at I'm going to explain exactly why they're so awesome

so you can apply the same techniques and the tips to your very important area of

work so I suggest you take some notes or bookmark today's video if you want to

really improve your graphic design portfolio because let's face it it might

be the single most important thing to you as a graphic designer and obtaining

new clients will say the three design failures are linked down below

so the first portfolio today is by design that dot works this is an awesome

graph a design portfolio for many different reasons but firstly notice the

huge amount of negative space around the main focal points this is the landing

page as you can toggle over the next project listed but negative space allows

the design content to breathe and it's an easy way to add professionalism to

your display of work over crowding your designs and portfolio is going to turn

off viewers less is in fact more so taking a deeper look we can see contrast

in the typefaces with thick and thin typography which is

another way to add sophistication to your designs

now totaling two the next section you can see the same layout has been used as

the previous one with objects the same size and location as well as typography

being the same too and this is seen throughout this entire

section of the portfolio I repetition ties everything together neatly you can

also see a vague faint design in the negative space too which is a nice and

clever touch now let's take a dive into one of the projects on this portfolio

now the very top is a brief background of the project and it's displayed

cleanly and neatly but I thought it could be a little more thought-out to be

honest but moving down this designer has added a process of the design itself

which solidifies a designer's skills and talents and it's something I always do

on my own portfolio of work you know showing the process of a design as we

scroll down some more you can again see a running theme of repetition of design

which simply makes the entire page look awesome and professional design

principles of layout negative space contrasts etc all apply when designing

your portfolio of work now let's check out one last project in

this portfolio before heading to the second one so again in this project

the color purple has been used on the landing page of the project but also

into the actual project itself these small details

subconsciously reach viewers and they tell the designers that lists in fact a

professional portfolio of work so onto the second graph example of earlier

today which is created by Alex covin in his landing page he's made use of a very

clever gimmick that sets him apart from the rest

he has three main skills in graphic design coding and typography and he's

displayed these three skills in a clever way

he has three different hats for three different mindsets and heads of design a

gimmick like this is something very different and memorable to the viewer

moving into the portfolio itself that's again a great use of negative space much

like the previous folio and also in the bottom left you'll notice a typography

is neatly done and the same style is carried out through an entire page the

use of repetition went and correctly is very effective indeed also there aspects

of the design of each project which are faint in the background adding a nice

and a unique hatch

now if we click onto one of these projects

we're met with a neat display and a brief description of the project

everything is open plan so to speak and it's not crowded it's very clean and

very crisp also notice that there are two key typefaces used one for headings

and one firming body text which is another key sign of a professional

design you know just very uniform and well made so lastly on this portfolio

the style and the color is United together with a kind of bold pastels use

the routes now for your portfolio of work have a set theme color in mind and

also a style that represents your work and then build your portfolio around

that style and that theme the third and the final portfolio today is built by

Buffalo now right off the bat notice how the toolbar at the top is

nicely balanced with three buttons either side of the logo that's a very

nice touch indeed now it's again an open-plan style of website which uses

negative space if there's one thing that you should take away from today's video

it's that less is more and design needs room to breathe the designer has chosen

to showcase their projects with knee Texican thumbnails which is quite unique

and a nice touch when you roll your cursor over a thumbnail there is a

different color and a layer which shares a similar style throughout each one

scrolling down is another amazing technique for gaining jobs and

instilling confidence in potential clients and that is to have testimonials

from previous clients this really helps to solidify yourself as a successful

designer and it's something I have used on my portfolio website too

now let's head into one of the projects and just a quick note I personally feel

it might be too cramped visually but that's just my personal taste and my

opinion it stood in awesome portfolio this design has utilized mock-ups and I

suggest you do this for yours too because it's a very professional and

high-end way to really express your projects and your skills there are so

many free and awesome mock-ups for you to use online with just a quick Google

search let's take one last quick look at this project and again he's use mock-ups

with a new description and layout for the project itself

so I hope you took some notes and I hope you had some inspiration today looking

at these different portfolios again the link down description box below and if

you want to see more videos on portfolios or more videos like this just

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