What's the best way to keep an art portfolio online? Are there any particularly good websites for this kind of thing, or would it be better to create a site of my own and use that instead?
In the long run, it would be better to create and maintain your own site. The flexibility allowed to you when designing your own site is limitless. You can also control the branding of the site and be able to profit from your site as well. WordPress is arguably the best "content management system" that allows you to create a personalized sites with design that best suits your taste and reflects who you are as an artist.However, if you don't have the patience to learn web design and shell out money for a web hosting, then using free services from sites like Behance should help you get your works published online fast and hassle-free. Behance is personally the best site where you can put up your works and share to other people, not to mention it has the largest community of artists who have uploaded their works there. Another great online portfolio site is deviantART because of its active community who comments and appreciate other people's works. Expect lots of comments about your work if its fan art or anime.Check out this post this discusses Behance and WordPress in depth - Computer Art Software and Tools Freshmen Must Learn to Use. While the article is geared toward art students, I think it should help you understand the dynamics of a free site like Behance and setting up a paid site like WordPress.
UCLA art application portfolios?
I'm planning on going to UCLA for art. I'm looking at the major Design & Media Arts (that's the name of the major right?). I really want to see some of the portfolios of past students trying to get into that major.. or a similar art major. Like what they're applying with, not what they've done once they were in the school. I just really want to see what I'm up against! Is there somewhere where I can view these portfolios?
What are some good suggestions for naming for my portfolio website?
This is my opinion which has worked for me and my clients.Your name is by far the most important thing in the world for you. And as you grow into the professional world - your name represents your identity, your signature, your brand. So why not make your portfolio named after you?I used this logic for my own brand naming it Loy Machedo. And no matter where I went, no matter what I did and no matter who looked at it - knew who the creator was.So this can be one suggestion. The only other suggestion I can offer to you is maybe along with your name - you can add something with the name of what you do. For instance if your name is Chris - you can put Chris The Designer or Chris the Freelancer - something in those lines.Remember this much - anyone can be a designer or anyone can be a programmer. But your name - only you can be that person. So keep it original. Keep it unique. Keep it you.Loy Machedo
Art Portfolio Themes?
So for my art 3/art 4 honors class we are required to create a portfolio with a certain theme that is of our own choosing. I am at a stump and can't decide on a good theme idea so can you guys help me out? Here's a list of things I like to do with my art work: -I only paint in oil paint -I love nature -I am spiritual, I love yoga and meditation -the concept of women in nature is something I'm interested in -I love flowers, particularly roses and chamomile flowers -I like soft, pastel colors but also deep colors as contrast -I like strict color pallets but that are someone colorful and eyecatching -I'm not got at realism, but I'd like to be one day So any ideas for a good theme I could do? Please give me as many ideas as you can! Even of they don't relate to the interests I listed above!! Thanks :)
Is it a bad idea to put fan art in your portfolio?
I've seen fan art in portfolios before, it's not breaking any laws if you say where it's from. Now, in my opinion, I don't like seeing fan art in a portfolio. It's fine to have maybe one, but original artwork is so much more impressive. Fan art takes away from your creative image, and can potentially cause problems with the owners, since it's sort of considered stealing. A portfolio is supposed to consist of YOUR work. Best of luck ♫
I want to get into Stanford or MIT. What are some suggestions on extracurricular activities I should do?
You shouldn’t pick an extracurricular activity based on its perceived value for a college application. It should be something you love and where you apply your talents and grow as a person. If you do something just for the sake of it looking good on your resume, it’s a pretty miserable way of spending your valuable time. I’m sure you know what you like and what you want to do - be it in science, arts, sports, community projects, etc - and I would encourage you to go with your heart.MIT allows you to submit supplemental material Portfolios & Additional Material | MIT Admissions: “Researchers, performing artists, visual artists, and makers may send in portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty”. Stanford is very strict on supplemental material - only one additional recommendation letter is allowed, and they have only Arts Portfolio Stanford University.To see what MIT is looking for in their prospective applicants, the best source is the MIT admissions website.The Match Between You And MIT | MIT AdmissionsWhat To Do In High School | MIT AdmissionsEnrichment Opportunities | MIT AdmissionsSummer Programs | MIT Admissions
I need creative portfolio titles.?
Here is a web site that describes the process of creating a portfolio: http://www.art-support.com/portfolio.htm In terms of designing a creative name, well, be creative. You're an artist, aren't you? Try to include your name and maybe jazz it up with an alliteration. Good luck.
VCU Arts First Year, Portfolio, Out-of-state? Other colleges near Chicago.?
I will be applying for VCU( Virginia Commonwealth Univ.) Arts, and the first year it requires the Arts Foundation program. So do i apply for the Foundations program instead of Graphic Design. I'm just uncertain if i'm misreading it. http://www.vcu.edu/arts/graphicdesign/dept/apply_home.html Therefore, since i most likely have to apply for the first-year program, what should i submit in my portfolio? And if my GPA is 3.45/4 and act is 23, with a so-so portfolio(a lot of my work got deleted), + out of state student. How are my chances? Last question, if i am accepted, and i pay out of state tuition. Am i able to receive in state-tuition after 2 years or so in VA. Since out of state is roughly 23k a year,although i should be able to afford it with loans + aid + scholarships. If all fails, what are some suggestions of other schools for graphic design and possibly web design, i should attend near Chicago (Iowa, Indiana, Michigan are acceptable). Lots of questions, if you know answers to a few, thats fine.
Can anyone provide examples of a real art portfolio submitted to a college?
I don't teach at any of those schools but I do review incoming portfolios and maybe this will help. Most schools emphasize drawing from direct observation as their primary basis for the portfolio, no matter what aspect of art you want to study. That's because basic drawing skills are fundamental and because drawing is a little more likely to be a uniform measure than other areas of art and design. Read the school's suggestions for portfolio submission carefully. Most will say "10 to 20 pieces" and I can tell you that more is often not better. If you have ten really strong works to submit, and then the quality level noticeably drops, better to show ten uniformly good works than a whole range. Ask your art teacher to help you because students can get too attached to a work for sentimental reasons. Don't think all the work for your portfolio must be "finished" because showing some pages of studies from your sketchbooks can often be more informative than showing a final piece you've labored over. In seeing for yourself, are there regional portfolio days you might be able to attend? Then you can get a sense of the range of work from other students at other schools. Where do you stand in relation to the students at your own school? One thing I'd really encourage you to do is make sure that you are focusing on your academics as well as your portfolio. I have rejected good portfolios from students who have poor or limited academic credentials, and I've accepted weaker portfolios from students with high academics and limited art classes. Filling every possible slot of your high school time with art classes is a huge turn-off if I am considering you for my program. If you have proven that you have a brain and you are willing and able to use it for diverse learning, I can teach you to be a better artist and I can bet that you will adapt and flourish in higher education better than someone who only wants to work on art. Finesse your writing skills, master basic sciences, history, math, etc. Do well with a foreign language, take public speaking, and in general be well rounded because in the long run those things will contribute to your success in the arts.