BDP1-40/DDP ch6

The first decision of making your design portfolio is “who is your audience?” Who are you trying to attract with your portfolio, what kind of clients? Also the tone of your page is important too, because it should reflect you. The projects you include in your website also reflect the tone and audience. You should add projects to your portfolio that will attract the kinds of businesses you want to work for. Include a large range of designs so you can show your versatility. You need to show that you can work with different jobs and work out other ideas. A bound book instead of a loose leaf portfolio is an interesting concept to unify all your work together. Including the process of your works is important too so your employers can see how you work and what other ideas you came up with in the process. This book is helpful, it gives you may ways you can present you hard copy of your portfolio. I like the book the best but there are many ways to present this.

This chapter is about digitalizing traditional work, such as art work and photography. You might have to shoot a 3d piece, or a very large piece that can’t be scanned. In order to do this you need a digital camera, you need to set up the object in an attractive, photographable area, and concentrate on the lighting. The lighting makes a huge difference, how it hits the object can either help it or go against it.