Tag Archive: art director

Style issues in your portfolio? Let's chat.

Here’s a question that comes up quite frequently when artists talk about their portfolios: Should I include all my different styles or just one style? It’s an excellent question without a hard and fast rule as an answer. Here’s why. When you’re prepping any art portfolio, the first question you need to answer is, “Who…

Are you a flaky French pastry? Or are you black coffee?

Mmm. I love a good croissant. When we took our kids to Paris a couple years ago, they marveled over the idea that people eat dessert for breakfast, like croissants and chocolate. What’s not to love? Rich, airy pockets of flaky goodness. As much as I love flakiness in my pastry, I abhor flakiness in the…

"Just Do It" and Portfolio Angst

I have something to confess. I’m not always 100% confident creating my marketing and promotional materials. In fact, very recently I was really stuck. Frozen. Not “GTD”ing or whatever the hell that Super Special System is. I was using the “GNDF,” system, or Getting Nothing Done Fast. I had a major mental block on what…