I really liked making things at con. Since the LA con organizers bought a 42″ plotter and the Sign shop was a grand success, there is even a possibility that we will be renting out our services to other cons to make signs prior to their events. It would be a great way to pay off the plotter and I like doing the work. I don’t even need to get paid. Most of them are not-for-profit organizations run by fan volunteers. It would be great resume fodder and stuff to put in my portfolio. I have no idea how to organize the LA Con IV stuff in my portfolio since the body of work is so large. I don’t have a count of how many signs I made but I think it is over 50 and most of them look alike with only minor differences. The big thing that shows off my skills is the comparison between them showing how I maintained the design for different purposes but this is too much to put into the portfolio. The cake that Bjo liked goes in though.

I figured out what my profession label is. I do Production Graphics. I am not a designer but if you tell me what your vision is, I can use my skills to make it happen. I take the design from the designer and use it to meet needs either by making it ready for mass production or modifying it to keep the integrity of the design while including the necessary elements for the project at hand. I had a lot of opportunity to do this at the convention and I felt comfortable and pleasantly pleased with the work. I even did a modification of standard design that got used on the cake for the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek party that Bjo Tremble hosted. She told me that even the hotel kitchen staff was impressed and excited by how cool the caked looked. Here is a fan that is famous in fandom wanting to have her picture taken with me because I designed an image she used on a cake. I even have pictures of people taking pictures of my cake design. It feels very silly in a cool way.