Must start blogging..

Wowzer, I suck at keeping up with these.
I added it to my goal list to post on here more often.

• Find paying Job

That's about the only thing I have accomplished this far in my journey. Not to say I'm not getting things done, because I am. My portfolio is my number one concern, since the review is about two weeks away.

Dottie and I sat down sometime last week , she was kind enough to lay out my syllabus for completing my work. Which I present...

*Do for Webster Portfolio Review

Packaging

• Guy Ritchie Packaging
• New packages*
• Re-trim covers and back covers*
• Vegetus Food Packaging
• Re-do drink container*
• Re-look at Vegetus logo, re-kern type*
• Logo, color and 1-color version
• Reprint packaging*
• Yo! Squeeze Packaging
• Good!
• Reprint logo and mount*

Publication

• Kepler Type Book
• Re-look at spreads*
• Text color and size
• Page numbers
• Jewelry Design Book
• Find actual book to use for mock up
• Pick 3 spreads
• Design Title page, table of contents
• Re-mock up
• Cover: good!
• Back cover: readdress content
• Amsterdam Travel Book -round two
• Keep size
• Typography
• Grid breaking
• Re-print and mock-up
• Harley-Davidson Annual Report
• Re-address cover*
• Text consistency*
• Graphs?
• Typography

• Play on Words
• Reprint/Remount
• Hand done Type (1st project)*
• Good!

• Handmade Font, Blockhead
• Trim/mount poster
• Trim/mount photo
• Acetate box for sample of letter

Poster Design

• G-Love Poster Design
• Print larger
• Remove white border

Photography

• Photography Series*
• Scan first
• Remount

Fine Art

• Mixed Media Posters*
• Needs Title
• Mount

Printmaking, choose 6*

• The Sad Man
• Housewife, print + design
• Mad Man, print + design
• Blustery Man Woodblock
• Gypsy
• Owl

2-D

• Ship
• Branches

Drawing

• 1 Nude drawing
• Pumpkins
• Skull Still Life
• Shoes

Painting

• Amanda, acrylic
• Mikey, watercolor
• Self-Portrait, oil-pastel

As you can see, it is not a small list to accomplish...besides completing all that I have to write out all my descriptions and Mount all them to same size Mat board. phew.

This morning I started working on my branding identification. This includes things such as my logo, letterhead and business card. This is what I have so far..

These are just really going of theories of Gestalt principles, I'm really struggling with conceptualizing a logo for myself. Id like to incorporate somehow, a way to show my 2 main interests; Printmaking and Graphic Design. The first one kind of goes off of serving and thought for creativity, using a "D" for design. the other two are just a play on my initials using neg/pos space as a figure. Id really think they'd be great as a letter press or a actual di-cut for my business card. Kind of contemporary feel? 

Anyway, I promise to myself I will be a better blogger and actually start using this.

Until then,

Hank