What Pathways Can I Use For Self-Promotion In Developing A Portfolio?

List three ways:


Websites - Websites is without a doubt the best way of creating a name for yourself and work. It showcases all your work on a layout which you created yourself, so not only are you showing other works you've done. But you're also using Flash/HTML/Dreamweaver or whatever program you're using to show you understand the program appropriately.
You can also use other people/companies websites to promote yourself if you don't have a website of your own just yet, like for an example, Deviant Art is a huge place for people to publicly post their works, which can either be sold or just simply a safe place for your online portfolio work.

Billboards/Posters/Business cards - This can be used quite often for promotion of work, but of course you'll need the money to afford rental of billboards and money for paper to print on, and maybe even printing ink for the printers. I found out that business cards were actually very high demanding and many companies make lots of money off people buying a certain amount of custom made business cards for a good deal.

Posting - By posting your work on Design Inspiration websites you'll find that eventually you'll get your name out as an artist. But obviously you'll need the work to back it up, so be careful what you post and how much you design.

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What Skills Do I Have Already?

Skills:

• Digital - I like to think I have a good amount of experience within digital design, from being in graphic design for three years now I have come far, from firstly being on an art course to now digital was a somewhat big step for me. I can comfortably use the three main Adobe programs now which include Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator. I have used Dreamweaver and Flash before, but the unit I did for it was so short that I didn't learn much. I like to think having just finished a complementary study within Z-brush has boosted my chances of a job in some way hopefully.
• Traditional - From doing Art and Design at school for two years then a year at college really helped me develop some hands on skills such as drawing, sculptures, printing and some layout skills. Having traditional skills helps now to create some mixed media pieces too.
• Passion - There isn't one day I go without thinking of what I could design next. I always have a challenge for myself to learn whilst un-busy, like for an example, I thought I needed to gain some skill within Digital Painting in Photoshop, so I bought myself a tablet and followed many tutorials till I was satisfied.
• Communication - Communication is an easy one for myself, being a gamer and social nerd on communication websites like Facebook, communicating through emails is extremely easy and calm.
• Layout - I genially think that I can produce some really nice ideas for layouts for things like Logo designs, websites and posters. I think the CV I produced for myself was nicely laid out too. I like to see things from a good perspective before finalizing in general anyway.

 Skills I think I need to acquire:

• Presentation - I really do believe that after three-four years of doing stand up presentation to peers, I still haven't developed myself to be confident enough. The only time I would be good, is if I practiced well and actually took interest in what I was presenting.
• Webdesign - I haven't had much experience within webdesign, although I have used Flash and Dreamweaver, my level within it, is really bad. I need to pick this up quickly as jobs are screaming for webdesign lately.
• Drawing/Concept skills - I really would like to pick up on some drawing skills to create better artwork for myself, to one day sell concept art to some random person would be amazing.

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