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 Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:45 am
Just wanted to ask if anyone of you has experience with how to put together a portofolio and could give me some tips. smile
I live in Germany, and in four weeks there'll be (relatively) big RPG Convention in our ex-capital city. Lots of dealers will be around there, but also groups who are working on their own RPG systems, publishers and authors.
I don't have any real education when it comes to graphic design, everything I know is self taught. I've done wallpapers, banners, CD covers, web design and - most recently - created items (jewelry and such) for my mini shop here on Gaia.
I know that my chances are slim, but I want to give it a try and see if someone might be interested to hire me to design/create items for an RPG, or maybe do cover graphics or anything like that. Or at least make some contacts. ^^
But, it's my first time I'm ever trying this, so I don't have a clue on how to put together a portofolio. Also, since I usually do graphics for the 'net, I don't have the slightest clue on how to convert colors from RGB to CYMK to get some decent prints of my graphics (I don't even own a color printer... sweatdrop )
So far my only plan is, that I want to put together a CD as well - this would also be a good chance to show some of my web design skills. I'm worried about the abuse of my graphics though - does anyone know good way to put in watermarks that aren't too obtrusive, but can't be edited out easily as well?
Thank you in advance for your help. smile
Regards,
Thabara
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:00 pm
Thabara Just wanted to ask if anyone of you has experience with how to put together a portofolio and could give me some tips. smile I live in Germany, and in four weeks there'll be (relatively) big RPG Convention in our ex-capital city. Lots of dealers will be around there, but also groups who are working on their own RPG systems, publishers and authors. I don't have any real education when it comes to graphic design, everything I know is self taught. I've done wallpapers, banners, CD covers, web design and - most recently - created items (jewelry and such) for my mini shop here on Gaia. I know that my chances are slim, but I want to give it a try and see if someone might be interested to hire me to design/create items for an RPG, or maybe do cover graphics or anything like that. Or at least make some contacts. ^^ But, it's my first time I'm ever trying this, so I don't have a clue on how to put together a portofolio. Also, since I usually do graphics for the 'net, I don't have the slightest clue on how to convert colors from RGB to CYMK to get some decent prints of my graphics (I don't even own a color printer... sweatdrop ) So far my only plan is, that I want to put together a CD as well - this would also be a good chance to show some of my web design skills. I'm worried about the abuse of my graphics though - does anyone know good way to put in watermarks that aren't too obtrusive, but can't be edited out easily as well? Thank you in advance for your help. smile Regards, Thabara
As in, keeping the colors the same while converting? I don't know about that... sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:06 am
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As in, keeping the colors the same while converting? I don't know about that... sweatdrop It is impossible to keep the colors exact. That is the whole point. CMYK is a VERY limited palette, so you need a good color management system if you want it to look good when you print yourself. Thabara -- sorry, I can't help you with the portfolio. BUT I can recommend that, if it exists there, you should bring a digital copy(floppy drive, CD, whatever's portable) of the works you want printed to a printing store. Over here in East USA I would recommend CopyMax or an OfficeMax with a copy center. I do not recommend Kinkos. They are very popular, but they aren't always the cheapest or the best. Look around and see what stores will do multiple copies of digital prints for you. Then make sure they'll do a test print, so you can see if they do a bad job converting the colors. Unless you want to invest in a laser printer and a lot of really good paper, I don't recommend you print your work yourself, at least for now.
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:13 am
Thabara Just wanted to ask if anyone of you has experience with how to put together a portofolio and could give me some tips. smile I live in Germany, and in four weeks there'll be (relatively) big RPG Convention in our ex-capital city. Lots of dealers will be around there, but also groups who are working on their own RPG systems, publishers and authors. I don't have any real education when it comes to graphic design, everything I know is self taught. I've done wallpapers, banners, CD covers, web design and - most recently - created items (jewelry and such) for my mini shop here on Gaia. I know that my chances are slim, but I want to give it a try and see if someone might be interested to hire me to design/create items for an RPG, or maybe do cover graphics or anything like that. Or at least make some contacts. ^^ But, it's my first time I'm ever trying this, so I don't have a clue on how to put together a portofolio. Also, since I usually do graphics for the 'net, I don't have the slightest clue on how to convert colors from RGB to CYMK to get some decent prints of my graphics (I don't even own a color printer... sweatdrop ) So far my only plan is, that I want to put together a CD as well - this would also be a good chance to show some of my web design skills. I'm worried about the abuse of my graphics though - does anyone know good way to put in watermarks that aren't too obtrusive, but can't be edited out easily as well? Thank you in advance for your help. smile Regards, Thabara First of all, remember the basic rule: RGB=Home printer, Kinkos (blech), etc. CMYK=Print presses which use four color processing. If you work on your pics at home and you have a printer, keep it at RGB because if you convert it to CMYK the printer will re-convert that into RGB all over again whihc will give you some really funky results on your prints. Web designs should be kept in RGB since the image is displayed on the computer screen. If you're taking it to a graphics house or someplace that does print on a four color press, then you should make a copy of your RGB pic and convert it to CMYK via Photoshop. Watermarks that aren't intrusive...the best way is to make a .tiff file and keep the watermark as a seperate layer so that you can freely hide that layer as you print one pic witout it and one with it just in case. I just realized something..I hope you have Photoshop confused
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:51 am
I can't help at all on anything to do with print, but there are a couple of tutorials on watermarking here. Good luck in convention! It sounds like a great oppurtunity, I wish something like that would come along here 3nodding
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