This week we focus on developing our personal style. Being more specific in your work might close a few doors to peeps you probably didn’t want to work with anyway. It can also open doors when your audience feels a real connection to your work.
This week you take all the ingredients you’ve been building and use the filter of your career, professional & website research to assemble those ingredients into an effective portfolio.
Here’s some career advice from the 6 of Swords (the “Art 490” card) and the 6 of Wands (the “Graduation from the LBSU SOA” card)
Being a Digital Nomad may be a great career option for you. Even if it isn’t, you still need to be fluent with internet tools to work with people here in the 21st century.
Your URL, Domain Name, or Web Address is your telephone number in cyberspace. Probably the best one is just your name, like JustinTimberlake.com. On this page you’ll find resources for finding and registering your Domain Name. And also info on Domain Name Hacks.
Creating Headshots and Environmental Portraits to use on your Portfolio Website
Writing descriptions of your work. Process descriptions. Category/Archive descriptions.
Get your Value Proposition right up front. Save personal stories for the bottom. What can you do for them? How do you work? What is your process? How do you help them achieve their goals?
This week we scour the net for portfolio websites in our field. Let’s learn from the successes and mistakes of people pursuing career paths similar to our own.
You can’t get to where you want to go if you don’t know where that is! This week we focus our career as we prepare to transition from the Art Student Chapter of life to the Emerging Artist Chapter of life!
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