Tips for Creating an Impressive Graphic Design Portfolio
Learn how to create a graphic design portfolio to present to prospective employers and admissions officials that showcases your skills as a graphic designer.
December 16, 2024
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Instructor: Rochelle Deulley
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UI/UX designers who have 3- 6 completed projects (wireframing, Agile teams, design, anything!) they want to showcase on a portfolio website.
(28 reviews)
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Intermediate level
UI/UX designers who have 3- 6 completed projects (wireframing, Agile teams, design, anything!) they want to showcase on a portfolio website.
Customize beginner-level HTML and CSS to create a portfolio website and deploy it on GitHub.
Add to your LinkedIn profile
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Learners will create a portfolio showcasing their UI/UX projects and deploy it to GitHub. Creating a strong portfolio showcases not only their skills as a designer, but also their perseverance to learn some new skills outside the typical purview of a designer (in this case, coding languages HTML and CSS, and Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code).
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Set-up GitHub and Visual Studio Code
Download a Bootstrap Template
Customize your Navigation Bar & Hero Section
Import Images onto your Site
Write an About Me Section
Configure GitHub & Customize your Skills Section
Customize your Portfolio
Customize the Testimonials & Contact Section
UI/UX designers who have 3- 6 completed projects (wireframing, Agile teams, design, anything!) they want to showcase on a portfolio website.
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Reviewed on Jul 27, 2022
Great project. I followed along with a different template and was still able to acheive desirable results. Thank you.
Reviewed on Feb 9, 2022
The last two video litter unclear, because the instructor don't show the change effect to the website
Reviewed on Dec 15, 2021
Keep more of these tutorials. Helpful for a beginner to be a UI developer.
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