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But I felt it was still too big and tall so I want to adjust the height

Here is the front page of my PDF portfolio. I decided to use a photograph of me to capture my love for photography but also real life visual of my identity instead of illustration. 

Here are some designs concepts of my adverts where I have used my own photo of red string for the first design. I wanted to keep these adverts simple and straight to the point. 

Here is the final look at the spring couplet design. I have used the patterns/illustrations from the original design but I did not cover up most of the page because I wanted it to have space like on the traditional Chinese spring couplet designs. 

Here are some photographs of the finalised print on 250 gsm paper so it does not wear down easily and show white crease marks like it does on lighter gsm paper. The string material I used is commonly used for making necklaces, bracelets and is strong enough to last a while. 

For my spring couplet design, I have used the handwritten Chinese character that Ting Li created because I find that it works best with the traditional but contemporary idea I’m sticking with based on feedback. I have made this element work with my design by adding bevel and emboss with accompanying text saying ‘Happy Chinese New Year!’ at the bottom for consistency of the brand product name at the back of the envelope.