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1. overall portfolio: nice, although a bit dominated by blogspot style, elements a bit hidden, eg. logo in februari.
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: nice, with political interpretation
   • sign: with creative guidelines, colorful
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: interesting, but make availbe as .pdf or phote sequence (not .doc!)
   • collage: samples ok, but make the total collage available
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remarks: nice work, but it needs some finalization

1. overall portfolio: ok, clear, basic but effective style
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: should be about CTSG, but otherwise well done, personal is promising but needs some work
   • sign: nice idea (althouh as a smoker I disagree), good experimentation
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: about a cat, poetic
   • collage: intriguing abstraction/distortion + visual quotes, combined into interesting statement
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1. overall portfolio: good overall style, though you may (for the moment suppress technical details)
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: personal one (band) stronger than CTSG
   • sign: highly appropriate, and clear
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: ambitious but well done
   • collage: good statement, and appropriate style
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1. overall portfolio: I would prefer a portfolio which also gives an over, not only a sequence of the work. And click may be replace by next, which then should be complemented by prev!
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: strong, I like it
   • sign: nice thought, although ..., the visuals of it could probaby be improved, I think
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: well done, although it seems unfinished, one way or another
   • collage: an explanation would be helpful, in terms of elements: a bit much
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1. overall portfolio: clear, good style, but I could do without the announcement on Home, an overview or personal statment would be welcome (and less schoolish)
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: nice effectivem although a bit too figurative, to my mind
   • sign: good idea, but on the one hand the topic could be represented more indirectly (slow sign), and I think the car is visually unsatisfactory
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: good atmosphere, but some supporting text, and possibly explanation would be helpful
   • collage: very nice, the strongest of the portfolio, I think
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1. overall portfolio: nice personal style, clear
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: too symmetrical, IMHO, but good underlying thought(s0
   • sign: in retrospect, it almost looks as if the dog brings a newspaper, which would imply be nice to nice dogs, for the rest good visual style
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: (my preference), nice material and (graph) presentation, with relevant story
   • collage:
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1. overall portfolio: on first impression, strong
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: last one strong idea, but composition could be enhanced, I find the letters to isolated
   • sign: totally agree
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: excellent idea, ambitious, but realization satisfactory
   • collage: excellent topic, and quote -- without music life would be a mistake, visually you could go a step further
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1. overall portfolio: clean, basic style, but omit welcome statement. Additional explanation(s)/justification(s) would, however, be welcome!
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: made of bricks, OK, but perhaps not expressive wrt meaning
   • sign: blockhead TV, good idea, although difficult to transmit
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: having just been in egmond: appropriate. good topic
   • collage: topic clear, could find better articulation though
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1. overall portfolio: very impressive at first sight, but I think it needs additional justifications, and show the process (too)
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: basic, good
   • sign: as a motorcyclist I find this totally justified, but the imperative behind it should also be clear to non-motorcyclists. Is it?
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: nice, evaocative, but could well be extended, with a little bit more explicit story
   • collage: not online (yet)
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1. overall portfolio: excellent consistent setup, with good overall vieuw
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: very good idea, the pixelation could be continued in letter, that is CTSG might have more distortion
   • sign: good thought, although a permissive sign (eg. blue bycicle sign) might be more effective than a prohibitive *red* sign.
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: very well done, I like the progressionof development(s)
   • collage: also very clear, well-articulated, although some of the elements are slightly too dominant, I think
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1. overall portfolio: in construction (now folder)
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: nice, promising
   • sign: also, not bad
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence:
   • collage:
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remarks: 13/3/10: complete the portfolio, asap!

1. overall portfolio: well done, a bit flashy, but nice, however some explanation/justification(s) would improve the work
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: very good, I like the style and color scheme
   • sign: well-motivated, and nicely done (these with good explanation!)
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: intriguing atmosphere!
   • collage: evocative, but seems to be still open for an articulation of statement
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1. overall portfolio: very good first impression, with nice personal logo (that I originally mistook for the CTSG logo). Showing the process, or simulating a process, would improve the portfolio.
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: very good, also the CTSG logo
   • sign: interesting thought/equation, visually conventional though
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: excellent, intriguing
   • collage: does not load
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1. overall portfolio: very well done, a good first impression, and navigation is clear. (the zip under portfolio is confusing, though)
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: I prefer the first one, which is graphically more clear, and also since the pun is quite appropriate!
   • sign: nice, and instead of the green you might consider blue, which somehow suggests more of an imperative.
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: adequate, and well-done
   • collage: (missed that at first, mistook it for a sign), nice thought, still have some doubts, but no clear advice at this stage ...
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1. overall portfolio: good, clear structure, nice background, clear comments
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: i like them both, and incidentally the dots remind me of pills, which afterall are another source of superpower
   • sign: nice idea, although the nothing could be more inviting, apart from the color and lack of bar
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: nice viaual joke with house, although (likely) knowledge about its intention is necessary to appreciate that
   • collage: relevant thought(s), heavy with meaning, but perhaps too direct
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1. overall portfolio: contains good work, but (finish construction and) add structure and explanations
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: nice, a bit dependent on (game) context
   • sign: well done, visually clear and well-motivated
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: good, although rather safe story
   • collage: nice way to collect this variety of material, well-done
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1. overall portfolio: aquarium of the mind, nice and well structured
2. basic exercises:
   • logo:
   • sign: nice subtle solution, a bit cheeky also
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: well done, I like it, the story I mean, not necessarily the pasta
   • collage: not bad, good atmosphere and nice message, slightly to symmetrical around the horizontal axis though, in my opinion
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1. overall portfolio: lloks very good, although you may supress the capital in portfolio. All in all,well structured, and interesting
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: good start, however more as element in a game than as brand
   • sign: well, I can only agree, well executed
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: good underlying motivation, but I think the coherence of the images could be better, supporting the same idea of shift in perspective
   • collage: excellent, a wealth of ideas, well-motivated, reads like a game, so to speak
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remarks: 18/3/10: good work, I am glad you took the course.

1. overall portfolio: promising, well-organised, good taste, but you might take (perhaps) a somewhat more risky approach
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: adequate, nice visual sketchy) style
   • sign: good, although for both red and green visual elements could be more integrated
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: the room is clean, appropriate subject, well-done
   • collage: good way to collect visual information, all in all a good approach
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1. overall portfolio: well-done, promising, but still a bit conventional in structure
2. basic exercises:
   • logo: ladder, in perspective would very likely be stronger, nice and simple though
   • sign: a good example of a slow sign, however, try it against a proper background, possibly different color schemes (sometimes: less is more)
   • (storyboard)/bw phote sequence: the way to work, but think about the arrow
   • collage: topic clear, and structure OK, I like the broken background, but somehow the elements could be better integrated
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