Panic packs do this recently?
- gavindayyy0
I like it matey. I guess when the shit hits the fan it just comes down to the fact that your work has to be up to scratch to be worthy of being on a poster (i.e. out of the portfolio setting and onto something more). I would say if you're careful with where you send these and how you go about it, the price is just something you have to get over.
- uberdesigner_0
just rip it off. nobody cares
- honest0
to be honest, I imagine receiving a tube in the mail and trying to unroll the poster, not having it lay flat, getting frustrated, then throwing it into the trash.
Unless you were a respected poster designer of course.
kyl3
(Aug 12 06, 09:47)Why would I want to mail my portfolio? I'd be carrying with me to the interview dummy!
I receive Corbis mailings all the time and no matter how big or how colourful they are they suck. So of course I'm gonna bring the damn thing with me.
Have you not heard the stories about how crap Royal Mail is in the uk? Banks don't even use the national mail service as it's not safe or reliable, they use private mailing companies!
Anyway, the poster is in production. I'll keep y'all posted on how I'm doing it with for job hunting.
- sherman0
make posters to sell us and pay for your portfolio. im moving into a new house and need some wall coverings.
yes its worth it.
- honest0
my portfolio isn't wallpaper, i advise cutting out magazine covers to make a mosaic if you're short on wall coverings.
- tkmeister0
whatver works. if you see the potential impact, that's a future investment. you are paying for your future.
good luck, man!
- Engage0
its nothing new though is it really?
- kyl30
itt would still be good to be able to add and remove projects depending on the job. and even if your there to unroll it, then what, You're going to borrow dudes stapler and coffee mugs to help lay it flat. Or thumb tack it to the wall during the interview? This sounds like a lot of trouble
- Engage0
unless you pull it off, it'll look like an way of detracting from mediocre work? might be wrong though?
- chossy0
I only have one concern honest and thats space.
Meaning hopefully there will be enough space on the table/floor/wall to hang up your piece and look at it comfortably, It's a hasstle unrolling it if it's in a tube and making sure the corners don't ruck up it will be annoying for everyone. Dancers idea of having smaller ones as a leave behind is good cause if you do buy the big one and people say can you leave it then they may go funny when you say 'screw you have you any idea how much I paid for this bad boy'.In general I like the idea but also am concerned that people might feel abit overwhelmed by the poster.
- kyl30
howza 'bout a one pager
- ********0
I would do an incredibly long glued accordian fold, one project per panel. With the addition of a cover weight slip cover, it looks like a book and can act like a book with pages, but can also unfold to an incredibly long andskinny poster
- rasko40
so what was the point of this thread exactly?
- kungfukid0
I would do an incredibly long glued accordian fold, one project per panel. With the addition of a cover weight slip cover, it looks like a book and can act like a book with pages, but can also unfold to an incredibly long andskinny poster
Rand
(Aug 13 06, 08:37)vince frost got there first
- honest0
Interviews are starting next week, I'll keep y'all posted on whether the big A1 one-sheet works or not.
- agentfour0
ring these guys for a quote if youre in london
http://www.screamingcolour.com/
they did a 1-off hard cover debossed book for us in 4 days plus an extra 100 soft cover litho in 2 days. They specialise in extremely short run shit. worth a ring but not sure what their prices are like. their litho machine is quick as fuck.
- honest0
many thanks agent4 but the poster is already printed by VGL and screaming colour is a printer we use regularly. Under contract, I am unable to use any supplier my boss uses for freelance work and I also don't want to alert him to my impending departure.
- rasko40
Your boss sounds like an absolute arsehole, WTF @ can't use their suppliers?! crazy fucking paranoid delusional pissy pants scaredy cat he sounds like.
Lets see this poster then.
- ********0
fuck that boss of yours!
lets see the poster