If you saw this as a portfolio title page, what would you think?
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Thirds thoughts. After looking at this AGAIN, lol, I think that because it IS a title page, it's okay to make your name prominent. That is the whole reason for a title page. I do agree that it may be too bold, cutting back to a lighter version of the same font and spreading the letters out a bit so they are easier to read at a smaller size.
Like this maybe,
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I love that you show kids with all emotions. It makes the world you created richer and more interesting. I would guess the artist is working with comics for young adults (thinking about Raina Telgemeier, Luke Pearson and Vera Brosgol - not in terms of art style, but in terms of the target audience).
I kind of feel the personality of the typeface does not match with the art 100%. The current typeface is very legible, which is very good. But it feels a bit too serious, a bit like a newspaper headline. Maybe you can try to take a look of the comics that inspired your artwork, and see what kind of typeface they use for the cover page?
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Fonts matter! Fonts matter! Lol. Ok as a graphic designer I obviously look at fonts and typography differently than most, but they really do affect the overall presentation. When I taught web design I saw so many good designs ruined by bad font choices, and so I spent an entire section of the class making my students focus on typography. It made a big difference. Fonts may seem like an afterthought, but they are such an important part of presentation that they will either enhance your illustration or detract from it. Your work is too good to use bad fonts
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Lovely choice of character images! I'd agree that the fonts aren't quite right yet. I'd pick something else for the web addresses, maybe a non-serif font that's a little simpler, so the main heading has the serif readability and elegant impact. Personally I'd like to see a little heading, like 'character artist', or so on, but the image you picked does give a nice indication.
Kerning is better now, as already pointed out
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@Aleksey said in If you saw this as a portfolio title page, what would you think?:
they arent gonna not choose you because of they font.
Most likely true, but you're talking to someone who has the uncanny ability to pick the ugliest most inappropriate font possible for any task at hand
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@Jon-Anderson said in If you saw this as a portfolio title page, what would you think?:
Is this the main summer conference or a regional one?
It's a regional one in Seattle. Not quite ready to make the leap into the deep end with the big conferences yet
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@xin-li said in If you saw this as a portfolio title page, what would you think?:
Maybe you can try to take a look of the comics that inspired your artwork, and see what kind of typeface they use for the cover page?
That's a good idea. However it would probably involve me hand-writing the words instead of using a font (or downloading a Bill Waterson font which, if I were looking at the portfolio, would raise some red flags). In my experience hand-written fonts often end up looking terrible unless you REALLY know what you're doin' :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:
I'll try it though, thank you!
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@Heather-Boyd said in If you saw this as a portfolio title page, what would you think?:
if in fact the guy struggling with the engine, name was Braden Hallett haha.
I hadn't even thought of that
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H'okeedokee! Thank you all for the awesome input.
I've thrown together some serif, sans serif, comicy, and handwritten examples. If you could let me know which one you like best (I'm leaning toward handwritten?) I'd really appreciate it. All fonts really do look the same to me
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@Braden-Hallett I like 3, 7 and 8 for the titel, the email, web ...I would make more space between the lines and chose good readable font
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I would use 3 for your name, and 4 for the sub info
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I like 2, 1, 5 - in that order.
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I"m late to this party...but, it's always very instructive to hear what other SVSers say. I'm going to weigh in with Font choices: #3 for your name (it matches your artistic style the best-rounded edges, interesting dimensions in the individual letters, still clean and readable) and #4 or #7 for your subtext: #4 for readability, #7 for re-inforcing the idea that you are an artist.
getting my portfolio online is my summer project, so it's great to see how others work through this task... if you don't mind sharing your processes (how you are choosing page layouts, images included-or not, how you organize the information, etc) I'd be interested.... -
@Braden-Hallett Oooooh awesome! I am really liking #7 and #8, they really mesh well with the illustration! Also, #3.
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@Braden-Hallett I think your problem is that you're using the same font for your name (title) and the smaller text! I actually think the original font you chose for your name was nice and bold (maybe with some more spacing like some said) but the problem is that you used the same font again. If you have a nice bold serif font (or hand drawn) for title, then pick a clean sans serif font for your smaller text, and maybe make it a paler color so it doesn't fight as much with the title and to improve readability. And then also the whole thing a bit smaller to give a bit more breathing room.
What do you think:
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@Braden-Hallett
I like number 1
I like number 3 but you need to put some space between the lines -overlapping a bit
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Really awesome art. There's so much "fun" in your images!
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I think this is little bit on you to know what you are going for. You know, how you want to make your impact. Because this what you want to do. Fonts work like colors and value to evoke feelings. Maybe you need keywords to help you decide.
Here are the keywords I associate with each of your examples.
1 - Soft, loose
2 - Soft, professional
3 - Steampunk, techno
4 - Bold, solid
5 - Soft, cartoony
6 - Conservative, plain
7 - Loose, Rage, Paint
8 - Loose, SoftThink about how you want to make an impact and it will help you decide. And note that the info text does NOT have to be the same font and shouldn't be if it is difficult to read, because your goal with that is to convey information as quickly as possible.
Marketing (which this is) is very similar to composition and design... you want all of the same ideas to build on each other.
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Thanks everyone for the feedback and compliments! Lots to think about.
@Laurasketches so far my process for setting up my portfolio has been asking others for feedback (I FINALLY got in contact with a local-ish illustrator group and they gave me some feedback) But if you ever wanna chat about it gimme a PM
@NessIllustration I'll definitely be going with something like that! The different font for the subtext really does read better. Thank you
@theprairiefox Said it in the other thread, but thanks for reminding me about those keywords :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: It's amazing how thinking about them beforehand (BEFOREHAND, BRADEN! BEFOREHAND!) really does help.
