Hey! I was wondering if you could have a look at my portfolio, make some criticisms (I want to apply for a term abroad). I'm studying 3rd year of architecture at UNAM, Mexico CIty.
1. are you putting you best work as a finale? I question the order of your projects,,,,I, personally use the sandwhich theory
a.Good
b.OK
c.Better
d.Best
2.Formatting. Consider heirarchy , and try montaging process drawings into the feature projects. One image photoshopped to another image doesn't help the layout, borders and/or empty space are typical...and collaging the images might be even better for you work.
3. Binding,..I see no room for binding
Go to teh commiserate thread for crits as well..there are lot more liek minded folks on there.
1. I don't think the binding is a problem, it's full bleed but none of the images have important information near the edge (although full bleed is a bitch to print, you might want to reconsider that)
2. cut out one of the pictures of the "parasite' model with the people around it...(i think it's the view from both ends of the model that bothers me, one is enough). it would help to crop out some of the people and focus more on the model as well
otherwise, you presented the work better than most portfolios i've seen posted
I would say to be more selective. It all looked like a bunch of stuff. Personally I'm interested in the sequence of these studies or projects, I just don't really see it there.
Sometimes less is more. I think some of the photographs could be much more powerful if there was either a border or just one by itself on a page (ie pg 14).
Maybe you could also look into a particular way to organize everything, by using guides or a template. (ie pg 17 vs 26).
Thats just my two cents.
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Hey! I was wondering if you could have a look at my portfolio, make some criticisms (I want to apply for a term abroad). I'm studying 3rd year of architecture at UNAM, Mexico CIty.
http://www.upload2.com/?cmd=_viewer&file=e68ab20420be4cfc1bdf43fec4971ecf.pdf&s=d4ff1
You have some nice work.
I'll keep my comments short.
1. are you putting you best work as a finale? I question the order of your projects,,,,I, personally use the sandwhich theory
a.Good
b.OK
c.Better
d.Best
2.Formatting. Consider heirarchy , and try montaging process drawings into the feature projects. One image photoshopped to another image doesn't help the layout, borders and/or empty space are typical...and collaging the images might be even better for you work.
3. Binding,..I see no room for binding
Go to teh commiserate thread for crits as well..there are lot more liek minded folks on there.
Where are you applying?
Good luck!
hey,
1. I don't think the binding is a problem, it's full bleed but none of the images have important information near the edge (although full bleed is a bitch to print, you might want to reconsider that)
2. cut out one of the pictures of the "parasite' model with the people around it...(i think it's the view from both ends of the model that bothers me, one is enough). it would help to crop out some of the people and focus more on the model as well
otherwise, you presented the work better than most portfolios i've seen posted
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sorry, it was the micropolis project i was talking about and you could cut out a lot of the photos. it's pretty redundant
I would say to be more selective. It all looked like a bunch of stuff. Personally I'm interested in the sequence of these studies or projects, I just don't really see it there.
Sometimes less is more. I think some of the photographs could be much more powerful if there was either a border or just one by itself on a page (ie pg 14).
Maybe you could also look into a particular way to organize everything, by using guides or a template. (ie pg 17 vs 26).
Thats just my two cents.
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