by cervn99

Self Promo

Pinterest is a social network where ideas are shared with the public. There are a variety of ideas within the service many pick from, depending on their search that could include home decor, recipes, graphic designs, resume ideas, and many more. This service is a great way to spread your own ideas and build a portfolio for yourself using different images and uploading to the social network. By creating your own material, you will begin to construct a platform for yourself where others will see you grow as work or ideas are being posted. While there are other platforms for creators to use, Pinterest is just as good as the others and I find this a great way to share your work and allow others to pin/save your work that they are interested in. I could scroll through Pinterest for hours if I wanted to, and pinpoint the different ideas for a project, ideas for a graphic design, or even how to cook a certain recipe.

https://www.pinterest.com: Self Promo
by ivanahalexandre1

Online Portfolio: PortfolioBox

Ivanah Alexandre

When I first went on Portfolio.net‘s website my first instinct of course was to scroll down to learn more about the site. Instead of the interface just scrolling down to display more information, the whole page zoomed out and showed a beautiful arrangement of portfolio work. I thought this feature was really engaging and different. Caught me by surprise. The design of the site is very sleek and user friendly. I like that this site caters towards many different art forms as opposed to just photography or just graphic design. The site provides you with a free domain and there is no coding needed. Another cool feature that PortfolioBox offers is allowing for the designer to interact and receive information from clients and viewers.

by Carla Dadulla

Online Portfolio: Arlen McCluskey

Arlen McCluskey is a UX designer, so naturally they have a super clean digital portfolio that effectively makes use of software and web design. I love how simple the landing page is and how the design is a reflection of the designer’s values. The soft gradient background is a perfect visual representation of clarity, empathy, and integrity.

I also love that all of their projects offer a phone-like screen click through. For the full experience you can visit their website here. I think that this is really effective to get a quick grasp of their design in action. When you do click on each individual work, there’s a more in-depth case study-like article explaining how they reached the final product.

by krxstxna

Online Portfolio: Behance

Behance is a free online design portfolio owned by Adobe, where uses can share their work and view and interact with other artists’ work. The main focus of Behance is to showcase and discover creative work.

When a person clicks on Behance to visit the webpage, it automatically goes into artists designs and shows a thumbnail of the art, how many likes and views it has, and the artists who created it. From that homepage, you can use the search bar for projects, images, moodboards, people, streams, and prototypes. Or if you’re not entirely sure what you’re looking for you can search by creative field, tool (application used), color, location, or schools.

Link to Behance’s website: https://www.behance.net/

by ryanmcinerney14

Self Promo MARKO

Marko is a youtuber who creates lots of designs on everyday objects using paint pens and other artist mediums. He created this merchandise for his viewers to buy, which works as a form of self-promotion, when the viewers wear the shirt. The artist elements of his shirt and his cartoon character, based off of The Rugrats, shows what he really does and what his personality is like. I believe this is a good form of self-promotion because it gets his name out all around the world when his viewers choose to buy his shirt. It allows a large number of people to see it without a lot of effort on his end.

Website: https://dontsleep.shop

by kellymmc12

Squarespace

Squarespace is a platform where you can build a website and online presence with ease. When playing around on this website, it started by asking me a handful of questions to establish what I am looking for. It asked what my goal of the website is, what I will be putting on it, and what experience I have. It was very easy to get started with Squarespace.

There were many beautiful templates to pick from. I begun designing one myself. I made a login and it didn’t ask me for a charge card. They give you a 14 day free trial.

As shown in the image above, there are many things to discover within the website. Overall, it was really easy to use.
https://www.squarespace.com/website-design/?channel=pbr&subchannel=go&campaign=pbr-go-us-en-general-e&subcampaign=(information_what-is-squarespace_e)&gclid=CjwKCAjwjZmTBhB4EiwAynRmD9qkBzaMimClhcwTBskJXITddbBWF1yhk4zJx30gX8Z5a8LjD30I2RoCyckQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Looking through graphic design resume templates I found some interesting ones I thought I would add here.

I am certainly draw to the ones with a splash of color. I also really like the look when the resume and cover letter have a connecting image, color, or symbol. Looking through these has given me a better idea of why why design resumes make a difference compared to a normal resume.

by dittrj30

Self Promo By Dalila Niespolo

I chose to show case Niespolo’s self promo because I think it is extremally well done. It is a resume that does such a good job of showing that she is a designer but keeping it very simple and easy to read. I also really enjoy her color choice, the blue fits well with her theme throughout the self promo. One of my favorite aspects is how she uses charts to show how proficient she is in each designer software. I think this is a unique touch to her resume that allows the viewer to very quickly see what she brings to the table. Lastly I really enjoy the little self portrait. I like that it breaks up the page into two parts. i also enjoy that it really takes this from being a normal resume to a designers resume.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/93844725/HELLO-personal-resume/modules/542264843

by laurynjwilliams

Self-Promo: Studio Ethur Ethur

Studio Ethur Ethur is a “multidisciplinary brand design studio focusing on the intersection of art & commerce.” They works on projects mostly in branding and creating logos companies. They also make the illustrations and designs as well. This studio has a common feel of fresh and fun throughout their work and I feel like their website also helps promote how they work and what they make as artists. They keep things simple with a black white and salmon pink color palette throughout their website which helps keep the focus on their projects which are in full color. They include some cute flower motifs within their website that move showing off their animation capabilities as well as their illustrative skills. They include their Instagram, behance and Pinterest at the bottom of ever page on their website giving the viewer more incentive to look at their other platforms of choice.

This is some of the projects that they have done with Redbull

Check out their website!

https://www.ethurethur.com/projects

by krxstxna

Self Promotion: Good Milk by Annie Nguyen

Good Milk by Annie Nguyen focused on creating ‘an effective and memorable self-promo to send to design studios.’ I think this self-promo is effective because her design is easy to recognize since it is cute and fun and uses pastel colors. Just by looking at the design and the use of the colorful background, Nguyen’s design is easily recognizable.

To see more of Good Milk by Annie Nguyen: https://www.behance.net/gallery/87746787/Good-Milk-Personal-Branding?tracking_source=search_projects_recommended%7CSelf%20Promotion