<p>MICA and RISD.</p>
<p>Edit: The comments were made during live portfolio reviews. One of my classmates had 4-5 pieces in her portfolio with significant untouched spaces who got reviews from both RISD and MICA, and both of the representatives commented that a few pieces with white space can be really powerful, but you don’t want an excess of them because it makes your portfolio look a little incomplete.</p>
<p>I understand what you’re saying though; I also think some of her white-space pieces are really powerful. </p>
<p>[Vivian</a> Tong](<a href=“Vivian Tong”>Vivian Tong)
This one is really well done and I would definitely include it in a portfolio.</p>
<p>[Vivian</a> Tong](<a href=“Vivian Tong”>Vivian Tong)
I really like the white-space here too; it’s really powerful on the whole.</p>
<p>[Vivian</a> Tong](<a href=“Vivian Tong”>Vivian Tong)
This one I felt was a little skimpy. The concept here isn’t quite as clear as it is with the other piece, so I feel like a little more background could help, even if it’s really light. </p>
<p>[Vivian</a> Tong](<a href=“Vivian Tong”>Vivian Tong)
[Vivian</a> Tong](<a href=“Vivian Tong”>Vivian Tong)
[Vivian</a> Tong](<a href=“Vivian Tong”>Vivian Tong)</p>
<p>These I also felt could be a little more complete. The detail-work is amazingly well done, but my some of my initial reactions to these pieces were wondering if they were in-progress shots.</p>
<p>I think the first two would be really nice in a portfolio, but including any more of these, especially the ones that look a little unfinished, might give the portfolio on the whole too much of an empty feel.</p>
<p>@languidness
I agree with the Portrait IV looking very empty. It was one of 8 pieces I was trying to finish in a week due to poor planning for an AP drawing portfolio ^^" … so many of those 8 pieces look rushed or “unfinished”</p>
<p>Plus, I used a photograph for the Portrait IV reference… so that piece will probably not make it into the 10-piece portfolios I’m sending to colleges. </p>
<p>As for this peice : [The</a> Second Coming](<a href=“Vivian Tong”>Vivian Tong) , I don’t think I’m going to change it. It was selected to be on the AP Studio Art poster this year.
I think it would be weird to change it, especially if it looks that way on a distributed poster … plus… I don’t have it in my possession [College board takes the pieces for a year? i think … ] that was another piece i finished rather last-minute too … heh</p>
<p>I do agree about the empty space for the other pieces mentioned though.</p>
<p>Thanks again :]</p>
<p>btw, i’m curious. Do you have a portfolio? Or a DeviantArt account or something of the sort? [i just like looking at other people’s art… sorry ^^"]</p>
<p>@ViTong4</p>
<p>Currently working on portfolio. I haven’t taken pictures of most of my pieces yet, but lemme upload the few I have on me right now to DA really quick.</p>
<p>[languidness</a> on deviantART](<a href=“http://languidness.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■%5Dlanguidness”>http://languidness.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■)</p>
<p>@languidness </p>
<p>wow o_o i love your charcoal pieces!</p>
<p>Yes, strong drawings. Thanks for the reply. MICA and RISD hmmmmmmmm, well it makes me wonder that if the drawings were stronger perhaps they wouldn’t have minded the white space (your classmates drawings that is, yours are strong white space or no). I guess this is just the problem with the whole concept of submitting art work, there have to be some guidelines but often in real life it’s those who step outside the guidelines who do some amazing things. Ah well two very good schools so less white space it is I suppose!</p>
<p>Hmm, I’m not sure if I’m coming across correctly. It wasn’t that they disapproved of the works with white space. Both schools admitted her strongest piece was one of the white space pieces, and they strongly recommended she include it. They just commented on overdoing it as in having like half of your portfolio built out of pieces with tons of white space, since she had more white-space pieces than not lol.</p>
<p>This is my portfolio [Can</a> I get into SCAD / VCU with this portfolio? - ConceptArt.org Forums](<a href=“http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=232994]Can”>http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=232994)</p>
<p>I’ve applied for VCU and will apply for SCAD.
