Portfolio Gut Check: June 2025
Graphic Design Course student Whitney receive personalized feedback, guidance, and resources for her portfolio!
Timestamps:
0:00:02 – Whitney joins for live portfolio review
Whitney shares her portfolio link and explains her background in collage, design, and brand strategy, including how the course helped her land a job.
0:03:03 – Walkthrough of design projects and collage work
Whitney explains the structure of her portfolio—design vs collage sections, projects from the course, and strategic thinking behind her brand identity project.
0:07:10 – Instructors praise Whitney’s homepage and branding Mindy and Sarah give positive feedback on
Whitney’s site layout, personal branding, typography, and copywriting, including suggestions to highlight her unique strategy-to-design background.
0:13:05 – Suggestions to expand project pages and strategy section
Sarah recommends building out Whitney’s project pages with full-width images, a more robust process section, potential service listings, and freelance-friendly content.
0:16:51 – Final portfolio refinement tips and encouragement
Sarah and Mindy suggest breaking out images from carousels, annotating visuals with design rationale, and amplifying Whitney’s collage work as a unique differentiator.