May 2015 Portfolio

Most of the work that I can use for my portfolio is from this year, which is good because it shows my current skill level, but the main reason is because I didn't have a lot of opportunities to look into character design last year. Though I like my designs below, I would have liked to be producing things like this by the end of first year, rather than now; I have a lot of work to do over the summer to learn how to design to a more professional standard, as I don't think this would cut it in a professional setting.

I went for a simple layout so that the viewer wouldn't be distracted by anything else - I think that the lines at the top and bottom help to keep your view central, and feel more organised. I left it open at the sides since it continues on - I feel like it flows easier like this, and it will definitely look a lot better on Isshu and if viewed with an image viewer. I used colours that went well with the designs but weren't too saturated; I don't want them to distract from the colours in the image itself, but I feel like the layout is a bit too boring otherwise.

Content-wise, I didn't have a lot to choose from. I like the designs of Johnny, Cake Man and Barbara anyway, but I would have liked to made a much expressive expressions page, taking influence from Chris Oatley's portfolio tips and tell more about the character in each image if I'd have found those tips earlier. I wouldn't have minded maybe a bit more of a pose to do with their personalities for the turnaround as well, although since most of them were designs to be animated, I didn't want to make the design harder for anyone that I was working with to translate.

I would like to create a new portfolio by the end of summer using the things that I have learned this year, and try to find a style of presentation that I think is a bit more interesting. It would nice to have newer 'best work' to put at the start and end, but I do like Johnny and Barbara, so for now I am happy with those two being my best designs and sitting at either end.

Here is the link for my portfolio on Behance