This afternoon I attended an D&AD education day at the Urbis Manchester. This gave me the chance to get critiqued on my portfolio. I'm glad this has come now as I have had to get my portfolio together.
I had my critique with 'Fudge Studios', he gave me some good pointers. He thought my portfolio was not specific to graphic design and suggested I needed to specify this more. I totally agree, my portfolio doesn't shout out Graphic Designer as mush as I would like it to. There are areas missing and before a finish the course I would like to be satisfied with my portfolio. This said I still like to have a varied portfolio, I feel its a good quality to show that I am a multi- disciplined designer.
Towards the end of the day I had chance to show my portfolio to 'Thoughtful' They were so enthusiastic about my portfolio and were interested in all my projects in my portfolio. This gave me alot more confidence in realising the area of design was right for me.
From my day at Urbis, I have more of an idea of what companies are looking for, and each company are looking for different qualities. Its finding the job which suits me also. I have also thought more seriously about career prospects and that Manchester is a city I would love to work in. This has given me some direction when looking for jobs.
