now it's one of the most difficult challenges for any graphic designer you
have the skills and you've got the knowledge but you haven't really got
much in your portfolio that is of any worth to any potential clients so today
I'm gonna show you several different ways you can actually build a portfolio
of work that's going to impress clients without having many previous pro
projects in your failure the very first thing you need to do is to tailor your
portfolio of work to the kind of client that you want to work with so are they
going to be a fashion designer are they a small business owner maybe they're
makeup artists just think about who they are and what they represent and then you
can tailor your portfolio to that specific type of style or projection now
the second great idea is to take into consideration the design competitions
these offer real-life briefs that you can adhere to learn skills on how to
work with clients and of course add works here portfolio a great bonus would
be actually winning the competition which you know would be really really
awesome and that can go in your portfolio too there are so many online
competitions that I'm gonna link some down below but this is a great way to
add additions to your portfolio of work where they're actually using clients
competitions are great but less funds from other ways to add some work to your
portfolio redesigning existing products is an innovative and an interesting take
on your creativity and your inspiration graphic designers redesign existing
products all the time with redesigns of logos and so forth now this provides a
great learning experience and it challenges your brain to see things from
a creative perspective but make sure you acquire their written permission first
before you do anything because you do want to land yourself in legal trouble
when you're redesigning an existing design but yeah the point here is that
if you can share you can take a design an existing sign and then redesign it to
something were improved and if the viewer of the portfolio is going
to be wowed the next edition that you can add to your portfolio of work is
work for charities now come up with some innovative designs that showcase your
skills these charity events are perfect grounds for networking and meeting other
people and if you do a good job the event organizers are definitely going to
recommend you to other people and word-of-mouth that does spread charity
work they give you a stage to express your view on the cumin seed and charity
work does give way to a great portfolio addition and you have peace of mind of
designing something for a good cause and speaking of good causes here are small
ways to add some work to your portfolio of work you can always try and
collaborate with local graphic designers or online graphic designers too this is
gonna help sharpen your design skills in an environment that enhances teamwork
then add some the best projects that you work on together into your portfolio if
you do a good job the established graphic designer that you're working
with might even subcontract you in the future
for future projects I always suggest that you keep the quantity of your
portfolio lower and the quality being higher so refine your work down and make
sure it's the best that it can be now I think one overlooked option in designing
and printing is actually printing area business cards or design brushes now
that you've got a good portfolio in place make sure you've got a good
business card that portrays that passion and a portfolio let the business card
speak for you and your work business cards are special folio items that leave
your clients with a sense of uniqueness some designers and people think business
cards are dying and they're redundant but for actual designers and clients who
are serious about their business the industry this could not be further from
the truth printed media is appreciated more than
ever as it stands out from the digital medium that we're currently experiencing
an influx of I'm having physical copies of something that you can actually
handle is more effective a more influential to potential clients so just
make sure that you can also find work from a family or friends as it's often
someone or somebody you need something graphic design related made for them in
a shoe it's your best quality and get a second opinion from people on the
internet or other designers - and these are ways that you can get design
projects into your portfolio without actually sourcing worth clients you can
use freelance websites like Fiverr or people per hour but they're raised
saturated and often you're selling yourself short especially without a
strong portfolio if you want to keep learning essential skills about how to
make it in the graph assign industry how to sharpen your skills in the realest
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