SUPER HAPPY PORTFOLIO TIME

DESIGNING A DIGITAL PORTFOLIO
CHAPTER EIGHT
REPURPOSING AND OPTIMIZING



Most of this chapter is about organizing your print work. Having the older versions of the finished product might be useful so you can show your thought process and development.

Having different file formats in your digital portfolio is nessesary. For example, if you have a video you'd like to show, you would want to make it downloadable in Flash, Quicktime, and Windows Media Player. Doing this insures that the person looking at it can make their choice based on preference or on what programs are already on their computer.

There are a lot of basics that are reviewed:
-Don't make your video pop up in a window that's bigger than everyone's sceen size.
-Don't make the file sizes of everything so huge.
-Don't make bad navigation.
-Have enough content to call it a portfolio.
-Don't make a bad site.
-Don't fail at life.

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Ok so this ISN'T a web portfolio. But it's an amazing webcomic. The artist has the most beautiful color pallets and style.
http://normallife.livejournal.com/



I've always loved her work, and very envious of her tabelet she works with. I would love to work with one, if only they didn't cost so much! Unfortunately, her previous work isn't viewable currently for some reason.

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BUILDING DESIGN PORTFOLIOS
p75-p94



Woooooo! It's page nintey four dude!

Anyway, about this part of the book: It emphasizes that you really want to have a web portfolio thats exciting, new, and awesome. Meaning, that you want to have something stimulating to gain the audience's attention.

Lets put it this way:
The more they like your portfolio, the more they like you, the more likely you'll get the job, the most likely you won't starve to death in your early 30's.

So make an exciting and happy portfolio ^___^

I know i've said it like two posts ago, but I LOVE how this book actually has examples in it. Not only that, but they're GOOD examples. Very temportary, very modern, which is exactly what's in style in the design world. Its just nice that finally one of these books can tell you what to do, and SHOW you what to do.

Something that the book mentions that I've heard many times before is, if you're gonna have music in your portfolio, you have some choices:
-Have a way to turn it off.
-Don't have it start automatically.
-Don't put music in your portfolio.
-Work at Wal-mart.

I was so happy to see Chip Kidd's work on page 87. I LOVED his book "THE CHEESE MONKEYS" any graphic designer (ESPECIALLY STUDENT) needs to read it. It's absolutely hillarious and creative writing, yet very informative about the real design world. But it does get very (VERY) weird at the end, but go read it anyway, its one of my favorite books.