Comments on: Does your portfolio have to be fancy? http://www.lifeclever.com/does-your-portfolio-have-to-be-fancy/ How to live and work as a designer Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:51:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Duncan http://www.lifeclever.com/does-your-portfolio-have-to-be-fancy/comment-page-1/#comment-327112 Duncan Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:00:49 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/?p=934#comment-327112 <p>I'd love to know what the most outrageous portfolio you have seen is. The most outrageous one I've seen was in an A3 thin, brushed aluminium, hand-made portfolio case and the portfolio pages themselves were made up of layered acetate that built up the images and text.</p> I’d love to know what the most outrageous portfolio you have seen is. The most outrageous one I’ve seen was in an A3 thin, brushed aluminium, hand-made portfolio case and the portfolio pages themselves were made up of layered acetate that built up the images and text.

]]> By: natalie. http://www.lifeclever.com/does-your-portfolio-have-to-be-fancy/comment-page-1/#comment-320180 natalie. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:48:07 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/?p=934#comment-320180 <p>this is so true. working in advertising, we see new portfolios come through all the time. the key is simplicity. people reviewing your portfolio are looking for great work and attention to detail - but not the detail in the embossed filigree on your binding.</p> this is so true. working in advertising, we see new portfolios come through all the time. the key is simplicity. people reviewing your portfolio are looking for great work and attention to detail – but not the detail in the embossed filigree on your binding.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.lifeclever.com/does-your-portfolio-have-to-be-fancy/comment-page-1/#comment-319593 Michelle Tue, 25 May 2010 16:02:48 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/?p=934#comment-319593 <p>This is refreshing to hear, especially from someone who reviews portfolio's. Thanks!</p> This is refreshing to hear, especially from someone who reviews portfolio’s. Thanks!

]]> By: Sheri http://www.lifeclever.com/does-your-portfolio-have-to-be-fancy/comment-page-1/#comment-319104 Sheri Wed, 19 May 2010 17:33:18 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/?p=934#comment-319104 <p>Wise words, Chanpory.</p> <p>You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. The quality of the work is more important; "you can't judge a book by its cover."</p> Wise words, Chanpory.

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. The quality of the work is more important; “you can’t judge a book by its cover.”

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