Just wondered what are peoples thoughts on printed poftfolios for taking to interviews and/or sending out to potential employers? I plan to get my website together in the coming months, but wanted something physical that i could keep with me. Can anyone recommend any sites that do printing? http://www.blurb.com seems the…
Do you print several copys and give some to the interviewer after the interview or do you have one "book" for yourself? what kind of print / paper you've used and how you make sure the colours of an the image do look the same on paper without doing several testprings? where have you printed your stuff? own printer,…
have urs :P! its very useful. you can print it at home as long as you put it in nice folder with transparent plastic pages ( so u can insert ur print as pages there)
When I first graduated and was looking for a job, a lead from a studio gawked at me in disbelief that I didn't carry a printed portfolio around. Though that was the only time I've ever been asked (or expected in that case) to have printed versions of stuff /shrug
I took along a printed portfolio to the games expo recently in London. Having it on me made it easy to show the different studios my work and as a result I got an interview. While I didn't manage to get the job, if I didn't have that printed folio on me I would never have had the opportunity. I'd say just pop along to a…
Thx for the replies guys, really insightful. I've failed a few interviews before (not game industry related) for not saying enough in the interview and contrary to my post count here :), im quite a shy person. Hopefully a printed poftfolio would give me something to talk about. Would it be a waste to include things like…
During my most recent job hunt after my last company went down I got 5 or 6 copies of my portfolio printed from lulu.com It really surprised me that other people were just taking DVDs or their work with their name scribbled on the front and every tinterview I went to, having a printed portfolio went down really well. As…
I also agree on the importance of printed work alongside digital examples. If you have access to a Mac, check out the books you can set up and order with iPhoto. They look pretty awesome and I'm sure you can get them without any Apple branding on. Loads of styles to choose from and the results look surprisingly…