portfolio help

Here are just a few links for help with your portfolio. The thing that will get you a job and make you lose your mind. You think I am kidding, I’m not.

There is no sure-fire way to make a portfolio, some swear by hand-made books, others prefer binders, and others yet, only create online galleries.

My advice: get as many people as possible to look at your work and take everything they say with a grain of salt. Each person who reviews your book will have a different opinion. When you find a common thread in the critiques, that is when you should consider changing things up.

AIGA Advice for Emerging Designers.

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/after-school-special

Designer’s Toolbox is a great resource for all things design and has an online portfolio feature.

http://www.designerstoolbox.com/

Here is a really great book that helped me and my classmates.

Click here to find it on Amazon.

There are also many sites for building an online portfolio by becoming a member and uploading work.

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/jobs-and-community

http://designrelated.com/

http://www.coroflot.com/

http://www.behance.net/