I gave this talk a while back at when I was still teaching/freelancing. It talks about creating an online portfolio and having a presence online. I was talking with some people starting out last night and kept coming back to a few of these points. Figured it might help posting this on here. Any feedback or improvements I…
Great talk! Will definitely share! Your books are my favourite books ever too! Lizard Brain, and Purple Cow are my 2x favourite talks of Godins, http://vimeo.com/5895898 Purple Cow is pretty much an entire TED Talk by Seth Godin, on being the BEST "boot" guy. http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread This is an…
Suba: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. ZacD: Good suggestions. I didn't want to get too into specifics like webhosting since that changes a lot. But you're right though. I did answer questions like that after the talk though. Btw bluehost member for 10+ years here. Can't recommend them enough. As far as video files I would ask…
ZacD: Yes there is a lot of info about this sort of topic. Nothing really on branding and being consistent. But general portfolio tips, dos and don'ts. Jon Jones thread is really great. He's definitely one of the first people to really tackle this subject for Game Artists. Anything in particular that was too general? My…
Just a few things I would of touched on, What should you expect to pay to host your own portfolio? What are the free/cheap options? a bit about don't always trust the most advertised hosting site to be the best option (GoDaddy really comes to mind). You don't have to give solid numbers or name sites, but just some more…