thixen opened this issue on Apr 14, 2005 ยท 2 posts
thixen posted Thu, 14 April 2005 at 7:54 AM
Ok I'm looking into diving into the wonderfull, wacky world of Graphical Design. There is a design house nearby thats looking for someone who is fimalur with video production and graphical design but not overly experenced so they can train them the way they want to and I want that position. The question is I pretty much know everything that they are requiring except one. What to put in a portfolo so show off what I can do. I was wondering if some of you great pros out there can share the knowlage of what you got in yours so I know how to prepare mine. Thanks PS maybe a mod can whisper to someone that this would make a good subject for the 'making money with art' feature. If it alreadys been done, sorry, a link would be nice though ^_^
SamTherapy posted Thu, 14 April 2005 at 10:37 AM
No matter what medium you are going to be working in, as a Graphic Designer, you will be expected to be able to draw the traditional way. You should include at least one pencil drawing of a human figure - drawn from life, not a fantasy/comic book character, one still life/objects composition, and a few anatomical studies such as hands and heads. If you can't get a model to sit for you, visit one of the anatomy sites (there's an excellent one linked from www.3d.sk) and use one of the photos there. For objects I used an old pair of Doc Marten boots and (the old favourite) a few vases on a table. In my experience employers may be bowled over by my fantasy/SF/Glamour stuff (I mainly draw in India Ink) but what has always clinched it for me has been my "real life" drawings. That came about because I falied an interview once, due to not having any real life stuff in my portfolio. The company were good enough to tell me what was wrong so I went about putting it right. Since then I have walked into every single graphics job I went for.
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