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Portfolio Examples

     Building a portfolio is an artists most important professional showcasing piece. We are visual communicators so while resumes and cover letters are important, they are often less relevant. Portfolios give employers a snapshot of our skillset and style so its important to provide the best and most representative of our work. How easily our website is navigated and what information we present all leave an impression.

 

     Below are portfolios of individuals currently working in the industry from a wide range of positions. Taking a look at how they showcase their work will help give insight into what employers are looking for and how we can curate our own portfolio experience. 

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Elizabeth Fuselier

Background Designer

Features background design work on Disenchantment (Netflix) and Bless the Harts (Fox)

Portfolio site made using Carbonmade

 

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David VanTuyle

Storyboard Art

Current storyboard artist for Monsters at Work (Disney)

Features storyboards for personal projects.

Portfolio hosted on Blogspot and Speaker Deck

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Jenessa Warren

Storyboard Art

Includes storyboards from Raya and Big Hero 6 (Disney)

Portfolio made using Speaker Deck

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Teny Issakhanian

Visual Development, Storyboard Art, Illustration

Features prop/plant visual development and storyboards for Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (Netflix) and other personal projects

Portfolio made using Carbonmade

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Michael Herrera

Story/ Development, Character Concept Design, Illustration

Features storyboards and character/set designs for personal projects.

Portfolio made using Wix

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Rebecca Shieh

Visual Development, Set Design, Background Painter

Features set design and concept art for Onward (Pixar) and other personal projects. 

Portfolio made using Squarespace

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Lindsey Olivares

Character Concept Design, Visual Development

Features character design and visual development for The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Netflix)

Portfolio made using a personal website builder

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Miguel Jimenez

Color Design

Features color keys for shows including The Powerpuff Girls, Star vs. The Forces of Evil, and Craig of The Creek (Cartoon Network).

Portfolio made using Portfoliobox

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Vivien Ou

Storyboard Art, Illustration

Features storyboards and illustrations for personal projects.

Portfolio made using Wix

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Yuriko Oto

Visual Development, Illustration

Features plant design exploration and set visual development for personal projects.

Portfolio made using Squarespace

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Winnie Mai

Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Visual Development

Features 2D character and concept design and 3D environment/character modeling, lighting, and texturing for personal projects. 

Portfolio hosted on Artstation

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Fet-Nat Bailly

Character Design

Features character and environment designs for personal projects.

Portfolio hosted on Behance

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Meridian Gray Culpepper

Storyboard, Illustration

Features storyboards and character illustrations for personal projects.

Portfolio made using Wix

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Dalilah Lopez (Otis Alumn)

Character Animation, Story Art, Illustration

Features short animations and storyboards for personal projects. 

Portfolio made using Wix

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Ellen Jin (Otis Alumn)

Production/Development Art Director, Concept Visual Development 

Features design work from Dr. Strange and Iron Man animated features (Marvel) and the Tinkerbell film series (Disney) 

Portfolio made using GoDaddy

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Valerie Deogard (Otis Alumn)

Character Animation, Story Art, Illustration

Features an animation reel and storyboards for personal projects. 

Portfolio made using GoDaddy

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Rachel Perez (Otis Alumn)

Character Design/Vis Dev

Features character/prop design and visual development illustrations for personal projects and Netflix training. 

Portfolio made using Squarespace

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Jenna Barnett (Otis Alumn)

Character Animation, Story Art

Features storyboards and animatics for personal projects. 

Portfolio made using Squarespace

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Reel Examples

Similarly, reels present the best of our work in a short 30 second to 1 minute video. This type of portfolio piece is typically for those who's process is best represented through movement; animators, riggers, compositors, and more. Take a look at some industry professional reels below. 

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Madison Healy

3D Character Animation

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Hosted on Vimeo

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Lin Zhang

Character Modeling/Rigging 

Character Rigging Reel

Hosted on Vimeo

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Minyu Chang

Character Modeling

Character Modeling Demo Reel

Hosted on Vimeo

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John Lockwood

FX/Crowds Technical Director

FX and Crowds Reel showing work from Pixar Animation Studio and Blizzard Entertainment.

Reel hosted on personal website

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Mònica Eggert

2D and 3D Animation

2D and 3D Reel

Hosted on Vimeo

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Ashley Souza

Lighting Artist/Compositor

Showreel including shots from Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), lighting trainee shots at Disney Animation, Caldera (2012), and a personal project

Hosted on Vimeo

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Abraham Aguilar

3D Character Animation

3D Animation Reel showing animation work from Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked and Snow White and the Huntsman

Hosted on Vimeo

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Alessandra Sorrentino

Storyboard/Animation

Story Reel including work from Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon and Song of the Sea

Hosted on personal website

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Jackie Koehler

3D Animation

3D animation reel showing work from The Book of Life and Free Birds (Blue Sky)

Hosted on Wix

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Michelle Linghe Jia (Otis Alumn)

3D Animation

2D and 3D animation reel

Hosted on Squarespace

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Holiday Karriema (Otis Alumn)

2D and 3D Character Animation

2D and 3D animation reel

Hosted on Wix

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Website Resources

So after seeing all of these wonderful reels and portfolios, where do we start in the process of creating our own portfolio? Finding a showcasing website can be stressful so we made it easy! Below is a comprehensive list of showcasing sites and free music licensining sites with pricing, available discounts, pros, and cons all layed out. 

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Wix

STUDENT PRICING

Yes, 50% off premium plans

  • Custom domain

  • Free option available 

  • Free option has limited usability 

  • Contains ads 

  • Cannot download resumes as a pdf

PRICING

PROS

CONS

Squarespace

PROS

Carbonmade

PRICING

Beginner - $96/ yr (Unlimited Content Upload)

 

Pro - $144/ yr (Unlimited Content Upload + Unbranded)

STUDENT PRICING

No student discount offered

PROS

  • Custom domain

CONS

  • No free version (free trial only) 

  • Cannot download resumes as pdfs

Vimeo 

PRICING

Plus - $84/ yr or $12/ mo (5GB per week, 250 GB per year)

 

Pro - $240/ yr

(20GB per week, 1TB per year)

STUDENT PRICING

Yes, students get a full year 50% off

PROS

  • Privacy controls

  • Password protection 

  • Unlimited videos

  • Unlimited bandwidth

  • 4k and HDR Support

  • Publish directly to Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn and Twitter

CONS

  • No free version (can get 30 days free with Vimeo Basic)

Speaker Deck

PRICING

Free Option - (limited uploads, ads)

 

Pro - $8/mo or $80/yr (Unlimited Storage + Private URL + No Ads + Priority Uploads)

STUDENT PRICING

No student discount offered

PROS

  • Free option

  • Can download decks

CONS

  • Only accepts PDF documents

  • Free version has an upload cap of 100 decks

  • PDFs cannot be larger than 150 MB

STUDENT PRICING

Yes, 50% off first year of subscription

PROS

  • Can download resumes as pdf

  • Custom domain

CONS

No free version (free trial only)

Royalty Free Music Websites

Purple Planet

Youtube film (or similar sharing site), including monetized channels. Facebook and other social media, your website, vlog, podcast, Educational Use. 

Mixkit

Free to use stock video, sound effects and royalty-free music

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