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Creative Portfolio: Evaluating Your Design Goals
Many of you have read the articles posted to date in this portfolio series. Some projects might take more time than others, so this article is a “breather,” or an evaluation point in the portfolio process. Here, you’ll learn exactly what you need in your
The Portfolio Project: Evaluation
PORTFOLIO PROJECT: Most college courses that focus on visual communications degrees contain a class or a time frame – usually in the senior year – when the student must evaluate his or her strengths and weaknesses and likes and dislikes within his or her design experience. The result is a goal. This goal is focused on a “senior project” which mainly consists of portfolio presentations online, on a CD, and in print. While the projects published to date in this series all include items that would fit into your portfolios, this article will help you to define where you want to go from here.
TOOLS: Imagination, ability to grasp reality, energy to finish the projects that you’ve begun to date and to tackle further projects that are more detailed and complicated.
WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH: This task will help you decide your goals. Upcoming projects might not appeal to you, but if you want to grasp a well-rounded design experience, you will at least read the material and decide after you read the articles whether you want to tackle the project or create more projects contained in previous articles.
Linda Goin
Linda Goin carries an A.A. in graphic design, a B.F.A. in visual communications with a minor in business and marketing and an M.A. in American History with a minor in the Reformation. While the latter degree doesn't seem to fit with the first two educational experiences, Linda used her 25-year design expertise on archaeological digs and in the study of material culture. Now she uses her education and experiences in social media experiments.
Accolades for her work include fifteen first-place Colorado Press Association awards, numerous fine art and graphic design awards, and interviews about content development with The Wall St. Journal, Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, and L.A. Times.