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My Updated Portfolio!

Matt Fouty — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:22:39 +0000

Thanks for coming to check out this post! I just wanted to spread the word that my new and improved portfolio has been launched. Here’s a little insight into the revamp.

My original portfolio page was put up in somewhat of a rush. It was always intended as a work in progress. (You can still see it here for now: http://mattfouty.com/oldportfolio.html) It took a while for me to finally complete the update. For one, I was too busy! Also, I didn’t know what I wanted to do.

One day, I felt particularly inspired so I got out my moleskine sketchbook and started sketching out the blueprint. For a few weeks, I was sneaking in time from my busy schedule to work on my portfolio. Finally, it was complete!

The portfolio home has three sections: Collections, Recent Work, and Clients. I will keep three of my most recent/relevant projects in the recent work section. The recent work links to that clients’ page on my site. This section is also now repeated on my homepage.

The collections allow the user to view a collection of my work by category (identity, print, and multimedia). Below is a preview of the Identity collection page:

I’ve also added an effect that opens the images/webpages in front of the current page while dimming out the background. To do this, I am using a great java tool called “shadowbox“. Here is a preview of that effect:

So, thanks for checking out this post. Now, head to my portfolio to see it in action! I’d love to hear your feedback!

Dragon Tattoo Design

Matt Fouty — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:50:03 +0000

Recently, I was asked by a friend to design a tattoo. He wanted one like Carlos Delfino. Who? Carlos Delfino is an Argentine born pro basketball player who was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 2003. He played a few years for Detroit, then one for Toronto. He now plays with Khimki BC of the Russian League.

But, all that matters for this story is that he has a sweet tattoo! So I did a little scouring and all I could come up with was this image.

Neither he nor I like the strange figure in front of the dragon, nor could we really figure out what it was. So, looking at the image on my screen, I freehanded a sketch of the tattoo first.

After sketching, I placed the image in Illustrator and began working magic with the pen tool. It actually took a while to get the continuity in the lines just right. Here is the result:

My friend just had the tattoo done today and he is very happy with the result! He has promised me a photo of the actual tattoo. Once I have it, I’ll be sure to update this post with the pic!

Update: I have the pic from Steve now; thanks Steve (and Andy)!

Launching My Portfolio

Matt Fouty — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:43:38 +0000

(image compyright: portfolio case)

Finally! My portfolio is up! Well, at least part of it. I have a lot more that I still want to add to my portfolio, but now at least it’s up and ready for perusing!

Click the “PORTFOLIO” link at the top to view some of my logo and business card designs.

Thank you for visiting!