Hard copy portfolios

nickonicko
edited August 2008 in advice
OK, I had planned to use blurb to make some portfolio books.

Guess what? Seems I'm a bit fazy, I should have started earlier but I'd like to take something with me to Singapore in 5 weeks time. I'm not sure that sending stuff to the US and getting it back to Blighty will work in this timescale.

Anybody used a blurb looky-likey in the UK? If so who and were they any good?

Comments

  • chrischris
    edited 5:49PM
    that looks pretty snazzy!

    lots of photoplaces do stuff like this, right? i remember someone getting one of the iphoto ones recently, or something.

    also, from the blurb site -
    Please allow approximately 5 to 6 business days to print your book prior to shipping. Orders of 25 books or more require 3 additional business days.
    and... 
                         Economy                 Priority                 Express
    Within the EU  	4 - 7 business days  	3 - 5 business days  	2 - 4 business days
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    the other thread here

    I dont know if any of them are in the uk though
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Heh... I guess I could just pull my finger out eh?
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    lol, you didnt need to !

    (i just remembered where that was, its been brought up a few times in various conversations)
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    From that thread. 11 March 2008:
    nicko said...I'm about to make a portfolio using Blurb

    I'll probably make a few copies and one them behind after an interview
    :awkward:
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    lol, i didnt want to mention that !!
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Thanks for not mentioning it then :happy:
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    no problem mate ;)
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    So, I'm expecting my proof copy back by the end of this week.
  • chrischris
    edited 5:49PM
    ah nice! get that camera battery charged up ready, aye? :D
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    aye :smile:
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    AYE:)
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Colour on the first pic is a bit off, but yeah... I'm hungreh...




  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Oh yeah, Blurb doesn't allow for control over the kerning the A and V of RAVEN is bugging me at the moment. I might make a graphic of it instead for the final run
  • chrischris
    edited 5:49PM
    yeah, it did strike me as a little 
    nick  ra ven
    , i think an image may be the way to go with that.

    looking good :)
    one for all, and all for one!
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    Looks good mate :)

    so what spec did you get and how much did it cost etc?
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    20pp, 180mm square. It's perfect bound (which I was surprised at).

    One off = £7.95 (excluding delivery). I fixed a few things and ordered 10 last night (10% discount for 10+ copies). Total was 85 quid including super-fast delivery.
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    shit, thats cheap !

    I wonder if they'd do a fifth colour ie metallic?
  • chrischris
    edited 5:49PM
    yeah, fuck me that's cheap for such low numbers, eh.
  • chrischris
    edited 5:49PM
    also, no one laughed at my "one for all..." line :'(
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    i kinda didnt get it ;)
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Dunno about metallics sqaupp. Oh the cover comes with a gloss lam too.

    I dun geddit either chris
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    i think it may have been related to the marketeer bit ;)
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Oh... :awkward:
  • chrischris
    edited 5:49PM
    hmmn :awkward:
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    :awkward:
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    was i right, chris?
  • chrischris
    edited 5:49PM
    yeah, of course you were - i'd expect nothing less of such a like-minded, highly comedic brain.
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    (i seriously didnt get it at first though, my apologies if i sounded sarcastic)
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    :awkward:
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    man, you made made me feel bad now :awkward:
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    made me feel bad too :awkward:
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    Great looking portfolio though mate :)
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Thanks
  • chrischris
    edited 5:49PM
    lol :D
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Stop trolling my thread :tongue:
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    yeah :tongue:
  • mickmick
    edited 5:49PM
    that's pretty nice, nicko.

    :) i have to say that even my uneducated eye skittered at the gap between the A and the V. and usually when one of you points out some subtlety of kerning, i can't see it at all.
  • urbansurgeonurbansurgeon
    edited 5:49PM
    ~bookmarks blurb
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Yeah, it was a proof mick so I have fixed that for the actual run
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    nice 1, I'm gonna try and get one made for the job i was working on which i last mentioned in the work in progress thread. The product range for the brochure is not going to be launched now so i have a full brochure layout including all photography - retouched and ready to print. Only problem is, its not going to print :awkward:

    I designed the job around a metallic firth, so i might have to hit the drawing board again and work on a replacement colour / style for it.
  • nickonicko
    edited 5:49PM
    Squap, you need to read this. As you will not be able to exactly reproduce your design using their software
  • squapplesquapple
    edited 5:49PM
    I havent read that as yet but I'm aware that the software limits you. I'm cool with that because my design was based around finish mainly and I dont think it would work unless it was produced the way I wanted.

    It just seems a waste to not try and use the shots i designed and directed.

    Nice 1 anyway mate ;)
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