Old 03-03-2007, 14:20   #1 (permalink)
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Building a design firm

To anyone who's willing to put in their advice:

Currently, I have two pieces of work in my professional portfolio. One is an entire print/web campaign, the other is branding and identity for a business.

I am currently starting a relatively small design studio, and I'd like to know your thoughts on how tacky it might be to have only two pieces in the online portfolio.

Thank you.
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Old 03-03-2007, 14:44   #2 (permalink)
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tacky,no. showins that your professionaly no. But hey everyones gotta start somewere. Work on mocking up fake items for your portfolio.
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Old 03-03-2007, 14:53   #3 (permalink)
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Good quality work is the key, as long as you feel happy with the two items you have then its fine. Better to have two good items than twenty shit ones.
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Old 03-03-2007, 15:04   #4 (permalink)
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If the two items are absolutely brilliant then thats fine, but as said make someother templates etc to put in your portfolio.
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Old 06-03-2007, 05:25   #5 (permalink)
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Despite how good they are or not, I think two may be a bit short of a 'portfolio'. Just work on some template concepts or something, but don't rush them just because you need them; that's when you do your worst (in my experience).

Hope this helps.

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Old 06-03-2007, 05:28   #6 (permalink)
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Two items isn't a lot but they both seem substantial, make sure the website is up to scratch and don't make the portfolio the main part of your site, focus on your services and products
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Old 18-03-2007, 06:34   #7 (permalink)
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You can also do without the portfolio section until you get 5-10 good designs for display and should concentrate more on the services section.

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Old 24-03-2007, 06:24   #8 (permalink)
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It all comes down to quality. However a lot of people just place links to websites they don't own to bolster their portfolio. I don't recommend this but it happens.
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Old 31-03-2007, 07:32   #9 (permalink)
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Build it up as quickly as poss. But the real key is to have quality work.
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