Portfolio Feedback 2: Nicola Slater

After her talk Nicola Slater also took the time to look at our portfolios and give us all personal feedback which will help develop the work we include and make in the future.

These are the main points she brought up when looking at my portfolio:

• She mentioned my work was professional looking for the stage I'm at. This was an area I was worried about as working in collage means its harder to clean up my work digitally afterwards with my very basic skills, without losing the texture and look of the paper that I want.

• My work feature in drawings mixed with my collage is strong and I should move them nearer the front of my portfolio to make a better impact with them. 

• My style of work is more consistent than I thought. Nicola felt that all the work in my portfolio was made by the same person. That even though not all the work is made in the same materials they are still linked.

• The characterisation is strong in my figures from both my British customs work and my circus work. This is something I should develop in the future.

She also advised us all to place our stronger work at the front as in her experience clients may not look through to the end and may miss the best piece if its left till last.