Recently i've been learning a lot on web design, animation, photo editing, kinetic typography and etc... I plan on making a online portfolio because with the world becoming more and more digital I'm going to need a way to reach out to the designing / animation world other than face to face. I will create it in a very well organized way in terms of easy to find what they need to see from me and at the same time make it fun and enjoying so my site makes them come back for more. I'm going to add an e-mail section and comment section so they will be able to contact me when ever they need to, and links so they can visit my three profiles ( myspac, facebook and blogger)
Sunday, April 5, 2009
ONLINE PORTFOLIO'S
Having a online portfolio is very helpful when it comes to you and the Graphic Design world. As you get out, grab a degree and become a freelancer you'll need a portfolio that everyone can see and enjoy looking at before they have any idea of hiring you. Before creating your web portfolio you need to think on what exactly you want companies to see that you have created. Your created pieces needs to be your best work and be in a well organized way. Having it not organized will frustrate people when they visit your site and might end up ruining your way on making it in the computer design industry. A very good way to contact you through your site is to create an e-mail or commit box into your site so that way they can e-mail you anytime that they need or just leave you a comment on what they like or dislike. You can also create a link inside your site for your blogging profile, by having a blogging profile they'll see what you have been talking about through the time that they have visited your site and what you've written down into your blog
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Excellent post and excellent thought work. I am glad that you are considering your options and already planning for your content and contact information. I might suggest that instead of publishing your e-mail address you use an e-mail form being processed on the server-side. This will prevent, or at least make it harder for, some of the crawling software to harvest your e-mail address and fill your inbox with unwanted spam.
ReplyDeleteI might also suggest that you visit several online portfolios (20-30) and critique each as to what you feel is effective and what you feel is distracting. Observing the works of others and seriously critiquing their efforts is a great way to identify things you want to emulate and things you want to avoid.
Finally, you might want to connect with some design instructors, design directors, or other practicing professionals and ask for their advice and input. They may be able to direct you toward some valuable resources or share with you some hidden nuggets of information that will help your site be even more effective.
I look forward to seeing your portfolio site and thank you again for sharing such a well-written post.
thank you mr. William's for your input i will definitely look at other designer web sites as well as critique them everything that i have said up their is true and are exactly what i want to put on my online portfolio
ReplyDeleteI am trying to figure out the best way to setup a portfolio for writing and editing. I'm thinking of creating several web-pages or just inter-grating some images with several blog posts. I plan on digging real deep into research over writing and editing but am still torn on how to create a portfolio for my career goals. Any suggestions?
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