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Burning Question: What are some needed components to create a good portfolio? Today with so much new technology, more digital portfolios are being created and used. Portfolios help show the education, skill and knowledge a person may have in a certain area. Digital portfolios should be easily accessible, organized, and most important show your best work. Remember you are trying to impress, and show you master certain techniques and skills. A good thing about digital portfolios is that their easier to update and you can take or send them about anywhere. According the the attached article while in the process of creating a portfolio, one should consider our goals, objective, of whom we are trying to impress and what we are trying to obtain and tell our observers. Overall students should present their best, by presenting all there knowledge in the best way that they can.

Burning Question: What are some needed components to create a good portfolio? Today with so much new technology, more digital portfolios are being created and used. Portfolios help show the education, skill and knowledge a person may have in a certain area. Digital portfolios should be easily accessible, organized, and most important show your best work. Remember you are trying to impress, and show you master certain techniques and skills. A good thing about digital portfolios is that their easier to update and you can take or send them about anywhere. According the the attached article while in the process of creating a portfolio, one should consider our goals, objective, of whom we are trying to impress and what we are trying to obtain and tell our observers. Overall students should present their best, by presenting all there knowledge in the best way that they can

I have been very impressed with youtube architecture portfolios from students. I like the way their work is presented as a small 2 minute film. Its fast, its visual and its a great way of introducing your work, designs and projects to this type of profession. What I like about this portfolio: 1. I love the first image you see: "How I do architecture" its a great "pow" and intro to what comes next (your work) 2. I like it when he shows a project in almost a scrapbook kind of way. You see one large picture of the overall project, then you see smaller pictures of different views of the same project. This is how I thought I might show my architecture projects with a plan, perspectives and a small collection of materials. 3. The ending of his portfolio is very surprising, I like it! It is a final quote from F. Wright about architecture and its connection to the heart. 4. I like his second page set up: a sketch of a seating area he designed. It looks very professional. 5. It is great how he shows sketches/black and white pictures and then it turns into a colored rendering of the sketch. What a great way to show design and drawing skills then to bring that sketch to life with color or turning it into a 3D model. Its fascinating to watch the development of the project. What could be changed with this portfolio: 1. I think this is a great way to introduce yourself and get viewers excited about what you can do, but this video is lacking a Homepage, contact and resume (at the least). I would be using this as an interactive tool (a small slide show) to introduce the viewers to my portfolio. (it will serve as an invitation of who I am to the profession) 2. Its too long. 3. Its not consistent and smooth. Its a bit choppy and shows too many different ways and styles, it feels like a little too much distraction of movements, when it should all be about the work. 4. It feels like an archive, a collection of all he has done. There is no direction or reasoning behind his selection

My burning question is how do I make my online architectural portfolio stand out from other portfolios? I found a blog at www.thinkvitamin.com by author Mike Kus that had some great ideas. One of his ideas was to keep it simple and not be afraid of having blank space. I think this is really good input because having a clean and unfettered layout is attractive to potential employers. How the items are arranged on the site and where the blank areas are can also showcase design layout skills. Another one of his ideas is to have a good set palette of colors. Having a specific palette that is consistent throughout the portfolio helps to give the site a coherent sense of identity and character. Also, the color palettes in the example portfolios he gives compliment and contrast with each other very effectively. I plan on doing further research on effective and attention grabbing color combinations as this seems important. Other important aspects that he can make a portfolio stand out if done effectively are imagery and typography, bucking current web trends, and attention to detail. His examples of portfolios are not all architectural but their merits are definitely applicable and are worth taking a look at.

*what skills you have *if your experience complements the skills already present in my business *if you're starting out in your career, it tells me how much mentoring I'll be doing *your potential *if you're able to follow instructions *how I can expect you to treat my projects if you become a part of our team.

Sick portfolio. The organization of her content is really effective. Her skills page essentially replaces the need for a resume. The only thing I don't like about this is that the nav is always on a slightly different part of each page. If she had it floating somehow, or at least kept it in the same coordinates on each page, that'd be much better, as her content is always aligned upper left.

Likes: -the nice logo-looking image of his name "CNatt" -draft drawings for each project -he has "press" on menu Dislikes: -contact information does not necessary need to be lighter color -can not find his skills like adobe photoshop etc -should be able to see his articles with large image in press menu, not just thumbnails

Likes: Consistent Background Easy Navigation Descriptions are personal and include customer feedback Dislikes: Under "Retouching & Photoshop" the before & after isn't immediately apparent. I thought the before was the after, and wasn't impressed with their retouching skills! Bottom navigation has featured projects, but I couldn't tell that right away The "services" tab lists services without example images, separately from the "retouching & photoshop" service WITH images, which gave me the impression that their only service was photoshop & retouching.