Creating a portfolio
1 Pick your best pieces of work. Avoid including everything you have ever created. Instead, pick the pieces you are most proud of. These pieces should demonstrate your abilities and showcase your confidence in your work. Include self-initiated work, as well as work you have done for specific clients. 2 Include a variety of examples. Pick pieces that showcase your range of skills. Include pieces that showcase your typography, web design, and logo design skills, for example. Pick pieces that demonstrate that you have worked for a variety of clients as well. 3 Contextualize your work. For each piece of work, write one to two paragraphs explaining the client’s goals and how your design met those goals. Talk about your inspiration for the design and your creative process. Additionally, make sure to include any information about the success of your design. Type the information up in a Word document. For example, mention that the client was pleased with your wor