Wednesday, 20 April 2016

PPP// What do I do? Creative CV writing?

For part of this brief 'Brand Me' as well as creating a personal indent, business cards, some sort of online website/blog I have to also create for myself a 'creative CV'. I've only written for myself a very loose CV circulating till work before, so approaching this is something entirely new for me and is something I only vaguely understand what it is.

A creative CV is a visual document that outlines a creatives skill set,
for example an illustrator would visually outline their skills within drawing, character designing/environmental designing as well as visual storytelling. When chasing a career in the creative industry you need to interact with that industry with creativity, in order to proceed. As a creative our work is - well - creative! We need to document our skills, which are visuals, as much as possible! And that's what a creative CV is all about! I've noticed that most(not not all)Creative CVS have a heavy graphic design visual aesthetic to them. As a creative who is generally more of a cartoonist then anything else, I feel like putting together an appropriate visual balance is going to be a little tricky for me.

But what kind of things need to be documented, in this document?

  • Email, Online links (Instagram/Tumblr/Twitter), Phone number?
  • Location? (Leeds) 
  • Education? (Nidderdale Highschool, Harrogate College)
  • Software I can use?
  • Skills? (Design, Storyboarding, Animation)
  • Alittle something about me?
  • Personal Profile? Little somethin' about me? 
I'm planning on drafting up a rough concept of what this thing will be tonight...


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