Are you still worried about building your own portfolio?

As a designer, I think we all experience the difficulties of personal projects, including portfolio. When you spend countless hours in Photoshop and even try hundreds of different scenarios, you won't realize that your personal homepage still says "build" until two months later.

Maybe it doesn't apply to everyone, but if it's a client, I think it's quite challenging, so I'd like to share in this article how we can better build our own portfolio.

What is the use of your portfolio?

You should start with the core of "business" before you go into Photoshop and you burst into a wonderful idea. Because you are the client. Just like any other item, First, you have to set a goal.

Do you want to ask yourself if you want to sell your work?

-or just to show your work?

--to make people understand themselves?

-or teach the reader?

This is just some examples that you may not have to choose from. There is a good way to write down the goals you think of and mark them with numbers. For example I: Sell a work (0/5), display a work (2/5), let a person know oneself (2/5), seek the employer (1/5).

This may seem strange, but the main purpose of my portfolio is not to seek an employer. My 90% inquiries came from dribbble, so I decided to focus on showing my personal preferences.

Draw Wireframe

Now that you see these cases, you might want to start redesigning them right away. That's fine, but don't turn on Photoshop first. But to pick up the pen and paper.

Set a time limit, say an hour, and then draw all you think. Even after 30 minutes, you feel like you're done, keep trying. At this stage, no matter "ugly" or "semi-finished". Strive for 20 completely different layouts.

Note that these are not complete wireframes, just drafts. )

After this brainstorming phase, you can sift through the manuscript and draw a block diagram. Since it's a personal preference (obviously), I can't tell you a set of guidelines, but I have some suggestions:

--Simple and clear. It's hard to understand your work. Make sure that first impressions are clear and friendly.

--selective. As a designer, you may be a versatile person. But that doesn't mean you need to stress the past. Emphasize strength, not complete experience.

--focus on the work. Unless you really want to embody your brand identity, I think it's best to keep the minimum design. Like an art gallery, you don't want galleries to attract more attention than artwork, do you?

Code or design?

It's finally going to be digitized! The reason I'm mentioning code or design is just because not every designer will code. If you know, forget Photoshop and try the code directly.

Now that you have a fixed wireframe, you can start writing code implementation functionality. As far as I'm concerned, even though I have a wireframe of personal work, I'm still only going to change it in Photoshop, and eventually nothing will be released.

That's why I suggest creating wireframes first. It not only keeps me in the right process, but also saves me a lot of time writing code and authoring in Photoshop.

Editing and publishing

Last but not least, put your portfolio online as soon as possible. Once you have a good foundation, you can always fine-tune and optimize the page. Even later optimization is a good thing to attract users to return.

"I added a complete project description to view the update!"

"You can now buy my latest design icon directly through your portfolio," he said.

"I have updated the form of scrolling, how do I feel?"

It's like owning your own house. It's never finished, but before it's perfect, you can't wait to invite someone to visit, right?

I am also happy to listen to your ideas about creating your own portfolio. Perhaps more know-how, or personal experience? Please feel free to enclose your portfolio in the comments below! I'm always looking for inspiration.

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