Digital Portfolio Design for Creatives

Basic Principles

A course by Mark Brooks , Graphic Designer and Art Director

98% positive reviews (104)

3,214 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Basic Principles

Overview

“Let’s start by going over a few principles that we want to keep in mind before we start organizing our portfolio.”

In this video lesson Mark Brooks addresses the topic: Basic Principles, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Portfolio Design for Creatives. Promote yourself and attract new opportunities using digital tools that present your work in its best light.

Partial transcription of the video

“Basic Principles We've talked about how to develop our brands. Now we're gonna be talking about the principles to put our portfolios together. The first thing we wanna consider when building our portfolio is to not show everything we've got, but the best that we've got. Sometimes when we don't have a strong body of work, we tend to wanna squeeze everything in our portfolios, when in reality, showing your best work will have the most effective impact when you share it. Something like this happened to me a few years back when I had this website that you guys are seeing where I pretty much sho...”

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Course summary for: Digital Portfolio Design for Creatives

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (104)
3214 students
4 units
10 lessons (1h 7m)

Category
Design
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Creative Consulting, Creativity, Design, Portfolio Development

Mark Brooks

A course by Mark Brooks

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Graphic Designer and Art Director

Mark Brooks is a New York-based graphic designer and art director who specializes in branding, editorial design, typography, and illustration. Mark was born in Barcelona and studied at public design school before moving to New York in 2007 to hone his craft. There, he is currently the brand director for Behance and the Creative Director for 99U.

He has worked for clients including Adobe, Lufthansa, Martini, The New York Yankees, Audi, Estrella Damm, Xtreme Barcelona, Club Razzmatazz, and Margo Cardona and has delivered guest lectures and workshops at the likes of the European Institute of Design and the University of Barcelona.