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Lee Billington
I'm forcing myself to accept that my site will never be perfect, and it's more important to launch. Site coming soon, for reals this time.
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9 months ago
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Mitch Bartlett
Lee.
I've been going through this for about two years. I've never had a portfolio and as a result I'm not getting anywhere near the amount of clients I could be getting.
I recently made the same decision as you, and decided to just put out a clean portfolio that I liked. I had so many ideas for a grand website, but I would've just wasted more time on it, and I mean wasted like constantly changing fonts, logos, text, sections, backgrounds, and never just sticking with something.
It's true what they say, you are your worst client. Give up your dreams for that grand website, and just make a portfolio. I'm sure it'll still be great. I'm behind you man!
9 months ago
That design is perfectly fine for a portfolio. Stick some images in there, job's a good 'un. :-)
After all you're showing off what you've done for other people, not necessarily yourself.
9 months ago
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Lee Billington
13 years. For 13 years I've been designing, editing, and not publishing. It'll sit and eventually I'll redesign, edit more, and still not publish. I've published more personal 'coming soon' pages than personal websites, while designing or leading creative on over 300 clients' websites.
9 months ago
Perhaps you don't need a portfolio if you have contacts and work already.
By the way, I'm in the same boat, except I tend to procrastinate and/or design something else instead of my portfolio. ;-)
9 months ago
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Lee Billington
It's true, I don't really need the work. I'm CD of a great agency and I just started another company. But it's about building the brand of me, and I'm definitely my most difficult client.
Striking the balance between who you are, as a person and a designer, and the picture you paint of yourself, is a difficult challenge.
Mostly though, I think the crippling factor is the fear of failure. Knowing that it won't be perfect, that something will be wrong, is the most difficult challenge to overcome.
9 months ago