Portfolio work?
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- qbner
We all want to make good work and work that matters, but sometimes interesting work doesn't have a big budget.
How often do you work on projects that go in your portfolio?
How much of your work is all yours? Some people put work in their portfolio that they only art directed and went to one meeting about.
Does good work pay your bills or do you take on crappy projects and clients that pay well to subsidize "good" work?
- VectorMasked0
yes.
- randommail0
How often do you work on projects that go in your portfolio? OFTEN
How much of your work is all yours? Some people put work in their portfolio that they only art directed and went to one meeting about. ALL OF MY WORK IS MY WORK.
Does good work pay your bills or do you take on crappy projects and clients that pay well to subsidize "good" work? GOOD WORK PAYS MY BILLS. BAD WORK PAYS MY BILLS.
- omg0
I do not put anything in my portfolio anymore, and I don't take any jobs that require that I need to show a portfolio. It's what young kids do after college because they need a job, or what someone maintains because they are looking for a job or fear of losing their current one.
- organicgrid0
I'm intrigued qbner...
What is your motive behind all of these question thread?- I guess fredddddd retired the 'freedom' handle, and is now using this 'qbner' one for a change.Continuity
- Projectile0
Every project starts off as a portfolio project.. and whether it goes in usually depends on how much the client crushes my dreams
- yupmonospaced
- or the degree in which you bend over and accept everything they say as holydoesnotexist
- fate0
"Every project starts off as a portfolio project.. and whether it goes in usually depends on how much the client crushes my dreams"
QFT!
- Leigh0
Not all work goes into a folio.
Only show the kind of work you want to do.
If someone else worked on the project then credit the agency and the other people involved and your role on the project.
I don't believe in crappy work, it's what YOU make of the project.
You don't need massive budgets or fancy clients to do good work. Sometimes a client can ruin a project but a good client will trust your judgment and let you do your job to the best of your ability.
- i_monk0
"I don't believe in crappy work... a good client will trust your judgment and let you do your job"
Your experience in the industry would seem to be entirely hypothetical or you've really lucked out with clients. Your "good client" is practically a unicorn.