Portfolio Considerations

Portfolio is a scary word. Especially when considering my work, I don't feel that any of it sits particularly well together and worry that my 'style' is too inconsistent to have work sit next to each other page after page. I've not really given much consideration to how my portfolio could be layed out, and wory that I dont have enough good pieces of work to put something substantial together.

Tips I've Gathered:

Show A Breadth of Work - goes without saying but variation is good, and maybe the fact that my work can vary in style/process/production, isn't neccesarily a bad thing, it just shows that I can work on a range of different things I guess. 

Less is More - my portfolio could probably benefit from a little minamilism in terms of layout and organization. Keeping the layout clean and allowing the work room to breath and speak for itself is probably beneficial. As well as this, the amount of content in the actual portfolio is probably best being kept to a minimum. Uni have given us an estimation of 15 - 20 pages but I think I'm going to stick more to the 15 page end of things. 

Importance of Personal Projects - being fresh out of uni means for me that I dont have much comissioned or client led work. Personal projects have become increasingly important to my practice and expanding how and what I work with other the past few months at uni. I think it's important to make sure I include a range of these projects and show how they've benefitted my practice. 

Skill - if I'm not 100% happy with the piece of work I'm considering putting in my portfolio, it probably shouldn't be in there. I need to be confident and able to sell the work that I'm putting forward when constructing this, so making sure I'm happy with everything is important to me. I also dont want to include weaker pieces of work in general as I'm sure this would show up to prospective clients. I also need to remember that the portfolio isn't finalised just because I've handed in my work, I can still (and definitley should) keep my portfolio fresh and updated, its not an end point at all.