What was your favorite piece of work from these awesome portfolios? Remember to drop a link to your work in the comments if you'd like to have your portfolio featured in a future episode!
Finally an art director youtuber! I feel like its so hard to learn about art direction and advertising straight from the people in the industry. Excited to learn more from you!
Hey thanks for looking at my portfolio and giving some great advice! Other than the actual advice it really helped getting a glimpse of how a hiring manager would look at a go through portfolio during the hiring process! I'll try to expand my process and thinking for each of my projects and show off my design workflow. Maybe I can get a follow-up review lol
The UA-cam algorithm did good today. Super helpful to hear your thoughts and I picked up some valuable tips for my portfolio, such as links back to the gallery and some items to include and exclude. I'm currently kind of torn between web development and design, and I've heard a lot of people recommend picking one or the other. Nevertheless, I'm still studying both for now. It's hard figuring out how to showcase the process for the development and design as well as discussing branding decisions without overwhelming the reader, so I appreciated your insights on the discussion and showcasing of each step. It was illuminating to see how other people tackled their process and what positives and negatives were there.
Love to hear that, thanks so much for weighing in - glad you found it valuable! Balancing development with design can certainly be challenging, but it sounds like you’re doing exactly what you should by chunking things down to make the topics easily digestible for the user.
tatiana's was so sick!! definitely taking into account as im just now learning webflow and would love to create things like she's done. thank you for sharing and giving us advice n reviews! as a graphic design student who has had some financial issues w finishing my bfa, these videos are so helpful so I don't lose my knowledge while I try to get back to school. 10/10! also would be really cool to see what fonts you use for your portfolio tips page during this vid! im super interested in typography so would love to see that info!
Agreed, Tatiana’s portfolio is an incredible example! The fonts used in the tips graphic are TT Commons Pro for the headline/body and DIN Pro for the sub-header and footer. Best of luck with finishing your BFA!
No hiring manager asks 'some design skills' from a copy writer or job applicants for client service/marketing/strategy roles in the ad/design industry, but graphic designers must know some programming, copy writing, managerial accounting and what not! An out of the box creative thinker must have a great organizational skill, so much so that she has time for preserving all her design process and detailed logs since she got her rare moment of creative spark! Employers want a team player but at the same time want tangible metrics of an individual's contribution in a complex project whose success depends on multiple employees and various external factors, just because they love to read that (but can't verify)! Do your job, hire more people with skill in their respective fields. Measuring ROI is not a designer's job. This attitude proves how poorly employers value design skills. Everybody can design now a days, (including my 6 year old, as rude clients often say) so let's hire someone who can do a bit of everything! That's outright lazy and cheap! What's next? A cash back offer from our salaries?
I hear you and agree that design roles expect too much from candidates and many of them don’t properly value the position. The part about tracking and including KPIs/ROI is important to combat that. The truth is that many clients and stakeholders don’t know good design from bad design, what they do know is how successful a project was based on KPIs. Good design will only get you so far - showing tangible value as a designer is how you prove that you’re worth higher pay and a seat at the table. Focusing solely on design showcases value that is largely only understood by other designers.
Thank you so much for making this video, it was incredibly helpful! I really love how you use portfolio examples to illustrate tips and key points. The presentation is very clear and well-organized😄😄
Gave me the much needed perspective as a beginner in the design industry! Thank you! Just wanted to ask, if you have a document or something where you have included all the pointers which you showed during the review? I feel like that will be a very helpful checklist of sorts for new designers like me to refer to, when making a portfolio!
Glad you found it helpful! And that’s a great idea - I’m planning on doing a more succinct video highlighting some of the most important tips at a high level, maybe I can put together a PDF to go along with it.
@@artfulruckus That would be amazing! As a beginner, I often get lost in the sea of information. A simple basic outline to start off would be really helpful!
Great question! I think Behance portfolios are fine, but creating a portfolio website and placing it on a custom domain name will definitely come across as more professional. I view Behance portfolios as a great way to attract clients that are already on Behance. For job applications or general freelance work, I would work towards getting a site built when you’re able.
@@artfulruckus You are saying you value designers who pay $20/year to keep a domain name and $5/month for a Go Daddy subscription more than the designers who pays $60/month for Adobe Creative Cloud subscription for his/her entire career which includes Adobe Portfolio and Behance? You look for 'design professionals' who save company cost, keep track of the ROI, metrics etc., (A degree in managerial accounting would have been nice!) but at the same time, pay unnecessarily extra just to look 'professional'!
I love these videos! Super helpful. I wish i knew what website builder everyone used. Im having a hard time finding one as Wix is too complex, and SquareSpace it too plain. Also, is it better to have all the projects up front in thumbnails, or is a scrolling page better to show all the work laid out after the next? (Will take advice from anyone)
Appreciate the kind words! There are a ton of options for building portfolio sites - several in this video use Webflow, Behance, Adobe Portfolio, and Wordpress. Behance and Adobe Portfolio are the easiest to use. Webflow and Wordpress will give you more control but will take a little time to learn how to build pages. As far as layout, I like the thumbnail approach as it lets the user choose what they want to look at rather than forcing them to scroll to find certain projects.
