Comments on: Preparing and Talking About Your Graphic Design Portfolio

By: stephanie

stephanie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:45:02 +0000

I like your tip of connecting the design to how they achieved business goals. it’s important to speak in the same language as the potential client, not designer’s lingo. what questions can you ask to find what a potential client values?

By: kathryn barlow

kathryn barlow — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:42:29 +0000

great article, something I definitely need to practice!

By: Ktyellow

Ktyellow — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:58:11 +0000

this very good article, thank you very much.

By: The_Reveller

The_Reveller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:49:44 +0000

It is easier to create great work for better jobs than rubbish ones so the better the job you can get in the first place, the better your work will become.

Never sell yourself short and never apply for jobs you know you are fully/over qualified for else you will get bored and will not progress beyond your current level.

By: dmk

dmk — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:22:36 +0000

“Also, as the post says, don’t put any projects in your portfolio that you don’t want to work on in the future.”

Great advice.

By: Chantal

Chantal — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:08:29 +0000

Thanks for this article, it’s awesome! I’m in the process of changing jobs, and it’s good to be reminded now and then what is most important about portfolios…

Josh, I understand if you must feel that this is unnecessary, but what you might think as a stupid article, many more would feel that it’s handy, especially those who’s only starting out now! And not everyone gets these tips while studying (I had to teach myself most of the stuff that I know now)

By: Mark Bowley

Mark Bowley — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:19:05 +0000

Josh, while these things may seem obvious to you, there are many people grateful and in need of this kind of guidance. This includes people who have had formal training and even some of those with industry experience.

I’m sure some colleges teach this kind of thing better than others, and yes good design instincts will help, but in my opinion there’s not enough of this kind of guidance around for designers.

By: josh

josh — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:43:50 +0000

Um.

This article is tripe.

Who is going to look at it? Its a freaking portfolio, who do you think will look at it!?

Select your best work? Well who would have thought that selling yourself was the idea of a portfolio?

Explain your work? This is actually the biggie that all the “designers” on the interwebs would struggle with due to lack of formal training. However if you are a designer and not a hack then this is should be fine.

Basically really horrible article aimed at 14 year olds who have no idea what they are doing.

Hope you did not get paid for that.

By: Hasan Khan

Hasan Khan — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:46:18 +0000

brilliant article…very informative and precise…just what i needed..thanx

two of the links at the end of this article however have bad links, these are

1. How to get your first graphic design job

2. Innovative one page resume and portfolio

hope that you can sort out the broken link, so that i can take full advantage of this article….

thankyou once again

By: underdog

underdog — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:34:09 +0000

great . i have never think about i have A potential employer and A potential client ….i just wait ..wait .wait….oh my god..