New CV

After discussing my CV with Mariana, a few changes were made:

In the Post...

Today my business cards arrived with a few little extras which should help with the coming together of my portfolio. I am pleased with the outcome and relieved that there were no mistakes!

Invites

Stephen brewers had been designing the invites, a few adjustments were done by myself to change the date and Anglia Ruskin logo. These were sent out to the list of companies. Anna also helped with this task by sending some out to other companies she had found.

CV

I wanted to keep my CV clean and simple like my business card. I used the same colours to keep consistency. 

Possible Finished Business Card

Yellow line = Safe Zone

Red line = Trim Line

Blue line = Full Bleed

I decided to go with orange as my main colour because it was the one colour which had meanings linked to my brainstorm about me. I also felt like the black and orange was a good combination and helped it stand out.

I chose to just use the outline of the elephant so that it was not so defined, I also decided to keep only the head of the elephant within the trim line. I felt this gave it a less obvious feel so that it did not end up taking over the card. At first I was not sure about the uneven lines of the elephant but now I actually like it.

Personal Blog

I have created a personal blog as I have not yet been able to set up my own website. This is temporary but I have done the best I can to set it out as though it were my own website.

http://katfitzpat.blogspot.co.uk

I have also set up a separate email address to link to the blog.

Business Card Ideas

Rounded edge business card with logo and full name. Still not sure I like having my whole name on the front.

Trying out the logo with texture - when printed it was not as effective.

Originally the back of the card just had my contact details on but I felt this did not say much about what I can do - decided to add a strip of key words.

Rounded edge business card with logo and shortened name. Elephant still has texture which I like, but only on screen (shame!). Definitely prefer the shortened name.

Back detail with texture - does not look as good as on elephant.