my portfolio examples (56k - nope)

[DanClarke]

Hi all,
sorry for the lack of my presence recently, ive been pretty hectic between doing freelance work and looking for full-time work. Been putting together a PDF portfolio to showcase my work whilst my websites being redone! Here's a few examples, let me know what y'all think (P.S: these are only at 25% of the full resolution, hence the illegible text)):

[Steel Drummer]

Very nice. It has a sort of old school feel to it. My only complaint is the 'hello' in the 'About Me' section. It seems kind of random to have that word there. Just my opinion. Still, very good.

[ildu]

Looks pretty good . Are you including descriptions for the illustrations, though? If I were an employer, I would definately want to know what they represent and where they came from.

I like the color scheme a lot, very natural colors and then the title page is like ka-pow! red. Although, on the title page I might differentiate it more by changing the placement of the text (although I'm not sure, it looks pretty cool right where it is). Are the rest of the portfolio pages gonna be the same color or not?

Also, you should probably have all the pages titled exactly as they are in the 'Contents' page. All of them are so except for the 'Contact Me' section. Furthermore, you might wanna think about the hierarchy of the titles on the pages - should you include some way of labeling the portfolio pages in a similar way, such as for example "Portfolio. / Illustration. /" or keep it the way it is? It's still gonna be just 10 pages, so maybe you don't have to worry about that.

P.S.
A photo of yourself might be good to include, but I don't see where it would fit within the composition of the 'About Me' page.

P.S.S
Just as an inquiry, did your school tell you about which medium of portfolio is the most important to have? I'm now working on my web portfolio, so I'd like to ask if they told you how important it would be to have a printed or electronic (pdf) portfolio to give to employers?

[DanClarke]

Looks pretty good . Are you including descriptions for the illustrations, though? If I were an employer, I would definately want to know what they represent and where they came from.

I like the color scheme a lot, very natural colors and then the title page is like ka-pow! red. Although, on the title page I might differentiate it more by changing the placement of the text (although I'm not sure, it looks pretty cool right where it is). Are the rest of the portfolio pages gonna be the same color or not?

Also, you should probably have all the pages titled exactly as they are in the 'Contents' page. All of them are so except for the 'Contact Me' section. Furthermore, you might wanna think about the hierarchy of the titles on the pages - should you include some way of labeling the portfolio pages in a similar way, such as for example "Portfolio. / Illustration. /" or keep it the way it is? It's still gonna be just 10 pages, so maybe you don't have to worry about that.

P.S.
A photo of yourself might be good to include, but I don't see where it would fit within the composition of the 'About Me' page.

P.S.S
Just as an inquiry, did your school tell you about which medium of portfolio is the most important to have? I'm now working on my web portfolio, so I'd like to ask if they told you how important it would be to have a printed or electronic (pdf) portfolio to give to employers?

thanks for the feedback! with regard to your comments....

1. Sorry i forgot to mention these werent the 100% final pags. The portfolio pages do hold descriptions of each piece of work.

2.The portfolio pages all have a slightly different pastel hue. So the illustration page is green, but the motion, web etc all have different subtle tones for the sake of consitency.

3. I understand what you mean about the contacts page, and the only reason i broke from this was because i felt simply putting 'contact me' followed by contact details would perhaps seem a little obnoxious.

With regard to portfolios, the medium depends on the type of job youre going for. If its screen based work then its good to have a mixture of a pdf and a website. But more print based work obviously requires physical work to be shown.

[Steel Drummer]

P.S.
A photo of yourself might be good to include, but I don't see where it would fit within the composition of the 'About Me' page.

How about where the word 'hello' is?

[DanClarke]

P.S.
A photo of yourself might be good to include, but I don't see where it would fit within the composition of the 'About Me' page.

How about where the word 'hello' is?

i did actually experiment with this, but personally i didnt think it suited.