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92 “After much trial and error, I was able to focus on what I wanted my work to say and not let my poor layout interfere wth my message.” DESIGN COMMUNICATION CIRCULAR PRINTER FINAL DIRECTION the final design combined the aerodynamics of lightweight bicycle headgear with the sturdiness of motorcycle and baseball helmets. printer: studio project that resolved many problems and included a circular printing head that would print across an entire surface in a single pass Defining your style takes time. These are examples from Ming’s sophomore, pre-junior, senior portfolios 15 16
21 MING HSIEH i’m not a graphic designer MINg HSIEH UCID’09 @ ASTRO I’m not a graphic designer and will never consider myself one. However, I feel that one of the major flaws of ID students is our lack of graphic design knowledge. We don’t understand basic graphic fundamentals that our peers in graphic and digital design would learn in their first years of college. ID students (and our portfolios in particular) suffer greatly because of this…sadly ironic as our profession is centered on the visual. Our efforts during the academic quarter are instead focused on the sweet render, sketch page, and other assets that will satisfy our project criteria. If designers are typically visual learners, why do many later struggle (sometimes without knowing) with portfolios? This can be explained in part by a general lack of time – the two weeks we are given to produce portfolios at school is possible, but it takes much longer to create something clean and professional. Time constraints aside, most portfolios suffer from some combination of poor planning and use of an inconsistent grid that result in ambiguous storytelling, a frustrated viewer, and no job. The good news is, the fix is relatively simple and doesn’t require months of preparation. When developing my portfolio, planning the story of each project FIRST, along with a consistent use of a grid, was my method of choice. After much trial and error, I was able to focus on what I wanted my work to say and not let poor layout or graphic assets interfere with my message. 93
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