Megan Thomas Portfolio Talk

Illustrator Megan Thomas visited us this week and gave lots of great advice on starting our own portfolios. I was unsure of what I needed to include when first told to create a portfolio but after Megan's talk I feel a lot happier in starting my own. Here are a few bits of advice which I found very helpful:

• Start and finish the portfolio on your strongest pieces of work with the weakest in the middle.
• Start with a cover page - Name/logo/image/web address/other contact info etc.
• Balance images on double page spreads - by shape/size/subject/layout/project etc.
• Try to show work in context - mock up and photograph
• Try to have images all landscape or portrait, or them separated in portfolio.
• Have images fill the page, don't have to much white space
• Try to feature both coloured and black/white images - shows you are able to work in both.

We were also told to have a 'portfolio' everywhere by making use of social media to get our work seen by more people. 
I also liked having a chance to look through some of Megan's work. The style in which she works in isn't what I'm usually drawn to but I really enjoyed seeing some of her pieces.  

 

Image from Megan Thomas