<p>It's very simple. I would like for you to rate - numerically - my portfolio based purely on range without actually observing the portfolio. This is simply so I can evaluate how diverse my portfolio currently Is and reduce possible redundancies. I would also appreciate it if you all could suggest addition mediums to include in the portfolio I am currently building.</p>
<p>So here are the mediums.</p>
<p>Acrylicpainting 20x30 (more of a design than anything else)
Book covers
Magazine collage (2)
Graphic design posters
Color aid collage (2)
collage line interpretation/range (using pretty much everything that can be used to create lines)
Wire bound book (with the manuscript written and text set by me as well)
Abstract ink painting 18x26
Graphite drawings (analytical drawings/contour drawings/cross contour drawings)
Tonal drawings
Abstract photography poster ( a little hard to explain)</p>
<p>Thats pretty much it as far as range goes. I think I could probably include more 3d/spatial design work in my portfolio. As it stands I only have 3 things that can be considered 3d. They are the wire bound book, the abstract photography poster (I had to make a sort of abstract origami design and photograph it) and one of the color aid collages (I glued the collages to an accordian fold I built). All three are part of design and graphic design projects though.</p>
<p>Oh, also. I forgot to mention that im considering making a comic book (18 to 32 pages) for a self directed - but supervised -project my school allows us to do in order to include more work that show self interests. Is this a good idea? Like, do schools still have a bit of disdain for comics or is it okay so long as it isnt superheroes or manga?</p>
<p>Hi Timkerdes: No, don’t show comics of any kind! I could be wrong of course, but from what I knew a year or two ago this was still a big mistake kids were making at portfolio reviews and in admissions portfolios. Maybe your time would be better spent on representational drawings, etc. (from life) with a wide range of values if you don’t have that already. Find the facebook pages for the colleges in which you are interested, and look at some of the applicant or admitted students’ portfolios. Good luck!</p>
<p>I disagree about the comics based on S’s experience. He had his main portfolio which did have a very wide variety of media (btw some of this he put together in a portfolio prep class at a local art school) as well as his animation which was the central portion of the portfolio. Partly to keep them from being lost in our basement, I had slipped into the back of the portfolio case some cut outs of his cartoons for the school paper as well as some posters he had designed for school plays-- at least in two reviews these elicited a lot of interest. The reviewers noted that his “style/voice” in his sculpture and animation were also evident in the comics (not so easy to see in still life and figure drawings). So I don’t think comics are in and of themselves bad…same with anime…my sense is that if a student only shows stuff that is copied or based on other work then there is a problem. But if there is a consistency in style and creative approach that can be seen across the different media (including comics) then this actually is a strength in a young artist. Also, a number of schools asked in the application for evidence that a student is willing to take his/her art out into to the community–whether it be comics to share with friends, theatre playbills, t-shirt designs, book illustrations, etc. Keep your comics handy but use some judgement about whether they belong in your portfolio.</p>
<p>me me me!!
I think it depends on your style and which school, who is reviewing it.
if it is brainy comics (farside or NYer cartoon) nice to have few as sort of like dessert after technical boring stuff to show range and good use of your skill.
some reviewers loved my kid’s sketchbook full of twisted superhero or rockstar cartoons. but not in comic/comic format. more like illustration with captions or dialogues, which were not always in the bubbles but “designed” to fit in each panels. </p>
<p>we talked about this million times, so I guess typical manga is no-no.
search keyword “manga” and you will see other argument that I was arguing.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. Actually, I do have a ton of representational drawings in my portfolio. (Aproximately half of it is drawings) Still im a little bit confused about the whole comic book thing. Is there a general aversion to spatially juxtaposed pictorial images or is it simply the genre? Also Bears, I think the type of one im trying to write is of the brainy sort. Does that matter? Is the medium considered legitimate as longs as it doesnt fit the typical mainstream super hero comic mold?</p>
<p>it’s hard to tell not seeing what you do (that goes to everything, your listing is just that, listing. how technical or loose it all depends how kids do things. either way it could be called “figure drawing” or “stilllife painting”)
I know a kid did comics for AP and gotten highest mark. It was very technical, no bubbles, about real life social woes and stuff.
college app were done by then. portfolio he had were normal paintings and drawings, which he was really good at.
Do you have anyone you don’t mind showing your stuff who could give you advice?
not your friend or family, or HS teacher if s/he has bias(often do).
you can make appointment and visit area art school or at NPD, try some school you don’t mind attending but line is not crazy long.
see how the reviewer thumb it through. You can tell if people are engaged or merely flipping it, yes?
If s/he is engaged, then you can ask questions. or they can not help telling you what they think about your stuff. they’d want to know what you are made of. if you put up good show, you will be remembered.
good luck!</p>