I find your title, "The Lesson of Patience, Part Thirty Three" quite ironic

[dolari]

Comic Updated!
AWFW.

I dunno what happened to me, but I slept 13 hours yesterday...which means I'm wide awake right now, which I REALLY hate being awake right now. But considering I'm making a "quickie" portfolio of things I do, and the stuff I need is buried in a huge 50GB RAR file that usually takes three or four hours to pull stuff out of, I guess I should be grateful I'm not fighting sleep.

Wow, that's a run-on sentence.

Of course just as I write that, it pulls out the files I need.

I feel really guilty about this portifolio. They want to see all sorts of work I've done, but nearly everything I've put in there is a personal project for me...because no one ever hired me for a graphics job (Kinko's did, but I never did anything impressive). So a lot of this is a AWFW webpage, the Graphic Novel cover, the TACT logos, a page from the AWFW graphic novel. If anyone does ANY kind of research on my portfolio, they'll find it's all just me doing my own thing.

It's this bad Catch 22 - I don't have any independent artwork so I can't get hired to a graphics job to make independent artwork. Meanwhile the tech resumes fly out the door and they call back, despite me not wanting to ever work tech again. Maybe I just need to start investing some of my tech paychecks in Jack Daniels or something so I don't mind so much. :)

Comments

[gwenners.livejournal.com]

In cases like this, I make crap up. Flyers for nonexistent events, letterhead for imaginary companies. Etc. I kinda had to do that with the old Kinko's stuff, as I didn't have the true legal right to use that exact material -- but could always change the info.

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

[amw.livejournal.com]

I don't think personal works in your portfolio are a problem at all! The whole point of a portfolio is to show what you're capable of - it's not supposed to be a client list. In some companies you may not even be allowed to show stuff you've done for clients because they own the copyright. I agree with Gwen - go crazy! Make up as many flyers and posters as you like, just show all your skills.

[zaecus.livejournal.com]

Hey, personal works in a portfolio say you're a self-starter who doesn't need to get paid to produce.

Which... yeah... might cause lower paychecks, but then you buy a large club and beat the people who think they can get your work for free.

Portfolios

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

So a lot of this is a AWFW webpage, the Graphic Novel cover, the TACT logos, a page from the AWFW graphic novel. If anyone does ANY kind of research on my portfolio, they'll find it's all just me doing my own thing.

And? Your work is good, you have a style and dedication. That fact that it's your own project is irrelevant. Don't knock yourselfg down over this.