Final Week

Ok, so the first half of the students did their presentations last week. I think everyone did very well; a lot of fresh new points were discussed since a lot of different art styles were showcased. I was already very nervous about it but was quietly confident because I had done a lot of rehearsing so I should be able to avoid any major errors.

After seeing all the print portfolios, I think I would eventually like to have a presence in that area too. I believe this way I will be able to have both bases covered and will have a possibility of reaching out to a slightly wider group of observers to expand on my chances within the Art Industry. One of the module tutors said once that in order to be successful we had to seize the viewer’s interest within the first twelve seconds of them viewing our portfolio. I believe I have accomplished something pretty close to that with my final artefact.

Week 13

For the final part of my portfolio assembly I had to have it hosted up online and have it made accessible to the public via the internet. Now I have the whole portfolio crated and published in Adobe Flash but I was encountering problems on having it hosted up online. In order to do this is had to buy myself a domain, configure it and upload the work myself. After some asking around I was told that I would have to export my flash file as an Index.html document before I could do anything else.

After encountering all the problems I visited the Grove House to request some help from the technicians over there who agreed to assist me in hosting it up on the TVU Zappa server. We uploaded it using the FTP Control software, after a few checks all the pages and links seemed to be working perfectly.

Portfolio Loading page

I thought that handing the Zappa address out to people who wished to view my portfolio would seem a bit awkward and unprofessional since it says nothing personal about my portfolio except that it’s being hosted at a third party domain rather than my own personal one. Eventually someone talked me out of being stressed about it by saying that its not something too serious too worry about at the moment and that they will walk me through the process of having it uploaded to my own domain name as soon as the module has ended.

Portfolio: Finalised portfolio home page

Portfolio: Standard page layout

Portfolio: Image view

Portfolio: Video playback


Portfolio: Logo work still in development

As well as completing the portfolio this week I have spent some time going over what I should cover in my presentation. I decided I would start by telling everyone why I chose to create a digital portfolio rather than a print portfolio. I would then move on to talking about the portfolio layout and who the target audiences are. This would be followed by me going through a few pages showing examples of my best work and the different media the work is viewable in. then finally a quick outline on the competition piece before opening for any criticism from everyone which would assist me with moving forward.

Bibliography:

1. My portfolio address
www.zappa.tvu.ac.uk/~05islams

Week 12

Part of our assignment criterion was to complete and submit a piece of work for an appropriate competition. Since I am presenting myself as a digital artist I wanted to find and enter a competition that would allow me to make use of my abilities within this field. I have been searching for numerous weeks now for a competition which is requesting for entries showcasing qualities within my precinct but all I can find are either outdated ones or ones which request for something with little or no relevance to my area. I frequently visit the Adobe website and received an email informing me of the Adobe Design Awards competition a little while ago. There was no way I could even begin creating something that would be even worth submitting to this competition in the time which I had remaining. So after some more searching I stumbled on to Deviant Art where Wacom were hosting their own competition. The Brief was as follows:

The conflict of good vs. evil is one that’s universally known. Can good exist without evil? Can evil exist without good? Are they opposites, or one in the same? Is the battle between light vs. dark, order vs. chaos, Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader, or PC vs. Mac? deviantART and Wacom invite you to get your creative juices flowing and artistically interpret your version of bringing good vs. evil to life!

DeviantART and Wacom are proud to present the Intuos4 “Bring Your Vision to Life” contest. With the theme “Good vs. Evil”, the contest is open to artists of all mediums anywhere in the world. The “Bring Your Vision to Life” contest challenges you to use your creative vision to show us your interpretation of the epic battle between good and evil. You have the chance to win a sleek new "Intuos4", cold hard cash, and tons of other great stuff!

Summon your artistic abilities, engage the theme “Good vs. Evil”, and bring your vision to life. Your entry will be judged on its originality, creativity, and technique. You get a second chance if the community picks your entry as the best!

