06 Jul 00:13
--Yo John
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06 Jul 00:12
--@Nick: Has anybody pointed out your name sounds like a wrestling name? Like if I got in a ring with you, you'd probably give me an intentional low blow to the nuts! DQ Nick!
05 Jul 19:03
--Juno has successfully entered orbit around Jupiter– http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36710768
05 Jul 15:30
--There is stuff in my folio that is old as heck and should probably be tossed, but I'll wait till I get a new site built before that I guess. They don't seem to be hindering me getting gigs. Well as far as I know haha
05 Jul 15:29
--I mean if you can nail it, by showing variety and quality go for it. But just be mindful to be pretty brutal with what makes it into your folio. Most of the folio crits I do, I always look for the weakest links first, because those are the ones I tell people to bring up to scratch or remove entirely
05 Jul 15:19
--That's why EVERY piece should be the best you can do. If half of it is shit, and the other half is good, don't include the shit. But newbies will make this mistake A LOT because they imagine they are restricting themselves from getting more clients by not showing range regardless of quality. haha it's the opposite. Quality is everything
05 Jul 15:14
--It is easy to tell when an amateur is trying a shotgun approach out of desperation
05 Jul 15:13
--Hmm... true. But sometimes it's hard to tell if you're branching out or becoming out of focus when it comes to portfolio building..
05 Jul 15:10
--Well I would say it's fine to have examples of everything you like doing and can do. But there has to be a sense of integration to the work. I wouldn't put graphic design into an illustration/design folio
05 Jul 15:09
--Here's another question. Is it smart to throw in a lot in a portfolio? Environment, characters, graphic design? As opposed to being mainly focused on one thing?
05 Jul 15:08
--I'm really enjoying it actually...of course I'm taking longer than I should on the basic silhouettes etc, but I want to get it as you said, to the best of my capability at this time