Absolutely, you can use a Behance portfolio to successfully apply for full time roles or get freelance clients. At the end of the day, it’s about the quality of work you’re doing and how easy it is to find it. Having your own site and your own domain will come across as more professional, but is not a deal breaker by any means. Starting with a free platform like Behance and moving to a more custom solution later in your career when you begin to earn more is a common approach.
Hey, I commented 4 times with my Behance link and the comment keeps getting deleted, I guess commenting links isn't allowed, where else can I send my portfolio link?
Definitely a lot of fear in the industry right now, which is understandable with the new tools coming out. There’s fear in a lot of industries right now though with the layoffs we’re seeing. Everything is cyclical so I think it will be okay once the storm clears, creatives will just need to stay up to date with the new technology like they’ve always done.
What was your favorite piece of work from these awesome portfolios?
Remember to drop a link to your work in the comments if you'd like to have your portfolio featured in a future episode!
That Tatiana Mondragon portfolio was epic!
@@knast7093 Agreed! Great example of all the things to showcase in a portfolio.
Finally an art director youtuber! I feel like its so hard to learn about art direction and advertising straight from the people in the industry. Excited to learn more from you!
Hope I’m able to fill some info gaps! Let me know if there’s anything you’d find especially helpful to have covered in a video
Awesome video, thank you for offering your insights on each portfolio. It's super helpful as I work to update my own!
Appreciate the kind words, good luck with your portfolio!
This is a crazy video.
A ton to learn.
Glad you found it valuable!
Hey thanks for looking at my portfolio and giving some great advice! Other than the actual advice it really helped getting a glimpse of how a hiring manager would look at a go through portfolio during the hiring process!
I'll try to expand my process and thinking for each of my projects and show off my design workflow. Maybe I can get a follow-up review lol
Hey Alec, glad to hear the review was helpful! Awesome portfolio, your portrait animation was one of my favorite bits of the day.
@@artfulruckus Thanks! Looking forward to the next video, always can use more designer content on youtube
@@Hotsauceonmyappreciate that! Let me know if you think of any video topics that would be impactful for you
Building my own portfolio at the moment, your videos have been a geat help! Thank you so much for putting the time and energy into this :)
Thanks for the kind words, glad you’re finding them helpful!
The UA-cam algorithm did good today. Super helpful to hear your thoughts and I picked up some valuable tips for my portfolio, such as links back to the gallery and some items to include and exclude.
I'm currently kind of torn between web development and design, and I've heard a lot of people recommend picking one or the other. Nevertheless, I'm still studying both for now. It's hard figuring out how to showcase the process for the development and design as well as discussing branding decisions without overwhelming the reader, so I appreciated your insights on the discussion and showcasing of each step. It was illuminating to see how other people tackled their process and what positives and negatives were there.
Love to hear that, thanks so much for weighing in - glad you found it valuable! Balancing development with design can certainly be challenging, but it sounds like you’re doing exactly what you should by chunking things down to make the topics easily digestible for the user.
Thank you!! This was a very insightful review and well done video. Looking forward to more 🤘
Thanks so much for checking it out!
Melhor vídeo de portfólio que assisti! Muitas dicas boas para quem está montando o próprio portfólio :)
Thanks so much for the kind words! I’m glad you found it helpful
tatiana's was so sick!! definitely taking into account as im just now learning webflow and would love to create things like she's done. thank you for sharing and giving us advice n reviews! as a graphic design student who has had some financial issues w finishing my bfa, these videos are so helpful so I don't lose my knowledge while I try to get back to school. 10/10! also would be really cool to see what fonts you use for your portfolio tips page during this vid! im super interested in typography so would love to see that info!
Agreed, Tatiana’s portfolio is an incredible example! The fonts used in the tips graphic are TT Commons Pro for the headline/body and DIN Pro for the sub-header and footer.
Best of luck with finishing your BFA!
@@artfulruckus thank you!
I'm on the process of redesigning my portfolio. And I got some inspiration from this, so thank you! 😃
That’s amazing to hear, glad you got some value from it!
finally will be posting my portfolio soon
Looking forward to checking it out!
Some really high quality content, cant believe you just started making youtube videos. Thank you!
Really appreciate that!
Thank you sir, I start learning logo design few months back, now I making my portfolio stronger with all the tips you gave out. : )
That’s great to hear, keep at it!
