Portfolio advice: Tips from our students

How should my digital portfolio pages look? How many projects should I include? Do I add in work that didn’t go to plan? Let our students answer some of your questions. UAL students, Lilo, Niyasia, Keziah and Matt, share some top tips based on their own experiences of preparing and creating a portfolio.

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00:07 – Make it about you
00:15 – Number of projects
00:28 – Portfolio for a digital course
00:48 – Deciding on work to include
00:56 – Make it concise
01:00 – Ask friends and family to look at it
01:20 – Include less polished work

Featuring, in order of appearance:
Lilo Amaral, MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, UAL
Niyasia Owens-Watts, BA Fashion Styling and Production, London College of Fashion, UAL
Keziah Aguillo, BA Games Art, London College of Communication, UAL
Matt Graysmith, BA Fine Art: Painting, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL

Watch our suite of Portfolio Advice videos for more guidance and support:    • UAL Portfolio Advice  

Film by @grey__moth. Animations by Made Abroad @made_abroad.