Please critique me. I need scholarships so bad Y_Y</p>
<p>I’m not applying to any art schools, rather using it as a supplement for Vassar, Oberlin, Hamilton, Amherst, Wesleyan, Swarthmore…let me know what you think!</p>
<p>[Yvette</a> Chen’s Portfolio](<a href=“Yvette Chen’s Portfolio”>http://yvettechen.carbonmade.com/)</p>
<p>[CristyHrizuk</a> on deviantART](<a href=“http://cristyhrizuk.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/]CristyHrizuk”>http://cristyhrizuk.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/) heres mine, Im applying to college soon i would like as much advice as possible, I have a lot more that I will upload later</p>
<p>Portfolio: [Portfolio</a> | Brooke Biondi](<a href=“http://brookebiondi.photoshelter.com/portfolio/]Portfolio”>http://brookebiondi.photoshelter.com/portfolio/)
I’m applying to RISD, MICA, and various liberal arts colleges with arts programs, but my first choice is RISD. Any type of critique would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Brooke, I love your portfolio! I’m not much of a photography person so I’m afraid I can’t say much for its technical merits. The macro photograph of the eye [7th slide] ? seems a bit out of place… or a little teenager-ish in comparison to the rest of your portfolio which looks very nice and mature. </p>
<p>Maybe its because I’m accustomed to seeing waaay too many macros of eyes ? I don’t know. They’re all stunning photographs and the eye is really beautiful… but I just don’t think it fits in.</p>
<p>But the rest of the portfolio is really stunning and outstanding! … hmm if you’d like more critique, i would have liked a more “punchy” piece for the first slide of your portfolio</p>
<p>EDIT: I’m a high school mixed media/painting student … so that’s just my two cents. Don’t feel obligated to follow it … ^^"</p>
<p>I’m not an art type, but I looked at that portfolio (and others of yours) and liked what I saw. In the gallery you posted, I especially loved 6, 8, 9 10, 11, 12, and 16. I also liked #4, #5 and #7. The others less so, because in general (to me), symmetry seems a bit gimmicky… although I did like #15 because I saw a face in the abstraction. Very evocative! Thanks for posting.</p>
<p>@ViTong4</p>
<p>I can definitely see how you think the photo of the eye is “teenager-ish”. Thank you for pointing that out though, because I didn’t actually realize it. I know almost every teenager with a camera takes pictures of their eye and then posts it on the internet, so I know where you’re coming from. I will definitely re-think including that photo in my portfolio. </p>
<p>I kind of wanted the photos in my portfolio to build up, but I will also re-think what photo to put first. Thank you so much for your other kind comments!</p>
<p>I really need portfolio reviews im applying to several art schools soon, my top school is ringling for illustration/fine arts</p>
<p>here it is:
<a href=“http://cristyhrizuk.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/[/url]”>http://cristyhrizuk.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/</a></p>
<p>the images you cant see are nudes figures , if you click on them youll be able to see them.
ill be adding more pieces soon</p>
<p>@lacolombianita20
My two cents :
I’m about the same age as most of the portfolio-posters on here so I’m a tad uncomfortable giving really opinionated advice because art is so subjective… well… here goes :
Your observational piece, [slide 1] is nicely done. I believe it shows your technical skills very well. </p>
<p>Many of your pieces are either grayscale or in a pop-ish monochromatic arrangement. When putting together the order of your portfolio, make sure you group the images together in a cohesive way… ex: “little angel” right after “the dreamer” … the warm colors go together? </p>
<p>and put “juliana” “jellies” and “electricity” next to each other or really near each other.</p>
<p>uuuuuh careful not to group the portraits that are perfectly centered together : “little angel” “sunglasses” … etc. </p>
<p>separate them with pictures that have more dynamic compositions like “who belongs in the kitchen” and “jellies”</p>
<p>May need a bit of work ordering these pieces D: Putting one of your monochromatic color pieces right after a b/w piece will make that color POP but placing a b/w piece after one of your vibrant monochrome paintings will make them look dull and drab in comparison. </p>
<p>I could go on blabbing forever… uuuh when are you planning to add more pieces? and did you have something specific in mind when wanting feedback?</p>
<p>feedback ooon : technique? portfolio order? which pieces to add into the portfolio? [the above comments assumed that link showed your whole portfolio] appropriateness of subject matter? … whaat D:</p>
<p>and for your final portfolio, please please please get better photos of your pieces, even if it means paying a photographer to get good images. these images will be all colleges see of your work and you want to put the best of you forward!</p>
<p>If you really are strapped for cash [as most artists are… ] I could give suggestions on how to get better photographs of those pieces.
I apologize if I’m blunt… </p>
<p>DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING IF YOU WEREN’T LOOKING FOR REVIEW ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF YOUR PIECES : </p>
<p>It’s clear in some of your pieces that you are representing shades and values instead of actual shapes. It’s more apparent in the hair than anywhere else. [hair is really hard to draw though… so don’t be discouraged by this D: ] Instead of seeing hair as individual lines, see it as it is arranged : in locks or curls. Identify the shapes of these “clumps” of hair, then go shade them almost as if they are ribbons when you have that rough shading in, then go into more detail to hint at the appearance of hair. </p>
<p>aaugh it’s really tough to explain but I feel like it works well
here are a couple [old pieces] of mine where I use this technique : </p>
<p><a href=“http://fav.me/d2qx6u2[/url]”>http://fav.me/d2qx6u2</a>
<a href=“http://fav.me/d2mlhu9[/url]”>http://fav.me/d2mlhu9</a></p>
<p>ooops i did a TL;DR</p>
<p>oh well</p>
<p>@digmedia</p>
<p>Thank you for sharing your opinion!</p>
<p>ViTong4 thank you so much for your advice, your pictures are really nice btw:)</p>
<p>that will not be my final portfolio, i dont really know how to organized my pieces in deviant art, so theyre organized in the order that i uploaded them, so for my final portfolio ill keep your advice in mind thanks, and ill upload more soon with better pictures, my good pictures are at my school computer</p>
<p>and yeah i was looking for technical advice and critique on which ones were better and which ones to take out and stuff</p>
<p>For arranging images on DA, just make sure you’re logged in, click the “gallery” tab. </p>
<p>Then, make sure you’re in the “featured” folder instead of the “browse” folder. Here, you can switch images around just by clicking and dragging the images. :]</p>
<p>As of now, I would definitely include “man of clay” “who belongs in the kitchen?” and “juliana” </p>
<p>quite possibly “the dreamer” “the women of the family” and “electricity” as well …</p>
<p>But, considering you have more pieces, it would be a good idea to consider those too :]</p>