Competition Dates:

Competition commences: April 1st 2009
Submission deadline: May 19th 2009, 11.59.59 PM PST

The Brief

Competition prize list

The contest rules are as follows:

- Entrants must be 13 years or older to participate;
- Contest open to all deviants everywhere;
- Entries must be submitted in one of the following file formats: GIF/PNG/JPG, but may originate in any medium;
- Entries must not have been previously published or won any other prize/award;
- You may submit more than one entry;
- Online entries only, hard copies not accepted;
- Entry may not use any watermarks or distingushing artist marks

The Rules and Judging procedures with the submission link at the bottom

To start everything off I began by creating myself a Deviant Art account and putting my name down on the list. I usually do a lot of the brainstorming mentally to see if I can get an image of what I would like to pursue before getting it down on paper. I tried very hard to avoid going for the Angel versus Demon clichéd scenario and tried to think of something a bit more outlandish and a bit more extreme than you would usually see.

My line of thought was if I could think up a concept which is a bit realistic (in terms of reality) and then create it as realistically as possible then maybe I would be able to unsettle the judges and possibly win them over to my side. I eventually settled on drawing two humans each encompassing a separate trait to show the contrasting personalities between the two of them. But for some reason that just didn’t seem extreme enough, I was thinking of drawing them as twins but something just wasn’t adding up. Eventually I decided to stick with the human twin’s idea but take them back to before they each knew whether they were going to be either good or evil. Right back to before they were even born, right back to the placenta bag.

Now this is where I needed some visual aid by drawing up some thumbnails to see how the composition may be developed.

Final composition sketches

Here are the final four compositions I have settled on. Thumbnail one shows the babies sitting with their backs to each other, I’m thinking of possibly adding some facial features to distinguish between the two sides. Thumbnail two shows them sitting face to face but leaning back in a relaxed pose, I planned to give them both the same expression and features. This is meant to signify that you cannot tell which one is good and which one is bad until the twins themselves want you to know. Thumbnail three uses the more conventional composition where the twins are placed upside down and side by side in the placenta bag. Thumbnail four shows them in the same position as thumbnail two but this time they are more in each others face, this is to signify that the battle between good and evil has already begun well before they are even born.

After much more mental brainstorming I selected option one because it would allow me to show them in a more closer brotherly light regardless of their contrasting attributes. To get myself started I began by searching for images of twins in their placenta bags to help me get some idea of where to start, I also needed some images of people leaning back on each other, this would help me greatly when it came to keeping the characters proportions.

Reference images used for the competition piece

Then as soon I started I decide to make a quick addition. I wanted to make the good child’s traits more visible by having a very transparent halo above its while also being full bodied with soft features. While the evil one on the other hand would have small horns protruding from its head while being contrastingly pale and thin with sharper features. The evil one would also have a darker toned liquid on its side of the ovary with transparent skulls floating around in the liquid being feed to him through the umbilical cord. While the good one on the other hand will have exactly the opposite going on.

Competition piece: 45% completed

So far I have the good twin sketched up; hopefully the fact that it is the good one will be evident easily.

Competition piece: Completed

Finally the whole image has been finished. I have made some final tweaks to the composition, for example I have made the evil twin lean back further on to the good twin to signify that he already has the upper hand. I’ve also made the good twin look more observe of the surrounding space by making him tuck his legs in while the evil one stretches his legs out in a more arrogant lazy way. I think my concept here has been pretty successful and meets the vision I had of it in my mind.

There is however one drawback though, I will not be able to have it coloured the way I want it in time because f the lack of time I have on my hands. I don’t want to attempt to colour it because I will end up rushing it and this will result in the integrity of the illustration dropping very low. Therefore I have decided to submit my entrée as it is in its sketch form and wish it all the best.

If I should even come third place within this competition, then my prizes would consist of

- Wacom Intuos 4 tablet, Medium
- $500.00 American Express gift card
- A deviantART artist's bag
- A devWEAR shirt of my choice
- 1 year deviantART subscription

Fingers crossed!

Bibliography:

1. DeviantART Wacom competition
http://news.deviantart.com/article/76573/?offset=25#comments

2. Competition reference images
http://images.inmagine.com/img/inmagineasia/ins026/ins026059.jpg
http://images.inmagine.com/img/imagehit/ih026/ih026062.jpg
http://assets.babycenter.com/i/m/stages/newpopups/32/twins_week32_rollover_index.jpg
http://www.capturedbycarrie.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/1692twins.jpg

Week 11

Today I just noticed a new problem – the size of my portfolio is too big for some screens. My screen is set to a resolution of 1280*1024, and when I tried to access it from a computer at my colleagues place on ¾ of it was viewable on screen at a time because their monitor was smaller with a lower resolution. This meant I had to go back and resize my portfolio to a much smaller size, except I wasn’t sure as to what size make it. After much questioning of people online as well as offline I finally decided to make it a little smaller than 800*600. This way even the smallest of monitors will be able to view it, and even though it will full screen for them at least they will be able to view it. And for those who have large monitors, it may be a little small for them but they can always zoom in a little to counter that.

