OUGD602: Self Branding - Digital Portfolio

Here is my digital portfolio which I take to interviews featuring my favourite work which I talk through in more detail

OUGD602: Photographing Self Branding

After I had printed all of my self branding, I took some photographs of it too.

OUGD602: Self Branding

Since I have already created my website and personal email I have decided to do the rest of my branding. This includes:

• Business Cards
• CV
• Letterhead
• Email Signature
• Online Presence

Online Presence

I have profiles on quite a few work related social media sites such as:

• LinkedIn
• Dribbble
• Behance
• Twitter
• Vimeo

This is really important for me as its how studios that I admire know that I follow/like their work as well as get to see what I can do, and I have even had job/placement offers on LinkedIn, Behance and Twitter, so it is the most effective part of my branding.

Dribbble

Behance

LinkedIn

Vimeo

Email Signature

Keeping it simple, just adding a link to my website as it has all links to my social media on that. I haven't specified what kind of designer I am, as I want to keep that open and explore different things for now

Letterhead

I created a letterhead for my stationary

I did two mockups on the greys that I use throughout my branding. I chose these in particular because they reflect my clean and simple approach to the project.

CV

I updated my CV from last year to include placements, a bit about me and updated skills. However, I think it does the job for me and I am happy with the design I created last year.

I did some mockups on the two grey colours that I use throughout my branding

Invoice

If I ever do freelance work (which I do not plan on doing), then I would need an invoice, so I created a template that I can reuse.

Business Cards

I updated my business cards with my new details and decided that I don't like my logo from last year either. I'm happy with having my name written in my favourite slab serif - Roboto Slab. I've used this throughout my printed and web collateral.

I did a mockup of them so you can see how they would look

OUGD602: Website - Up and Running

I successfully changed my domain name, so you can now visit my website at danjayharrison.com!

OUGD602: Cargo Collective Take 2

I decided to start my cargo website again as I was struggling so much the first time around! I changed the theme to Callisto to see if I found it easier.  It only took me a day to make!! I just decided to stop stopping everytime I got frustrated, and just carried on with it. I found it a lot easier and achieved something that I'm quite happy with!

I recreated the navigation so it's the same as the previous attempt which didn't take long as I already knew how I made the last one.

I also decided to make the text central rather than having two columns, so that having centered images for the work would look more consistent.

I didn't like the photo that I had used before, so I started to create new ones for the project thumbnails. These will have the same background colour as the header to make it consistent and professional looking

I started adding in more work. I tried Flick with a purple background but I felt it stood out too much

This is the index list of the projects, and I edited the colours to match my scheme and altered the text decoration to none

This is how it works responsively

I started adding more projects and got used to the interface and the way cargo works

This is the html for the home page I made. 

I added more text to my bio and this is how it works on mobile.

I then started adding the project content. The layout is clean, smart and clear. I resized all of the images to fit the max width I set (1600x1200) so it would resize correctly on imacs. I also added a project description as well as created a link to Sarah Heal's work as it was a collaboration.

How it works on large desktop - image still resizes upwards

I then did the same for Secret 7

and for The Primate Project

I added tag captions to the index page so you can filter them

On iPad..

I then made the content for Flick

I changed the css styles for the filter to make it more consistent

Here is what it looks like on desktop

and ipad

This is how the project page looks on tablet

And on desktop

This is how I added all the images and type on the project pages

At the bottom of each project it gives you the links and thumbnails to other projects

I feel like my website is done now, so I decided to link up my domain name to it. This will make it more professional.

I had to change the A records on my hosting website, and now I just need to wait for it to kick in!