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May
8

Idea: Create a Graphic Profile for your About page that creatively expresses who you are

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Create a Graphic Profile Montage for your About Page

Chic Montes\' Graphic ProfileI 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:

  1. Put the individual images the montage into jigsaw puzzle pieces.
  2. Create a Comic Strip Profile of favorite things using Comic Life software.

What do you think about Graphic Profiles? Please leave a comment…

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Posted on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 by Trisha Cupra

Last modified: May 8, 2008 at 5:51 am

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5 comments have been left on this post

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
on May 8th, 2008 at 8:09 am

@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!

Trisha Cupra
on May 8th, 2008 at 9:09 am

Really? that sounded easy.. ill wait for the tutorial. Maybe in ur next post?

ChiQ Montes
on May 13th, 2008 at 11:16 am

Thanks for the idea (both of you). I may have to try this myself. Awesome site as well.

Kevin Boss
on May 13th, 2008 at 11:42 pm

Thanks. I’ve posted the first tutorial - how to find the photos for your Graphic Profile - for free.

Trisha Cupra
on May 14th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

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