I’ve also decided on a name for my portfolio which should help make it more distinctive and assist in giving it its own identity. The name is:

When I was thinking up the name I kept in mind that I wanted to give the viewer a feeling of fun and enjoyment as well as making use of a playful word so that I/my portfolio didn’t come off as being very serious and insipid. I think by using this name I achieved that, also the way it has been presented using the large clear font with the low opacity reflection beneath it helps bring back some of the seriousness which may have been lost with the choice of the name.

After this I spent a lot of time creating mock ups of what I would like to have on the front home page. I wasn’t sure if I should have information of regarding the portfolio showing, or if I should have a slide show of my latest work on show or simply just a short welcome message. After the many, many many mock ups I created I finally settled on two of the concepts. They both consisted of abstract shapes and were considered to be of a minimalism style. I took these two designs and put them through numerous colour palettes and eventually settled on a look which I was pleased with.

Front Page Concept 1

Front Page Concept 2

It was quite time consuming trying to get all the colours, look and even the feel of the compositions right at this stage, but in the end I am pleased with the outcome. All that remains is for me to choose one out of the two concepts to use as the home welcoming page.

Week 10

This week I began with finalising which categories of work I work I should be showing within my portfolio as well as creating the icons to reflect the category of choice.

Menu comparisson between Stage 3 & Stage 4

As you can see from the image (above left), I had the text within the menu centred. This left it looking quite plain and bland, I tried aligning the text to the left as well as the right to see if anything came of it – but nada. So I decided to borrow a concept which I had seen on another artist’s online portfolio where they used icons next to the text to give it some life. So as you can see from the image (above right) I decided to create small icons and place thumbnails of each of them next to the text within the menu. I made sure to create icons which will reflect the type of category they will be placed besides, this way I will be able to keep some sort of relation between each of them and have harmony between the two types.

Icons created for the menu

After this I began working on the layout of the main contents of each page. I wanted to give the viewer a sufficient amount of text that will keep them interested in the whole page but not so much that they will lose focus on it and move on. I also spent a little time on which font to use because the last thing I wanted to use was an unreadable font or that is very clichéd, e.g. Times New Roman. As you can see from the image below, I’ve settled on the Eurostyle font have just begun creating the boxes for the thumbnails. I’ve yet to create the images for the thumbnails so for the time being they will be occupied by numbers. I’ll need to think carefully what the content of each page should be and try and cut it down to the minimal in order to maintain the viewer’s attention on my pieces of work rather than the text.

Stage 4. How the portfolio currently looks

Week 9

This week I began to make some serious changes to my concept and actually follow a theme which would hopefully tie all the elements together. As you can see from my last post, what I currently have looks very amateurish and is not something which I am happy with. But it was a starting point for me none the less where I would practice all the elements necessary before applying them. I wanted to put to action some of the concepts which I had drawn up, I have also been experimenting with different colour palettes and have been debating over whether I should go with warm colours or cool colours.

After much experimenting with miniature thumbnails, I finally decided to go for neither and settled for a neutral grey instead with a hint of a mossy two toned green.

Stage 3. The new modernised GUI

I have tried to update from my previous concepts by adding a modern touch where necessary and keep from going down the conventional route by placing the menu on the right rather than the left.

Now that I have a concept which I am pleased with I can continue to add the content and use this page as a template for the rest of the pages.

Week 8

This week I began what I thought was the most complicated task so far – selecting the pieces of work which I will be including in my portfolio. I began with choosing some of the work which I had created as a freelancer but then decided against it as I would then have to contact the person who commissioned it and await their approval before proceeding to make use of it. So instead I ended up choosing from my personal pieces of work.

