today I have three awesome graphic
design portfolios for you to take a look
at I'm going to explain exactly why
they're so awesome
so you can apply the same techniques and
the tips to your very important area of
work so I suggest you take some notes or
bookmark today's video if you want to
really improve your graphic design
portfolio because let's face it it might
be the single most important thing to
you as a graphic designer and obtaining
new clients will say the three design
failures are linked down below
so the first portfolio today is by
design that dot works this is an awesome
graph a design portfolio for many
different reasons but firstly notice the
huge amount of negative space around the
main focal points this is the landing
page as you can toggle over the next
project listed but negative space allows
the design content to breathe and it's
an easy way to add professionalism to
your display of work over crowding your
designs and portfolio is going to turn
off viewers less is in fact more so
taking a deeper look we can see contrast
in the typefaces
with thick and thin typography which is
another way to add sophistication to
your designs
now totaling two the next section you
can see the same layout has been used as
the previous one with objects the same
size and location as well as typography
being the same too
and this is seen throughout this entire
section of the portfolio I repetition
ties everything together neatly you can
also see a vague faint design in the
negative space too which is a nice and
clever touch now let's take a dive into
one of the projects on this portfolio
now the very top is a brief background
of the project and it's displayed
cleanly and neatly but I thought it
could be a little more thought-out to be
honest but moving down this designer has
added a process of the design itself
which solidifies a designer's skills and
talents and it's something I always do
on my own portfolio of work you know
showing the process of a design as we
scroll down some more you can again see
a running theme of repetition of design
which simply makes the entire page look
awesome and professional design
principles of layout negative space
contrasts etc all apply when designing
your portfolio of work
now let's check out one last project in
this portfolio before heading to the
second one so again in this project
the color purple has been used on the
landing page of the project but also
into the actual project itself these
small details
subconsciously reach viewers and they
tell the designers that lists in fact a
professional portfolio of work so onto
the second graph example of earlier
today which is created by Alex covin in
his landing page he's made use of a very
clever gimmick that sets him apart from
the rest
he has three main skills in graphic
design coding and typography and he's
displayed these three skills in a clever
way
he has three different hats for three
different mindsets and heads of design a
gimmick like this is something very
different and memorable to the viewer
moving into the portfolio itself that's
again a great use of negative space much
like the previous folio and also in the
bottom left you'll notice a typography
is neatly done and the same style is
carried out through an entire page the
use of repetition went and correctly is
very effective indeed also there aspects
of the design of each project which are
faint in the background adding a nice
and a unique hatch
now if we click onto one of these
projects
we're met with a neat display and a
brief description of the project
everything is open plan so to speak and
it's not crowded it's very clean and
very crisp also notice that there are
two key typefaces used one for headings
and one firming body text which is
another key sign of a professional
design you know just very uniform and
well made so lastly on this portfolio
the style and the color is United
together with a kind of bold pastels use
the routes now for your portfolio of
work have a set theme color in mind and
also a style that represents your work
and then build your portfolio around
that style and that theme the third and
the final portfolio today is built by
Buffalo now right off the bat
notice how the toolbar at the top is
nicely balanced with three buttons
either side of the logo that's a very
nice touch indeed now it's again an
open-plan style of website which uses
negative space if there's one thing that
you should take away from today's video
it's that less is more and design needs
room to breathe the designer has chosen
to showcase their projects with knee
Texican thumbnails which is quite unique
and a nice touch when you roll your
cursor over a thumbnail there is a
different color and a layer which shares
a similar style throughout each one
scrolling down is another amazing
technique for gaining jobs and
instilling confidence in potential
clients and that is to have testimonials
from previous clients this really helps
to solidify yourself as a successful
designer and it's something I have used
on my portfolio website too
now let's head into one of the projects
and just a quick note I personally feel
it might be too cramped visually but
that's just my personal taste and my
opinion it stood in awesome portfolio
this design has utilized mock-ups and I
suggest you do this for yours too
because it's a very professional and
high-end way to really express your
projects and your skills there are so
many free and awesome mock-ups for you
to use online with just a quick Google
search let's take one last quick look at
this project and again he's use mock-ups
with a new description and layout for
the project itself
so I hope you took some notes and I hope
you had some inspiration today looking
at these different portfolios again the
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