Idea: Create a Graphic Profile for your About page that creatively expresses who you are
May
I haven’t written my own About page yet, because I find it hard to write about myself.
But I just got inspired by ChiQ Montes’ Graphic Profile on her About page.
Basically, as you can see in the smaller version I’ve included here, she’s created a well-designed montage of her favorite things, with a number in each picture that corresponds to a key under the graphic. For instance, the photo of Uno cards has a big white number 1 in the corner, and number 1 in the list underneath says: “1. I love playing UNO Cards!”
I’m definitely going to borrow this idea for my own About page, and hopefully I’ll remember to create a tutorial on how to create your own Graphic Profile. Maybe I’ll even add ‘Graphic Profile Creation’ as a service for those of you who would rather have me create one for you with the images you provide.
Other ideas I have:
- Put the individual images the montage into jigsaw puzzle pieces.
- Create a Comic Strip Profile of favorite things using Comic Life software.
What do you think about Graphic Profiles? Please leave a comment…
Wow! Thanks for that.. I look forward to your own Graphic Profile as well. By the way, I think the jigsaw puzzle pieces idea would be really awesome!!
@ChiQ Montes: Hi ChiQ. Thanks for commenting. I have a Photoshop Action that automatically creates jigsaw puzzle graphics which I downloaded from Panosfx. It should be a simple matter of creating a blank puzzle, and since all the pieces are on their own layers, I can copy my image, select the layer transparency of a puzzle piece, and then ‘paste into’ to make each piece a different image. I’ll post a tutorial on how to do it. It will be fun!
Really? that sounded easy.. ill wait for the tutorial. Maybe in ur next post?
Thanks for the idea (both of you). I may have to try this myself. Awesome site as well.
Thanks. I’ve posted the first tutorial – how to find the photos for your Graphic Profile – for free.