Hello. Can someone give me an honest feedback for my portfolio?
I have just graduated and i am looking for a job as a grafic designer or ui/ux designer. I would love to hear a feedback of my portfolio.
https://issuu.com/adrianabangu/docs/portfolio
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- Keep going. This: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/32-nicki-field-what-you-put-out-there-is-what-you-get-back/id1462785288?i=1000469949826
- Completely agree with @Geoffrey Bunting!IMO, PDFs or direct links to work would generally only be used by people more senior, who don't have the time to make portfolios and their name and work carry them, or are already more known.You could also use dribbble, Behance and similar places to show case your portfolio, but generally, and moreso for a UI/UX position, I would recommend making your own website.If you make your own website (which I recommend you do), use it as an example of what you can do. Let it showcase your skills in a way that even your portfolio pieces can't. It's a project itself after all, but the only restrictions here would be technical feasibility and yourself, while with other projects, you'll usually have more restrictions in place. Curate your portfolio, showcase the work you want to do more of, and your strongest work. You would rather have 5 strong pieces on there, with each going into more detail of the project, how you tackled it, etc. than having 30 projects on your site, but none telling about your methodology, or what the project achieved.There's a number of tools out there to help make a website, such as Semplice, Carbon Made and Webflow.
- @Geoffrey Bunting I already have a pdf file. What website do you recommand me to use?
- What I'll say straight away is that this shouldn't be on issuu. Your work is a decent foundation to grow and improve, but this should be on a website or, at the very least, a clear PDF.You clearly have some illustration skill and in laying out UI, but you probably want to focus on the work you're applying for rather than throwing everything you've done into a document. Specifically, your qualifications are in UI and software, not design, and this shows in your branding work which is especially weak when compared with your 3d modelling and UI work.The design elements in your app work aren't significantly better, but they are contextually relevant. They show that you can put together and app and design it to be functional, but also that there is room for improvement - which good employers don't mind.A portfolio needs to be clear and focussed. So, my advice would be to remove the branding work - which is doing you no favours - focus in on your UI work and move the illustration (and label it as such, not as 2D design) to the latter parts of your portfolio. Remove the shapes and patterns in the background. Keep it simple, keep it focussed, and build it in a better format than issuu.
- How honest do you want me to be ?
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