According to the previous self-assessment and CV making, I have a clearer view of my ability and interest, because considering to increase the chances of job hunting by submitting a sea of projects, I will organise and plan my animation portfolio, which should be able to reflect my ability in character and stop-motion production.

I have summarised some of my experiences and shortcomings in the production of my portfolio as follows:

Firstly, I have to choose the right works, the portfolio should focus on quality while including different types and styles of works, and select the most excellent and typical works, so that I can stand out in the huge amount of works, in my portfolio shows a variety of different project types and styles such as, 2D Character Design, Stop Motion Animation, Short Films, Storyboards, Character Turning and so on. Secondly the portfolio should be up to date and show my current skills and style.

Next create a concise cover containing my name, contact details. In the portfolio I arrange my work by category or project, character design, set design, storyboarding, 2D animation, sand animation and stop motion animation, making sure that each section is clearly and organically presented.

Thirdly making sure that all images and videos are of high quality and not pixelated or blurred, also using a uniform colour palette to go with the typography. My portfolio mainly uses black and beige colours, visual uniformity increases the comfort level of the viewer.

Based on my subsequent interview experience and chatting with the interviewer, I realised that I did not have a good description of the project in my portfolio, such as the background of the creation, the software used, technical details and the characters. It may make the interviewer more difficult to interpret in terms of understanding my workflow and thinking. As well as I didn’t add a table of contents at the very beginning to make it easy for the viewer to quickly find the section they are interested in.

In the final part I added the beginning state of my Graduation project and some daily exercises, and after that I will update my portfolio regularly as the project progresses. Make sure it always shows the latest and greatest.