My accepted graphic design portfolio for university

"Okay, so now that we have selected our pieces, here is how I organised them. This is the first page. This is my title page. I included a nice image and then put my details here in a little brief description."

"I then split my portfolio into different segments. The first one I did was idea development. So, you can see that I've put in lots of things about design process, lots of images from projects and things just from sketchbooks.  And as we go through, here you can see how I've finalised them. Again, more final designs that I could put on the t-shirts then some other things like artist research, for example, and responses."

"Here are some other examples of idea development. I was trying to include a variety of different things; lot of it is very focused on sketching. The tutors like to see some sketching, bits of annotation and things like that. You can also see here that I've get some annotation on the document itself. I created my portfolio in PowerPoint and these little captions underneath describe what it is and why I've done it."

"Next, we have media experiments. Now, here is one thing I will say, you don't have to do this PowerPoint template that I've done here. You can do something very simple, and I can give you an example of that later. But let's go through; so we've got some media experiments. Here I’m showing my versatility. I can do different things. I've got a page that just has Illustrated, digital examples, then I've got a watercolour one, one with cross-hatching and pen, and then examples of experimentations with markers I did."

"I'm trying to make the pieces speak for themselves; not going too crazy with different bits of type - just trying to make the images nice and big and bold."

"Observational drawings. Now I wouldn't have this type here overlapping two different colours of the background. I think I even spelled somebody's name wrong here. Anyway, you can see that it's not too bad if you mess up so don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"And finally, some final favourite pieces. So, I've got a good mix of experimentation, illustration, and research, as well as my actual final pieces. Don't have a portfolio full of final pieces as Falmouth want to see a lot of your process. So, emphasis on process."

"And then I did a final showstopper at the end. This was my favourite piece. As long as you’re showing that you’re inspired and interested in the world of design, and you're not just turning out bits of art for the sake of having to do it. This isn't just what you have to do to progress your career, this something you're interest in. Show that you’re interested in your subject and they will love you."

"A final thought: this portfolio was created before I joined Falmouth University. All of this work is my A Level stuff. So, let's move on and just show you my current graphic design portfolio. Well, I say current. It's a little bit out of date as you can see it says second year Graphic Design, and I am a third year now. But let's look through it and see how my portfolio making skills have changed."

"So, you can see, this is very different to what we had before. It's gone from this to this. You can simplify things. Don't worry about doing something flashy, this probably says more than this does. You know, this portfolio even looks a bit outdated. Whereas this portfolio has nice simple type."

"We'll go through my current portfolio quite quickly. So, we've got some projects here; just a simple title screen and then goes on to tell you a little bit about the project. There doesn't need to be loads of writing. In fact, I highly suggest against adding lots of text because people just don't read it. You can have big bold text that tells you the main things that the viewer needs to know and then smaller print that people can go back and read if they like. But yeah, nice, big, bold full screen; full page photos to allow the work to speak for itself."

"There is a page limit for your portfolio, I believe it's 20 pages. Simplify it, don't be too flashy, just let your work speak for itself. Small captions. Easy as you like."