If you are a recently qualified designer or student designer it is difficult to show a portfolio of design work to potential employers when you haven’t yet had the opportunity to work on many projects. One option is to work on “dummy/fictitious” projects to try and fill in the gaps where you feel you are lacking a little design experience.
On my design resources page I have included one of my own previous briefs, but lots more can be found at http://www.desktoppub.about.com. Amongst the briefs is a business brochure, calendar, posters, logos etc.
All the briefs are print based, maybe some of you know of some web or interactive practice briefs you could suggest too?
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Hi Tara,
I don’t know of any other resources for practice briefs (that sounds like some kind of training nappy), but I do agree that they’re a great way to practice and put some project work in the portfolio.
Thought you’d like to know that your images via RSS appear with no space between them and the text.
Thanks for letting me know about the RSS feed, I don’t suppose you know how to fix it do you please? I have had a look in the CSS but am not sure what I am looking for? Would it be with the regular template CSS?
Hi Tara,
Just realised I never replied to this comment of yours (sorry!).
If I see the same problem next time I read your feed I’ll let you know.
Off-topic, again
the ‘notify me of followup comments via e-mail’ text appears at the foot of your site, rather than just below the comment box, so for short posts, like this one, I have to scroll way down in order to see it (I knew it’d be there as I’ve seen the same issue before). I gave the same pointer to someone else recently – hope it wasn’t you, and that I forgot.
Samples of artworks works for me when i was a newbie. But of course when giving out a sample give your best shot to it.Remember that first impression lasts.
I would like to produce a memory book for my mother who passed away last month from cancer….. there needs to be pictures (text,tributes,quotes, stories, etc). Would anyone be interested in doing this as a project?