The next step also took me a long time, since I was creating my portfolio digitally I couldn’t just bung it all in to one large page. Therefore I decided to create a separate page for the different categories of work which I would be displaying. This would make it much easier and actually make the most of the digital interface since the viewer can go back and forth between any number of pages tirelessly, and also because they don’t have to remember how many physical pages ago they saw something which they wish to visit again since all the links will be visible on the page at one time.

I’ve finally imported all of the images in to Adobe Flash and am beginning to code the separate components on the page. At the moment I am having a lot of trouble with having the images pop up once the thumbnails have been clicked on, I am also having trouble with the scroll bar. When the content of the page exceeds the content page I have attached a small scroll bar to the side which should allow you to scroll down and view the rest of the content – the problem is that the scroll bar will either show you the content which is right at the top of the page or the content right at the bottom of the page, but nothing in between. This is becoming a big problem as I am having to sacrifice the size of my text and thumbnails to try and squeeze it all in which has resulted in it all looking cramped now. I guess my next task is to find some forums online where somebody can offer me some assistance solving this.

Stage2. Replaced buttons and extended the stage size

Week 7

Having various teachers and mentors over the years I have been exposed to many different methods of creative presentations and solutions. Every time I discover or meet a new artist online I go over to their online portfolio to see what they included in their portfolio, how their composition is and what colour palette they have chosen. I usually ask them what their inspirations were, how they developed their first basic concept in to their current one. I usually forward them ideas for what I have in mind for my own portfolio and always look forward to what they have to say. The CV I have been using over the last year has consisted of a good quality Concord paper base, a print out of a covering letter and a CD/DVD containing samples of my best work.

From experience I have noticed that CV’s that stands out visually or are presented productively are the ones that are the most successful. The responses that I have received from the layout of my current CV have been positive so far so I don’t think any adjustments are necessary on it before being added to my portfolio.

I have begun to create the basic button and scroll bar boxes in Adobe Photoshop; once I have crated these they shall be imported in to Adobe Flash and readied to be composited. I’m sure my design and composition will still change much more before I settle down on a concept, but I’d rather make a start know and start learning what’s necessary in order to give the portfolio full functionality.

Week 6

This was our final week before we handed in our first assignment, so I decided to spend as much time as possible on applying the final touches to my artist’s statement and the database of contacts. I was able to receive some good critical feedback which I was quite happy with, I spent a lot of time applying this to my work and re-reading everything numerous times to ensure that a rhythm could be followed throughout the whole text. I also spent quite some time filtering who to add in the contact list and what information to include.

The compilation of personal contact for the database consisted of some of my clients, these people are important to me as they may be able to open doors for me in the future which may lead to bigger things. I also have also included details of friends I have in other parts of the world who are on the same path as I am as I believe they are the best people to learn and exchange techniques with which will allow me to better myself and move forward. For the organisational contacts I had built up a list of 15 – 20. From this I ended up removing many of the ones that are based in the UK and kept those that are international. I did this because I plan on moving out of the country soon and so therefore readied a list for myself in the coming future. I also cut the number down to about four or five studios which I would like to eventually work for full time. I believe it will be easier for me to tailor my portfolio to a smaller number with a higher quality than vice versa.

I shall be beginning on my second assignment soon, for this I will need to prepare:

1. A 15 minute presentation
2. Portfolio of work. This will be suitable for submission to an organisation and will serve as a representation of your work as a digital artist
3. URL of your online journal

I will continue to develop my concepts and also look at some online portfolios of other artists to see how they present their work; hopefully I can find some inspiration and settle on a composition.

Stage 1. This is where I'm currently at, the buttons are to the right and main windows to the left.

Update:

My Artist's Statement is downloadable from the following link:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qw61dc

Week 5

We continued to play the Xing game in this week’s workshop. The specific task set this week though was to apply the knowledge we had obtained last week and see if any of the options changed. Our groups’ business idea also changed due to this. Personally, I found it interesting when we were discussing / negotiating how to expand the business and also to work out how and why we were going to get to that point.

I have also been working on my artist’s statement this week and have almost completed my first draft. All of the example statements that I found online were really short and only about half a page long. The task we were set was to write one in about 1000 words, it was kind of hard to do this without going off topic. The ones I found online were all on point and written out clearly, they all more or less followed the same framework which we were given, I’ve already given what I have so far to Mitja and a few other people to have a read over and give me some constructive criticism on how to develop it in to a better piece. Following the advice I get back from everyone I’m hoping that I can apply it all and generate a final piece which I can hand in.

