Any advice for a portfolio im making?

An online portfolio or a printed portfolio?

p.s. Your links are broken.

If it’s online, I’d say create a website. Just use a simple web gallery with captions on your projects.

Also, are you on a Mac or a PC?

If you’re on a Mac, every Mac comes with iLife. Use iWeb to create a photo gallery of your work. ;)

well its a printed portfolio

oh darn i cant get them to work

but its a portfolio for my work that i have done in class using cs3

i have a mac btw

8 1/2×11

run the images as large as possible

let the images speak for themselves, don’t get too arty with the layout

Run a small bit of text explaining the project & your solution

Print high-quality & get it bound at Kinko’s

well im going to be printing and binding myself.. i bought this thin glossy double sided paper.. and it prints real nice.. im going to be binding it myself.. i found some website that helps u with binding and stuff like that.. i agree im not going to make it all exaggerated with a bunch of background.. i was looking at the samples he had and i got very intimidated they were sooooo good… i hope it comes out nice.

If your work is good, that’s all you need IMO.

whats IMO??

:)

in my opinion (IMO)

I agree. Let the images speak for themselves. Ask people to critique it BEFORE you bind it.

ok thanks.. yeah im going to do that

maybe ill post it and see what you guys think

:)

Put a low-res PDF online somewhere and we’ll look at it. :)

p.s. My web portfolio: http://www.3rdeyedesign.com

thanks i will

FIND THE RING PLEASE!!!!!! How can you be so careless…...

Frodo? is that you?

Speaking of One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them…

Be mindful of how you bind your work. I find spiral binding to look cheep and unprofessional, and you may find that you want to swap out pieces in your portfolio depending on the client or as your work progresses and evolves. I prefer to use sleeves in a hardbound cover, that way the work looks solid, but can remain flexible.

Binding is always a challenge. Plastic sleeves can look cheap. Velobinding is decent-looking but spreads can’t be laid flat. Comb binding is awful-looking. Spiral can look ok sometimes. Homemade binding can look amateurish if not done well. I haven’t found a perfect solution, obviously…

well i was thinking of doing it like this

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bookbinding/Japanese_side_stitch

You could do it like a sketchbook and affix the prints to a hardcover book that you purchase. Or try this

The Apple Store was running a sale on books created from iPhoto images…have you thought of that?

There’s also http://www.blurb.com/

did i mention its due on monday :)

so yeah im going to binding it this weekend… but thanks for all the helping site.. ill save them for suture references

You’re suturing or Japanese side-stitching?

stitching.. i find it easier. and there were some sample that were like that so i like how it looks.

@shockvalue…... Made me laugh once again. LOL..

She lost the ring I gave her.