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Building your portfolio - Insiders guide and examples

  • Furyo
  • March 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM
  • Furyo
    • March 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM
    • #1

    In this thread, you will find commonly accepted rules and examples of successful portfolios for the games industry, so you can build your own.

    The original post will be edited as more examples are provided. For specific feedback on your own portfolio, please create a thread of your own with your site.

    Resources

    Wordpress: Easy blog making software

    Carbonmade : Easy website making software

    Krop : Easy website making software

    CSS Reflex 13 free wordpress portfolio themes

    Templates from Polycount.com

    Podcasts

    Games Industry Mentor

    Articles

    Sloperama article on how to apply for a job

    GameCareerGuide's article on portfolios for level artists

    Smashing Magazing on how to create a successful online portfolio

    Smashing Magazing on using Wordpress for your portfolio

    Jon Jones : Your portfolio repels jobs

    Presentations

    GDC 2010: Jacob Minkoff (Naughty Dog) PDF presentation on building portfolios

  • Skjalg
    • March 24, 2010 at 8:31 AM
    • #2

    Very nice initiative, Furyo

  • Ginger Lord
    • March 24, 2010 at 8:38 AM
    • #3

    Needed more lolcats!

    Good read though.

  • Corwin
    • March 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM
    • #4

    http://%7boption%7d

    Podcast about portfolios

    http://%7boption%7d

    Generic advices about portfolios and application in general

    http://%7boption%7d

    Cool, thorough article

  • Corwin
    • March 26, 2010 at 8:32 AM
    • #5

    Articles

    http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03 ... portfolio/

    Article about portfolios in general, not game related, but at least the first part (pitfalls) applies to this field aswell.

    http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04 ... portfolio/

    http://www.cssreflex.com/2009/07/13-mag ... hemes.html

    About building your portfolio with Wordpress

    Resources

    http://wordpress.org/

    http://carbonmade.com/

    http://www.krop.com/creativedatabase/

  • Defrag
    • May 30, 2010 at 7:24 PM
    • #6

    My all time favourite: Your Portfolio Repels Jobs by Jon Jones.

  • sarge mat
    • December 20, 2011 at 11:30 AM
    • #7

    Some good templates to work from in this topic.

    http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91572

  • carlotagon
    • June 19, 2020 at 4:19 AM
    • #8

    omg, thank you for share this with us, i am going to check it latter, it's very nice

  • blackdog
    • February 8, 2021 at 11:00 PM
    • #9

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