[Adam Betts]

Right now my personal Art folder is all messed up. I'm a very organized person but I can't think of great way to organize my art folder.

Any suggestion?

[art_director]

here's what i do:

if the primary project, say an ad, is compsed in quark, i keep that document in a project folder and the supporting art and fonts in folders inside the project folder.

in other words, open project folder and the contents would be:

a. quark file(s)
b. folder holding all art files (psd, eps, tiff, etc.)
c. folder with all project fonts
d. folder with pdf files of final composition for sending to clients, writers, printers, pubs, isps, etc.

this approach keeps everything together for easy reference and linking. also, when the time comes to burn a disk, send files or archive, i can do it by project. it takes extra space but it's a time saver and cuts back on the headaches.

out of curiosity, how do you do it now?

[mydog8mymac]

Originally posted by art_director:
here's what i do:

if the primary project, say an ad, is compsed in quark, i keep that document in a project folder and the supporting art and fonts in folders inside the project folder.

in other words, open project folder and the contents would be:

a. quark file(s)
b. folder holding all art files (psd, eps, tiff, etc.)
c. folder with all project fonts
d. folder with pdf files of final composition for sending to clients, writers, printers, pubs, isps, etc.

this approach keeps everything together for easy reference and linking. also, when the time comes to burn a disk, send files or archive, i can do it by project. it takes extra space but it's a time saver and cuts back on the headaches.

out of curiosity, how do you do it now?

I'm with art_director on this one.

[Adam Betts]

Originally posted by art_director:
here's what i do:

if the primary project, say an ad, is compsed in quark, i keep that document in a project folder and the supporting art and fonts in folders inside the project folder.

in other words, open project folder and the contents would be:

a. quark file(s)
b. folder holding all art files (psd, eps, tiff, etc.)
c. folder with all project fonts
d. folder with pdf files of final composition for sending to clients, writers, printers, pubs, isps, etc.

this approach keeps everything together for easy reference and linking. also, when the time comes to burn a disk, send files or archive, i can do it by project. it takes extra space but it's a time saver and cuts back on the headaches.

Yeah but what I mean is personal Art folder, not Client folder. I already got Client folder straighted out but not personal folder. Something like icons set I made, desktop background, random photoshop arts, etc.

Originally posted by art_director:
out of curiosity, how do you do it now?

They may look organized but inside them, they're not

[godzookie2k]

for personal stuff I usually organize by season. WI02, AU02, SP02, SU02. It makes for easy backups. Beyond that I have a central depository for all digital photos, scans, etc I take and that has its own drive. If I reference one of those files in a piece I keep the psd of the referenced file (post effects) in the same subfolder as the illustrator or Quark File. Basically:

Hard_drive:
_Photo Archive
_Personal Work
___WI03
_____WI03:
_____Personal_website_rede
_____HTML
_____IMAGES
_____FLA
_____PSD
_____ILL
_____OTHER
_Daily Design
___SU02
___AU02
___SP02
___WI02
___WI03
_Clients

another example:

[Adam Betts]

Not bad at all! I like that idea. That way you can also see if your works are improving by each seasons

I'll definitely try that idea out from now on. If anyone have different way of organizing, I would love to hear them as well