Along with this I have also been designing some concepts for a paper & digital portfolio based design. The designs contrast very much, this is mainly due to the end medium they each will be located in. Almost a year ago I began using Adobe Flash to do simple animation and small projects, and the more I think about it the more my mind sways towards creating a flash based digital portfolio because that would mean I would get a chance to put to use all that I have learnt so far in to a single project and see what I can conjure up. Not only this but it would also be sticking close to the style of art that I like to create,

After scouring through various artists and their works, I have picked out four images that I will be submitting as part of the first assessment. They are the following:

I chose these four examples because of their eminence, their conceptual development phase and also because of their diverse subject matters. They are all also very good demonstrations of the style I like to work in and the level which I wish to surpass in the coming future,


Bibliography

Michael Oswald - AmalgMATE
http://www.bymichaelo.com/amalgamate.htm

Philip Straub - Arm Plug
http://www.philipstraub.com/Armplug.htm

Banksy - Peace dove with a bulletproof vest
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/04/2108699.htm

Daniel Conway (Arcipello) - Subm Emergence
http://www.artofconway.com/index.php?page=viewpic&picid=3&album=main%20work

Week 3

This week I decided to take a look at the hand out that was given to us – the one that helps us make a POT STEW. I found it helpful at times, but when the metaphorical analogies took place it kept throwing me off course and I ended up having to re-read what I hand just read to understand it fully. This was hardly time efficient and soon became because I really wanted to rework what I had so far of my artist’s statement and make it better but the more of the analogies that took place the more unsure I became about what I had already written – course once I re-read it again it became a little more clear. I looked again online to see if I could find a short artists statement which may give me some insight as to what topics to cover and what to leave out.

After some time I ended up looking closely at the statements of four artists, Christy Honigman, David Harrison Wright, Jessie Brennan and finally my favourite by far Moin Shah. I like the one by Moin Shah simply due to its simplicity, clarity and because it’s straight to the point.

“I Love every bit of art work that I do and am happy in it as each painting elevates the other. The best compliment I get is when these are accepted and appreciated and are a positive addition to this world.

Over the years I have developed my personal and unique style. My work has unusual colour selections creating figurative and other art forms giving my paintings a unique touch and aura much liked. I find expressing myself in the expressionist style very meaningful.

I am self-taught. In 1997 I started painting in this style. I haven't consciously or unconsciously adopted the style of any other artist... this gives my work a freshness, which is appreciated by collectors of my paintings.

My medium is acrylic and I have my own mixing and application techniques to enrich and produce multi layers and a sense of depth or a 3-D effect. I normally use paper but also like to paint on canvas or other material. I find that I am at my best when there is music in the air.”

I personally thought each of their statements were flawless and noticed that neither followed any of the handout guidance notes in an y shape or form.

So I went back online to see if I could find a set of questions or phrases that I could answer in order to help me progress. After much searching I found a few sources and a select few questions which I believed would help me if answered.

- How long should an Artist’s Statement be?
- What should an artists statement say?
- Can an Artist’s Statement change?
- Why do you create art and what does it mean to you?
- How does the creation of art make you feel? What emotions do you wish to convey?
- If the statement refers to a specific piece, why did you choose to represent this piece in this way?
- What do you call the piece and why? What materials did you use? What are the dimensions of the piece?
- What inspires you? How are your inspirations expressed in your work?
- What message are you trying to convey to the viewer?
- How much time is spent creating your pieces?
- How is your work a reflection of you?
- What artists (living or dead) have influenced you?
- What is your vision/philosophy?
- What are your goals for the future?
- What are your techniques and style and how do these relate to the medium?
- How do your techniques and style relate to your vision/philosophy?

I found these to help me a little more than the metaphorical guide that was handed out to us. This is because these questions were more direct and clearer without including any background metaphors or stories to help understand it. Their simplicity helped me generate sentences and also which subjects I could discuss in each paragraph. After answering a few of these questions I decided to edit my first paragraph and add a few of these sentences. I also changed which topics to discuss in the first paragraph.


