Guide
Guides for a portfolio you actually want to share.
Practical answers to the questions every creative student runs into: what belongs in a portfolio, how to write a case study and where to show your work.
- BasicsHow to make a portfolio as a student: step by stepHow a creative student builds a portfolio that works for internships, final reviews and job applications: selection, case studies, order and presentation.4 min read
- WritingHow to write a case study for your portfolioThe fixed structure of a strong portfolio case study: brief, your role, process, decisions, result and reflection — with examples and a length per part.4 min read
- Getting startedHow to make an online portfolio for freeWhat you really need for a free online portfolio, what free tools usually leave out, and how to be live in an afternoon without a website builder.3 min read
- ApplyingA portfolio for your internship or job applicationWhat an internship supervisor or recruiter wants to see in your portfolio, how to tailor it to one vacancy and how to share the link so it actually gets read.3 min read
- Per fieldGraphic design portfolio: structure and examplesHow to build a graphic design portfolio: which projects, how to present identity, print and typography, and what studios want to see.3 min read
- Per fieldHow to build a photography portfolio: selection and sequenceHow to put together a photography portfolio: strict selection, series instead of single images, sequence, image size and the presentation online.3 min read
- Per fieldUX/UI portfolio: case studies that show how you thinkWhat a UX or UI portfolio should contain: the problem, research, iterations, the interface and the effect — with a fixed case-study structure and pitfalls.3 min read
- ChoosingBehance, Instagram or your own portfolio site?When Behance or Instagram is enough and when you need a portfolio site of your own — compared on address, presentation, control and what a recruiter does with it.3 min read
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