For a wide range of specialisations in the industry—designers, illustrators and photographers—a portfolio is a must-have. It's an essential tool that demonstrates your abilities to potential clients and employers.

A portfolio will often include examples of your work, information about yourself - a great opportunity to use your elevator pitch and contact details so that you are reachable.

It's becoming more common to share your process and problem-solving skills in your portfolio, not just final works. A growing number of clients and employers would like to see evidence of how you've thought through particular problems and worked within project constraints.

Portfolios can be shared in a variety of formats. It could be a physical document, a digital document, or a website containing your content. Portfolio websites are standard as they're accessible to anyone with an internet connection and your portfolio's URL.

Revisit your portfolio that you have been building in CANVA. Does this demonstrate your style? 

Sometimes designer's might choose to host their portfolio websites themselves with their own domain and hosting package, others might use a third-party platform like Dribbble or Squarespace to do so.

A strong portfolio can sometimes be the difference that lands you your dream job. It's crucial to put every effort into representing yourself appropriately and ensuring you're putting your best foot forward.

There are many ways to design your portfolio, the video below provides some great examples on how to build up your portfolio without having clients. 

Below are examples of other designer's portfolios to provide you with a better understanding of how you might present your own work:

• stefaniebrueckler.com

• vanschneider.com

• dribbble.com/montyhayton

• dribbble.com/rikitanone

Now we have been through some examples of portfolios, it's your turn to start putting together your own portfolio.  The work you have done for this course will form the basis for this portfolio. 

Let's start with what you worked on in Module 1. In this Module we worked on the following:

• Career options in web and graphic design 
• Your own written elevator pitch

These two items should be used in the profile section of your Portfolio. An important aspect to this will also be selecting a clear profile picture that best represents you. This should not be a cropped image of yourself and other people. Here is an example of a profile that contains what we have learned.

Once you have your profile ready it's time to start bringing together the work you did in Module 3. Remember it's not just the finished product that matters, you should includekey iterations (from the first draft to final design). Also, make sure you include text to talk about your designs, why did you make changes, how did the design evolve over time.

Congratulations!

How did you go completing the tasks every step of the way? If you did complete them, you would now have a portfolio of work as well as a design portfolio in CANVA or a website of your choosing. If you did not complete them, now is your chance to go back through and revisit the tasks. As you continue through your studies, keep adding to your portfolio. We wish you every success and best of luck with your journey.

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