Bibliography

1. Christy Honigman
http://www.mizelmuseum.org/artist_statement.html

2. David Harrison Wright
http://www.davidharrisonwright.com/about-the-artist.html

3. Jessie Brennan
http://www.jessiebrennan.co.uk/biography.html

4. Moin Shah
http://www.artquotes.net/artists/shah_bio.htm

5. Artist’s Statement Help
http://www.ebsqart.com/ArtMagazine/za_400.htm
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/portfolio2.htm
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/portfolio2.htm
http://www.artbusiness.com/artstate.html
http://www.nitaleland.com/articles/statement.htm

Week 2

During this workshop we were given some pointers on how to create a flawless artists statement. The pointers we were given were to be used as the base of our statement – to get our ball rolling. After much debating with myself over which point to write from I finally settled on writing from a Digital Artist’s perspective. I think it was simply because I felt more comfortable from this point and also more at home when writing from this perspective. From the advice that was given to us I have begun to tailor it to me my own perspective. I have already formulated my first paragraph but am finding it difficult to move on.

The body of the second paragraph which I have written does not have the same rhythm as I would like it to have. It doesn’t seem to flow in from the first paragraph and actually seems a bit outlandish from what the vision which I have it to be. In order to counter this I took advice from the Module Study Guide and wrote an artist statement about another inspiring artist – Banksy. This helped a little, but I need more inspiration. So I went in search online to see if I could find some artist statements of any famous artists which may give me some insight as to how they structured theirs and what topics they discussed.

"These images are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. "

From the above extract by Edward Burtynsky we can see that statements do not have to be written totally based on ourselves but can also be aimed at one of our pieces of works. Although these type of statements are usually shorter they are more complicated to put together because they have to impact the reader within the first five seconds of them reading it, else they would soon lose interest and most likely not finish the statement.

In the workshop this week we were all introduced to a game where each student was required to list good and bad traits about themselves. Many listed qualities which reflected on what kind of personality they had, this gave the impression that they were applying for an interview of some sort. We were prompted that this was not the most efficient method in completing the task and that in order to carry it out the most efficient way required us to see ourselves as young establishing artists preparing a biography.

I think some of the words which I listed for myself in this session helped write some more of my artist’s statement.

Bibliography

1. Edward Burtynsky
http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/Sections/Statement_CV/Statement.htm

2. Silver Lake Operations #1, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia 2007
http://www.flowerseast.com/Originals_Exhibitions_Large.asp?Exhibition=09BURTYNSK&OL=5

Week 1

In the first lesson of this module we all were basically introduced to the module, we focused on what was required of us to pass this module and what our learning outcomes were to be. From what I have understood so far, this module aims to prepare us budding artists to enter the huge art industry.

We have already been set our first assignment which is to construct an Artist’s Statement. The content of this statement contains information on what makes each individual art student tick, what our goals are and also what inspires us. This will help not only us but our prospective viewers understand us and our artwork better. We have already been given a choice of how we may wish to approach our statements, they are the following:

1. Art – submit an application for residency or a piece of artwork for a competition
2. Curator
3. Designer / Freelancer
4. Entrepreneur – submit a concept to Speed/West Focus/Bright Ideas
5. Video Production – submit a video to a film festival or a funds pitch

I am currently favouring on writing my artists statement from either the Art, Designer/Freelance or the Video Production point of view. I have chosen art because I am currently preparing an art piece for an online Wacom competition and could possibly make use of that as my competition submission. Plus I am quite passionate when I start writing about art so I don’t think I’ll short when I am writing about it. I’ve also chosen Designer/Freelance because I have recently began to work as a freelancer online and would like to write about my experience of it and think I would feel pretty comfortable in stating my feelings on this subject. Finally I have also chosen video production because I have recently begun to make videos for personal projects and have began to digitally enhance them. I also think this will give me an opportunity to incorporate another one of the options with this one for me to experiment with.

The second assignment that we have been set is to create a portfolio which will work in combination and possibly enhance our artist’s statement. I don’t think I will have too much of a problem with this assignment. I do a lot of graphical work and I already have numerous concepts in mind. At the moment I have concepts of creating my portfolio digitally and having it hosted on my own domain name, but if I do for some reason go against this option then shouldn’t think that crating a hard copy portfolio on paper should be very much harder.