is this for a physical portfolio or for a web portfolio?
no offense but if it's for a web portfolio you should probably just stop right now. Unless you really do an amazing job it's probably not the best way to display your work.
You should stop right now and explain where you going with this design so we can help you. For now it looks amateurish and I don't really know where you could use that to have a proper job.
Are you applying for a concept artist at Blizzard?
Hi Im from mexico, Im study to apply for a 3d and 2d concept character job In Monterrey Mexico in CGBOT. I know the best way to expose your art is a website but I like to make a PDF because I like the idea of magic book to expose my concepts.
To be honest Donovan if someone is looking at your portfolio to answer the question of "Do I want to hire this guy" they are going to blast by any cover you put on it to get to the meat inside.
They want to see your body of work, understand your process, and see how you arrive at your final pieces because that is going to answer their questions like, "Can I rely on this person to produce a certain level of quality consistently?" and "How confident and evocative is their simplest piece if we have a deadline and I need something fast?". Pretty much the opposite of arcane magic really, more like a science with a bit of personal taste involved.
Now if you were making an art book of collected pieces to sell then the magic spell metaphor works great, because a collection of finished pieces are like a collection of spells sometimes, but when you're selling your talent to a company, all they're interested in is can you produce something when asked. They aren't looking for mysterious wizardry.
Good for you man! If you take a look at the portfolios of some of the best like Aaron Beck or Theo Prins, you'll see they're just a blogroll of work completed. Nothing fancy about it. Everyone here is looking to improve just like you are, and part of that improvement involves looking at work with a critical eye. When you get an opportunity you should throw some of your pieces up for feedback and I'm sure you'll get some responses!
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no offense but if it's for a web portfolio you should probably just stop right now. Unless you really do an amazing job it's probably not the best way to display your work.
Im going to update the wip to take some feedback.
Cheers
Are you applying for a concept artist at Blizzard?
Theres the final of the front page.
They want to see your body of work, understand your process, and see how you arrive at your final pieces because that is going to answer their questions like, "Can I rely on this person to produce a certain level of quality consistently?" and "How confident and evocative is their simplest piece if we have a deadline and I need something fast?". Pretty much the opposite of arcane magic really, more like a science with a bit of personal taste involved.
Now if you were making an art book of collected pieces to sell then the magic spell metaphor works great, because a collection of finished pieces are like a collection of spells sometimes, but when you're selling your talent to a company, all they're interested in is can you produce something when asked. They aren't looking for mysterious wizardry.
Cheers.