However, my goal – and probably the best overall solution – is to have a portfolio that incorporates only works where I did both the illustration and the design job. Nowadays, I tend to create separate portfolios altogether – if I apply for a graphics job, I use the graphics portfolio, and if I apply for pure illustration (very rare where I live) I bring the illustration one. Not sure if people just don't read the CV or what, but a split portfolio always netted me the "We want a graphic designer, not an illustrator" response, as if only the illustration portion existed. Something I noticed though: Splitting your portfolio (as in, having 2 chapters, so to speak) doesn't work too well. I experiment quite a bit whenever I try and job-hunt again. Of course, replacing that with actual client works is a priority over time, but if something's actually good, I don't take it out JUST because it's student work.Īs for how a portfolio that incorporates both can look like.
I'm not in the business long enough to say for sure (2 years now) but for now, I have the policy to keep in what still has quality befitting my current work. And that "bigger" is what graphic designers do – a book might need illustrations, but as a whole, it needs someone who layouts the thing. Illustrations are often just one element of something bigger. Which, depending on the client and job, can pay off very well (say, a client hires you for poster illustration – they could easily end up hiring you for a follow-up layouting job as well). Now I freelance – and I take both illustration and graphic design clients. Same here, actually! I gunned for illustration (comic in particular), but ended up doing another 2 years for graphics design in order to not be the starving artist.
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