Spec/fake work presentation

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  • fadein110

    I would never put such in my portfolio as it will just look like a student brief/project.
    It may also give the impression that you have a lot of time on your hands... God I wish I had more time for personal work.
    I think if you are going to show personal stuff wouldn't it be better to show your best experimental work - less commercial stuff that shows how your experimentation feeds into your other work.
    Doing imaginary briefs on well known brands will just confuse people and could be taken as a con if not made 100% clear, and even then it will just give the impression that you are a student looking for work.
    Thats my experience anyway.

    • When's the last time you sold a client on a wacky carefree experimental airy-fairy idea?i_monk
    • just shows you spend some time pushing yaself - and actually yep I have sold prints of my experimental works a few times to clientsfadein11
    • times to clientsfadein11
    • We're talking branding/identity/ad... not artwork or unbranded posters.i_monk
    • dont get your point?fadein11

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