With the help of both http://www.pdfmerge.com and http://combinepdf.com, I was finally able to tackle my viewing problems. By margining my pdf into sections using pdfmerge and then combining them altogether using combine pdf, I was finally able to upload my portfolio to Issuu.
https://issuu.com/shannonmcnamara/docs/combinepdf-4
Sunday, 26 February 2017
Issuu Problems
Over the past week, I have been trying to upload my portfolio to Issuu. Unfortunately this has been an overall failure with every method I try.
Monday, 30 January 2017
Portfolio Design
After completion of my CV, I have began to plan out my portfolio. Before I began to add content I decided on my colour scheme and font. I have decided to keep the theme of my CV and incorporate it into my portfolio.
The colour scheme I have chosen is:
I will primarily use the two pink colours for my portfolio.
The next decision I made is the font for my portfolio. Again, I have to decided to keep my cv design consistent with my portfolio and have decided to use the font Delihi previously used within my Curriculum Vitae. I have downloaded this font from dafont.com and have installed into both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
My next step was to decide on what content I will include in my portfolio. I will include a table of contents, my cv and my projects. I have decided to include projects I have completed last semester and projects I have completed from my previous course over the last four years.
Upon research of various portfolios, many people add a mood-board to describe themselves within their portfolio. Im still making a decision to add a mood-board to my portfolio to add a sense of personalisation and portray my personality to potential employers.
As I have decided on my overall colour scheme, font, and potential content I will begin to design my portfolio using the Adobe suite.
The colour scheme I have chosen is:
I will primarily use the two pink colours for my portfolio.
The next decision I made is the font for my portfolio. Again, I have to decided to keep my cv design consistent with my portfolio and have decided to use the font Delihi previously used within my Curriculum Vitae. I have downloaded this font from dafont.com and have installed into both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
My next step was to decide on what content I will include in my portfolio. I will include a table of contents, my cv and my projects. I have decided to include projects I have completed last semester and projects I have completed from my previous course over the last four years.
Upon research of various portfolios, many people add a mood-board to describe themselves within their portfolio. Im still making a decision to add a mood-board to my portfolio to add a sense of personalisation and portray my personality to potential employers.
As I have decided on my overall colour scheme, font, and potential content I will begin to design my portfolio using the Adobe suite.
Monday, 23 January 2017
Assignment 1- CV Design Complete
Upon completion of my CV my next step is to develop my portfolio using both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
Saturday, 21 January 2017
Assignment 1: The next step!- Development of my CV
After careful research of various portfolios and CV's, my step was to develop my own excellent designed CV. To do this, I used various examples I have researched to customise to my own preference.
Before I began, I decided on a colour scheme that I plan to use in relation to my cv and portfolio. I then decided on what fonts I would like to use and finally I decided on my skills and information I need to display on my CV.
Colours
The colour scheme I have chosen is a palette that contains, pinks, blue's, yellows and browns. I found this palette from colourlovers.com
Before I began, I decided on a colour scheme that I plan to use in relation to my cv and portfolio. I then decided on what fonts I would like to use and finally I decided on my skills and information I need to display on my CV.
Colours
The colour scheme I have chosen is a palette that contains, pinks, blue's, yellows and browns. I found this palette from colourlovers.com
Why Pink?
Overall, I plan to use the two shades of pink primarily for my cv and incorporate the various other colours into my portfolio. Pink is a combination of the colours red and white. Pink contains the need for action of red, helping to achieve potential success. With this CV I hope to successfully secure a job within the sector of Information Technology.
Fonts
The next decision was the fonts I would use on my CV. I decided on two fonts. These fonts are Delhi regular and Segoe UI Light.
Contents of CV
Finally, I decided on what information I thought was extremely important to include on a cv for potential employers. This information included:- A basic summary about myself
- This summary will describe my latest education, past education and skills I have developed in the last few years
- General information
- General information will contain information on my location and age
- Education information
- Education information will contain information on my latest and previous course that I have completed. I also decided to include my awards of my degrees.
- Work Experience information
- My work experience includes information on my previous experience, location of this experience and the dates of these jobs
- My Interest
- To make my CV more personal, I decided to included a few of my interests. I will display these interests using infographics
- My Skills
- I will list my technical skills on my cv. This skills will also be displayed using infographics
- My Contact details
- My contact details will include my mobile number, my email address, my Behance link and my LinkedIn link.
To ensure my CV is eye-catching I have decided to use various info-graphics to make my cv look more quirky and professional. The software I plan to use is Adobe Photoshop. Once my cv is complete I will upload it to Behance and begin to develop my portfolio.
Assignment 1: CV Design
The next step within the assignment was to research five excellently design CV's online. Once I research five excellent CV design I must update my own CV to ensure that all my education and work experience is up to date.
An excellent designed CV should include:
Using a mixture of various websites including Behance and Pinterest I began my research. It was easy to find 5 excellently designed CV but it was extremely hard to pick just 5. The following are the CV I picked.
1. SMOG Creative CV, Miguel Rato, 2012
Reference: https://www.behance.net/gallery/3149770/SMOG-Creative-CV
2. Info-graphic CV, Ana Lourenco, 2012
Reference: https://www.behance.net/gallery/5429809/Infographic-CV
Why is this CV design excellent?
Why is this CV design excellent?
Why is this CV design excellent?
An excellent designed CV should include:
- Personal contact details
- Phone number, email address, social media platforms including LinkedIn
- Show off who you are and your personality
- Do not include hard to read typography
Using a mixture of various websites including Behance and Pinterest I began my research. It was easy to find 5 excellently designed CV but it was extremely hard to pick just 5. The following are the CV I picked.
1. SMOG Creative CV, Miguel Rato, 2012
Reference: https://www.behance.net/gallery/3149770/SMOG-Creative-CV
Why is this CV design excellent?
- Order of contents
- Use of graphics
- Personal touches to the cv-image, short paragraph to describe the creator
2. Info-graphic CV, Ana Lourenco, 2012
Reference: https://www.behance.net/gallery/5429809/Infographic-CV
Why is this CV design excellent?
- Order of contents
- Use of graphics
- Personal touches-image
- Display of skills
- Consistent design throughout
3. Info-graphic CV, Chen Zhi Liang, 2013
Why is this CV design excellent?
- Order of contents
- Use of infographics
- Eye-catching design
4. Info-graphic Resume, Morgan Kourim, 2014
Why is this CV design excellent?
- Order of contents
- Use of graphics
- Use of colour
- Display of skills
- Personal logo used
5. Curriculum Vitae, Ryan Eccleston, 2012
Why is this CV design excellent?
- Order of contents
- Use of graphics
- Consistency
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