Professional Practice - Updated CV

In order to be submitted with the Batch items, I redesigned my CV. I had two CVs, one which was plain and informative, the other more creative. This was created for my second-year project. I wanted to simplify both of these into one page whilst matching the colour scheme and theme used throughout business cards and postcards.

To start with, I used an existing header that I had made for my portfolios. I thought about using a coloured box for the text to go in to replicate my drawings with a background and so that I could match the colours used in my business cards etc. I liked this concept but decided it was too simple.

Adding multiple colours on one page added depth and variety, whilst separate boxes helped to separate information.

However, adding lots of rectangles to the page wouldn't fit all of the required information and would look repetitive.

I thought about moving the boxes and creating different shapes to break up the uniformity whilst keeping a theme and a header.

I decided to add a third colour, also used in my example business cards. I also removed the banner and replaced it with the logo that I have used across all items. I experimented with using different coloured text to carry on with this theme but worried it wouldn't show up well enough.

This is the final template I settled on. The colours could easily be changed to add multiple options to send out to keep the colours randomised once all 20 colours and illustrations have been added.

In the end, I decided to break up the colour by adding white boxes alternate the solid colour boxes.I also wanted to add images of my artwork without it looking too out of place so I took inspiration from my illustrations with coloured backgrounds and put the drawings where they belonged, and fitted the text around them. These could be made smaller and text could be made bigger for posting. I haven't included all of my work experience due to space but this could be expanded too.