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Subject:Re: Portfolio Advice From:Dan 'Fergus' Roberts <droberts -at- PANIX -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 17 Aug 1995 23:13:50 -0400
AJFite -at- aol -dot- com wrote:
: 1) Am I wasting my time? Will a portfolio
: do me any good?
: 2) Do you have one? If so, do you have any
: tips regarding content or style?
: 3) Are things like
: color printing and fancy
: bindings worth the money? (Remember,
: unemployed=
I'd say 3 samples should be enough, preferably short ones, showing a range
of styles and topics. Forget color printing unless the original was in
color. Forget bindings completely.
Peple reviewing your stuff have other things to do also; they wont spend a
lot of time *reading* as much as *glancing through*. So they dont need to
get long pieces or technically complicated pieces <unless you have something
that makes the complicated topic crystal clear>.
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Dan 'Fergus' Roberts
droberts -at- panix -dot- com
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