
Design students need an online portfolio, and I recommend a great free resource called Carbonmade. Technology Goddess Audrey Williams turned me on to this online community of designers, illustrators, photographers and other creatives based around portfolios. Carbonmade offers an attractive, clean slide show interface that uses JPEGs. Easy for anybody with basic graphic computer skills to create. Pellissippi design student Mellissa Dos Santos has just set up her portfolio. And, here’s a link to mine.
My Design I students are presenting their online portfolios as their final exam. I’d suggest that students set up a free account, use Photoshop to JPEG their PDFs, and start uploading their portfolio samples before exam week. Remember: the early bird ends up owning the worm farm.
Update: Check out the student portfolios below and leave a comment by clicking on the comments link.
Kitty Garland
Mark Friebus
Anastasia Williams
Cordelia Norris
