Plan your portfolio

Your portfolio should contain a well-presented selection of your work.

Do take advice on this from your tutors but please remember that we want to see a range of work that reflects your overall experience of art and design practice, but also include work that supports your chosen area of specialism.

Consider what will work best for you and your work including:

• structure
• content order
  
• layout

What to include in your portfolio?

Of particular interest to our staff is the process you have undertaken, so please include work that shows the ‘journey’ undertaken, not just final pieces. The best portfolios take time to plan and prepare, they cannot be completed the night before the interview!

Consider what will work best for you and your work. Consider the structure, content, order, layout, etc.

Within your portfolio we will be looking for worksheets, ideas sheets, storyboards, samples as well as finished pieces, sketchbooks and notebooks that document your visual interest and thinking.

In short we are looking for evidence of:–

• Creativity and drawing
• Practical skills
• Research skills
• An open-minded, enquiring and experimental approach to practical work
• Your visual communication skills
•  The ability to develop ideas

Portfolio advice

Download our PowerPoint presentation with portfolio advice for prospective students:

How to plan and prepare a creative art and design portfolio (PPS - 3.94 Mb)

Checklist

Remember to:

• Organise your portfolio
• Think about the type of questions that may be asked
• Think about the travel arrangements and the logistics of carrying your work