Friday, 6 January 2012

Portfolio

In one of our sessions we discussed what should be in our portfolios and what should not

In the portfolio

·        12 pieces of excellent work
·        Work that is relevant to the market place
·        Versatility in your chosen sector - book covers showing various genre’s
·        Variation in sequence: single page spread & double page spreads
·        Clean portfolio sleeves
·        Work in context eg: editorial with text
·        Published work if possible
·        Size A3 or smaller – thick portfolio sleeves
                                             A3 – children’s books
                                             A4 – editorial
Not in portfolio

  • Work that is weak
  • Work that you cannot deliver
  • Do not advertise work that you cannot create at home: for example-screen printing
  • Sketches of your Gran cat etc
  • Half finished work
  • Life drawings
www.carbonmade.com and www.portfoliosfriend.com are two online portfolio sites where you can upload your work

This session of work based learning was very helpful in terms of informing me on what to put in my portfolio and where I can upload my portfolio to a website. Having a portfolio website works just as well as having your work on an agency website, however there are no agency fees or hassle. Before going to this session I would have never had thought to add variation of sequence to my portfolio – adding single and double page spreads to help present my work is new to me as I always understood that my work, when in a portfolio was to always be of the same dimensions.

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