Portfoliughs.

Putting together a portfolio and resume is probably the toughest assignment I've wrestled with as a student. There are so many variables, possibilities, and potential faux pas. Anxiety and self-doubt aside, it is also supposed to be exceedingly creative and generate interest, buzz and a feeling of, "why didn't I think of that?"

Trying to figure out how to display my work in the portfolio. Yesterday I was overwhelmed with ideas ...

Right now I'm thinking FUCK THAT.

I just had a very creative idea that I'm excited about persuing: it would be branding (sorta) myself as two seperate brands -- perhaps even seperating out my 2-D and 3-D work, even developing a website like 'Huston & Huston" Where one identity, the 2-D self, would use Timothy and would sort of express the exacting design of my graphic and web work. The 'Aaron' identity would seperate out the more experimental and whimsical nature and 'bad attitute' of my 3-D work. Punk rockstar attitute juxtiposed with my severe German obssessive-control on my 2-D work. Could also be a way to explain the ADHD (3-d) aspect of my personality as well as the OCD (2-D). A dichotomy concrete/abstract/ or imaginary/reality. Could be great.
• Potential to send out two seperate packages about myself to employers/schools.
• Would help with the struggle of rationalizing a design for these seperate philosophies/personalities.

Now i'm trying for clarity. The process should not be so frustrating. It should be fun and interesting. Explaining myself to others has not ever been something I'm good at, and I need to learn how to express myself more concisely.

Ideas:
• One page featuring all of the historical reference books I've put together while in school.
• Scrollable image featuring 'timeline' style .jpg of ideation processes.
• Simple, one paragraph at most, one sentance preferred for discriptions of projects -- try to find images or visual ways of representing process concepts and thinking.
• Simple relationships in text and image.

I'm currently looking at the Pentagram website and how they've designed an awesome wayfinding system for their website.







Also looking at the website for Moorhead & Moorhead, it has been a godsend. The way they use illustrator to facilitate ideas without hardly any words in really, really well done and inspiring.







• Almost exactly what I was picturing in my head for illustrating my projects to explain the broader implementations of concepts I've currently got in my 'book'
• Allows for feasability of the Elevators concept to be visually explained. Could use simple illustrator overhead maps, bezier curve-based paths masking the current Elevators in a photo, etc. See the 'art in Times Square' page.
• obvious implementation for the current thesis project. easily implementable - bezier paths of an 'outline' form for those campus photos since i have no formal concrete design for the actual art outposts.





Been a big, wonderful note session!

posted by Aaron @ 7:28 PM