Today I headed down to design company
“Thoughtful” to show off my portfolio for the first time ever! After giving us
a helpful and portfolio-inspiring talk the previous week, Stuart, who is part
of the company agreed to let me come visit.
Before my appointment I have to admit I was
really nervous. It was my first time showing this portfolio to anybody outside
the classroom; in fact, after I’d made quite a few changes in the morning
concerning the layout and presentation, Stuart was the first to see this version.
So for me this meeting was a kind of personal test of how well I’d accomplished
so far in the year.
After brief introductions, I put the nerves
to the back of my mind and presented, keeping in mind all of the advice Stuart
mentioned in his talk. He made some great comments about my work, both on what
aspects he liked and what he’d like to see more of. I was happy to hear that he
was a fan of my developing style and would like to see what the future holds as
he could tell I was still growing. He also mentioned that he could see a
commercial aspect to my work, was fantastic to hear! We looked through each
piece and I talked him through each piece, which I found was a lot easier than I
thought it would have been for some reason.
On a portfolio-inspecting level, he liked
that I’d kept it simple. He liked that I’d cropped my work and added it to the
bottom of each page with a small description, to which I could then elaborate.
Advice he gave me (which I have avidly taken on board) was to maybe make an
introduction page instead of sticking an image there, and that it would be good
to see more of my work in context; spread it out more to give it all room and
let it speak for itself!
Thanks Stuart!
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