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graphic design portfolios
Graphic Design Portfolios
Desktop
publishing or graphic design portfolios should be more than just a few samples
thrown into a folder. Potential employers or clients use examples of your work
to help determine whether they want to hire you. The samples you choose for
graphic design portfolios and how you present them can affect whether or not
you get the job. Learn how to prepare a portfolio, what goes in it, how to
develop one when you are a new designer, how to choose a case, and how to use
graphic design portfolios to get a job or land a client.
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Graphic Design
Portfolio Projects
Build a portfolio when you don't have real world
experience by doing these graphic design portfolio projects and makeovers on
your own. Use them to strut your stuff and show off
your design skills to potential employers or clients.
Why Use Portfolios
Most graphic designers and others doing some type of freelance desktop
publishing need graphic design portfolios of some kind — a way to show
potential employers or clients the quality of our work, our level of expertise,
and to establish credibility.
What Goes in
Graphic Design Portfolios?
You already know that portfolios should contain examples of your work, but
which samples and in what format? Explore 5 types of content.
What Goes in a
Beginner's Portfolio
You need samples to get the job but you need the job
in order to have samples. That old Catch-22 doesn't have to stop you from
putting together a good graphic design portfolio. It just requires a bit
more creativity.
Choosing a Graphic
Design Portfolio Case
After you've decided what will go in your graphic
design portfolio (and created those pieces if you're just starting out) you'll
need to decide how best to present those samples. Portfolio cases can be plain
or fancy.
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Organizing Graphic
Design Portfolios
Once you have your samples and your portfolio case,
the next step is deciding how to best present those pieces within your
portfolio. Here are two specific ways to arrange your samples.
Graphic Design
Portfolio Presentations
You've assembled all your best projects into a great
looking leather case. Where you were weak in real-world projects you've filled
in with some great made up examples that show you know your stuff. Now what?
Now you have to present that great graphic design portfolio you've created to
potential clients or employers and explain your work.
Ten Tips to a
Perfect Portfolio
Graphic Design Portfolios
Advertising Guide Apryl Duncan has 10 illustrated steps for putting together
and using a portfolio. Although geared toward advertising copywriting and
design, these tips are adaptable to other fields, including graphic design.