A Good Portfolio Layout takes into consideration the relationship between audience and creator. If the creator is a website designer, then it's more effective to make the portfolio interactive like a website than, say, a book. It also integrates the elements of design to make it easy to understand. Take these helpful tips that illustrate what those are: Here's an example of a layout that was "popular" in 2016, according to this website ; I think it'd still be quite popular today, too. Here are some examples of documents that aren't portfolios, but incorporate those elements of design, like repetition, hierarchy of colors and typefaces. A sense of unity is key to creating a good portfolio. If the folios were separated, it would be easy to put them back together because they look similar. I like these in particular because From left to right: Lone Wolf mag , Erica Kitamura ,...
source I thought this was a genius infograph resume. I tried to do something similar, with it being based off my work space, but I ended up doing something entirely different. I might try again for my project 5, but is that like copying his idea? I could just redo my infograph resume anyway. How could i make it better, then? Mo graciously provided me with some advice to look on Behance.com for ideas for our portfolios and self branding and stuff. Some other ideas for project 5: - redo p1 - more food icons (ref. p2) (ethnic foods maybe; Japanese? I could do a mixture of my heritage; Chinese, Thai, and Filipino! - business card? logo/brand? (because I want to open an online shop in the future. I'm thinking prints and stickers and idk what else. maybe I should make a layout for a commissions sheet or the website itself? - cover for my portfolio; signature - on-going project: stickers. Create a sticker sheet. (layout element) Theme: snowboard stickers; link to list ...