No hiring manager asks 'some design skills' from a copy writer or job applicants for client service/marketing/strategy roles in the ad/design industry, but graphic designers must know some programming, copy writing, managerial accounting and what not! An out of the box creative thinker must have a great organizational skill, so much so that she has time for preserving all her design process and detailed logs since she got her rare moment of creative spark! Employers want a team player but at the same time want tangible metrics of an individual's contribution in a complex project whose success depends on multiple employees and various external factors, just because they love to read that (but can't verify)! Do your job, hire more people with skill in their respective fields. Measuring ROI is not a designer's job. This attitude proves how poorly employers value design skills. Everybody can design now a days, (including my 6 year old, as rude clients often say) so let's hire someone who can do a bit of everything! That's outright lazy and cheap! What's next? A cash back offer from our salaries?
I hear you and agree that design roles expect too much from candidates and many of them don’t properly value the position.
The part about tracking and including KPIs/ROI is important to combat that. The truth is that many clients and stakeholders don’t know good design from bad design, what they do know is how successful a project was based on KPIs.
Good design will only get you so far - showing tangible value as a designer is how you prove that you’re worth higher pay and a seat at the table. Focusing solely on design showcases value that is largely only understood by other designers.
Thanks for the valuable tips that you share 😃.
Absolutely, glad to hear you found them valuable!
Loving this one!
Glad to hear it, thank you!
Thank you so much for making this video, it was incredibly helpful! I really love how you use portfolio examples to illustrate tips and key points. The presentation is very clear and well-organized😄😄
Thanks so much for the kind words! I’m glad you found it helpful.
These are great tips!
Thanks so much, glad you found them helpful!
Orlando based designers in the house! 🙌🏼 Tatiana’s portfolio is an inspiration!
O-town! And 100%
Gave me the much needed perspective as a beginner in the design industry! Thank you!
Just wanted to ask, if you have a document or something where you have included all the pointers which you showed during the review?
I feel like that will be a very helpful checklist of sorts for new designers like me to refer to, when making a portfolio!
Glad you found it helpful! And that’s a great idea - I’m planning on doing a more succinct video highlighting some of the most important tips at a high level, maybe I can put together a PDF to go along with it.
@@artfulruckus That would be amazing! As a beginner, I often get lost in the sea of information. A simple basic outline to start off would be really helpful!
Damn, Tatianas a rockstar!!!🤩🤩🤩
Agreed!
What do you think about Behance Portfolio?
Great question! I think Behance portfolios are fine, but creating a portfolio website and placing it on a custom domain name will definitely come across as more professional.
I view Behance portfolios as a great way to attract clients that are already on Behance. For job applications or general freelance work, I would work towards getting a site built when you’re able.
@@artfulruckus You are saying you value designers who pay $20/year to keep a domain name and $5/month for a Go Daddy subscription more than the designers who pays $60/month for Adobe Creative Cloud subscription for his/her entire career which includes Adobe Portfolio and Behance? You look for 'design professionals' who save company cost, keep track of the ROI, metrics etc., (A degree in managerial accounting would have been nice!) but at the same time, pay unnecessarily extra just to look 'professional'!
I love these videos! Super helpful. I wish i knew what website builder everyone used. Im having a hard time finding one as Wix is too complex, and SquareSpace it too plain. Also, is it better to have all the projects up front in thumbnails, or is a scrolling page better to show all the work laid out after the next? (Will take advice from anyone)
Appreciate the kind words! There are a ton of options for building portfolio sites - several in this video use Webflow, Behance, Adobe Portfolio, and Wordpress. Behance and Adobe Portfolio are the easiest to use. Webflow and Wordpress will give you more control but will take a little time to learn how to build pages.
As far as layout, I like the thumbnail approach as it lets the user choose what they want to look at rather than forcing them to scroll to find certain projects.
Due to financial constraint, is a Behance portfolio enough to get a job or clients?
Absolutely, you can use a Behance portfolio to successfully apply for full time roles or get freelance clients. At the end of the day, it’s about the quality of work you’re doing and how easy it is to find it. Having your own site and your own domain will come across as more professional, but is not a deal breaker by any means. Starting with a free platform like Behance and moving to a more custom solution later in your career when you begin to earn more is a common approach.
@@artfulruckus thanks man for the clarification
Hey, I commented 4 times with my Behance link and the comment keeps getting deleted, I guess commenting links isn't allowed, where else can I send my portfolio link?
Hmm that’s odd, not sure why it would be removing it. You can send it directly to tom@artfulruckus.com
super!
Thank you!
Here from Reddit :)
👋 Thanks for watching!
Scary times for our industry....time to get out maybe! Ai isnt there yet but its getting close and people dont care about quality anymore.
Definitely a lot of fear in the industry right now, which is understandable with the new tools coming out. There’s fear in a lot of industries right now though with the layoffs we’re seeing.
Everything is cyclical so I think it will be okay once the storm clears, creatives will just need to stay up to date with the new technology like they’ve always done.
Wheres your portfolio?
My portfolio is at tmunz.com