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Tricks of the Trade: Great Portfolio Design (Part 1)
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21 Jan 2010Related Posts
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Tricks of the Trade: Great Portfolio Design
This week we bring you a look at the various techniques used by designers in building a respectable and creative portfolio. In Part 1 (of 2) we take a look at the use of Big, Informative Headlines and Illustrations.
Check back soon for Part 2!
Big, Informative Headlines
Many designers choose to display a large textual heading on their portfolio’s homepage. This headline often introduces the individual (if it’s a freelancer) or company, as well as summing up what they provide. Additionally many designers display a quirky or creative message in order to set themselves apart from the competition.
Typically a headline will contain:
- The designer or company’s name
- Where they are from (optional)
- Services provided (e.g.: ‘I design websites’)
- A creative or unusual message (optional)
- A welcome message
Below are 20 examples of creatively placed headline messages in portfolio designs:
Illustrations
Designers often use bold and colorful illustrations in order to liven up their portfolios. Illustrations can range from deliberately child-like sketches, to incredibly detailed works of art, that take many pain-staking hours of labour to produce.
Here are some examples of great illustrations in portfolio designs:
To Be Continued…
More great techniques used by portfolio designers will be looked at in part 2 of this post.
What Do You Think Makes a Great Portfolio?
I would love to know what you think makes a great portfolio design, feel free to share your own.
Leave a comment to this post with your ideas on color, form, content, or anything else that you feel helps make a portfolio visually stunning.
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2 Responses to Tricks of the Trade: Great Portfolio Design (Part 1)
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February 2nd, 2010 at 1:56 am
If everything else works then the motor is fine.
I am not really a qualified repair man, just a monkey but it sounds like a friction driven wheel or clutch mechanism wore out or needs replacing. Could even be a drive belt. Unless you would monkey with it yourself call a repair person.
The motor makes the loud humming sound present whenever a wash-machine runs, if you still have that, its not the motor.
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March 27th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Illustrations:
Reliable – You are as reliable as a car salesman is honest.
Romantic – A candle light dinner is as romantic as a walk on the beach with the one you love …….or…….. you are as romantic as a fish out of water.
Sentimental – Poems can be so sentimental at times that they remind me of two people in love.
Versatile – Michael Phelps is as versatile as an antenna of an insect that is capable of moving freely in all directions.
I hope that helped you out for illustrations.
Wow!! That wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be!!