Tailor your folio to get your ideal job with expert advice in CA issue 265, on sale now!
Rather like beauty, the quality of your portfolio lies in the eye of the beholder. After all, portfolios are not primarily for your benefit: they are designed to win over a potential employer, client, or collaborator.
With this in mind, the cover feature in Computer Arts issue 265 – on sale now – explores how you can tailor yours to suit the needs of the person browsing it.
Whether you’re a fresh-faced newbie going for your first job, or a battle-hardened senior trying to explain your involvement in a complex project, you’ll find plenty of useful advice to get it right every time.
The team have joined forces with Celloglas to bring you a highly strokable cover featuring silver foil and a blind-emboss. Watch the how they did it in the behind-the-scenes video below.
In a first for CA, the team has also delved into the world of tattoo art in this issue's special report. This once-niche artform is making a significant impact in the world of commercial illustration, with many practitioners crossing the line.
The fertile ground between tattoo art and illustration
In fact, blurred lines is something of a theme throughout the issue – and was certainly a key message at this year’s Design Indaba conference in Cape Town, where CA spoke to information designer Giorgia Lupi about making data more beautiful by crossing disciplinary boundaries.
Data is beautiful: Giorgia Lupi interviewed at Design Indaba
Also inside CA issue 265
Master the art of storyboarding with Pictoplasma
How to be more productive, with D&AD New Blood
Video insight from Pearlfisher: make a brand more iconic
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Nick has worked with world-class agencies including Wolff Olins, Taxi Studio and Vault49 on brand storytelling, tone of voice and verbal strategy for global brands such as Virgin, TikTok, and Bite Back 2030. Nick launched the Brand Impact Awards in 2013 while editor of Computer Arts, and remains chair of judges. He's written for Creative Bloq on design and branding matters since the site's launch.
