{"id":472,"date":"2017-11-30T19:04:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T19:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:06:48","slug":"portfolio-preparation-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/admission\/portfolio-preparation-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Portfolio Preparation Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tips and words of advice for preparing your portfolio for submission to 精品成人福利在线 University:<\/p>\n
Portfolio submissions for Visual Arts, Product Design and Fashion are encouraged, but not required. We recommend that you select examples of your work that best represent your approach to the visual arts. You will also be expected to present your work in a digital format as well as bring original works to a campus interview, where possible. In presenting your portfolio, please note that each work should be described with a title (even if “untitled”), medium and dimensions. It is a good idea to include 15 to 20 pieces of work in your portfolio. Less than 10 may not show enough diversity of ideas. More than 20 can become repetitive. Include only your strongest work instead of trying to show everything you’ve done. Your art teacher(s) can help you edit your portfolio if you’re not sure what to include.<\/p>\n Color can be represented in a variety of ways: in your drawings, paintings, and even in 3-D work. When looking over your portfolio, check to see that you have a variety of color projects examining different color relationships.<\/p>\n The way you arrange shapes and forms on a page demonstrates your sense of composition. Even in realistic painting and photographs, the way you choose to crop an image and choose the view shows your compositional skills.<\/p>\n Your portfolio may consist of any combination of the following:<\/p>\n No matter what your area of interest, sketchbooks show how you think, and this is a very important element in a portfolio. Sketchbooks need not be fancy, but should show examples of various projects. In looking at these, the reviewer can see how you develop a project from start to finish.<\/p><\/div><\/div> -7-10 works of observational drawing (such as still life, landscape life studies, and drawing what is in front of you) Please Do NOT include:<\/p>\n -More than 3 examples of character studies\/ sequential narratives The Department of Art and Design asks that you upload your work electronically as part of your application in Slate. This will enable us to have a record of your work and enable additional faculty members to view it. Below are some options for preparing digital files for submission:<\/p>\n Please note: it is no longer required to have an in person interview to review your portfolio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div> One’s artwork is informed by a broad range of experiences, including art created by other artists – both past and present. Try to visit museums often to look at both recent and historic work. Seeing a work of art in person is very different from looking at a reproduction in a book, and will help you to better understand color and technique. Galleries are the best places to see current trends, and some show design as well as fine art.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tips and words of advice for preparing your portfolio for submission to 精品成人福利在线 University: Portfolio submissions for Visual Arts, Product Design and Fashion are encouraged, but not required. Check first if your degree requires a portfolio We recommend that you select examples of your work that best represent your approach to the visual arts. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":935,"parent":206596,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-472","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208806,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472\/revisions\/208806"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCheck first if your degree requires a portfolio<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNumber of pieces<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Color<\/h3>\n
Composition<\/h3>\n
Media<\/h3>\n
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Sketchbooks<\/h3>\n
\nIn conjunction with the above general guidelines, please review the additional guidelines respective of your intended major:\n\n
\n-3-5 examples of portraiture and figure drawing
\n-At least 1 three-point perspective of some form of architecture (e.g. buildings, room interior, etc.)
\n-Sketchbook pages
\n-Optional: You may also include a few examples of sequential narratives (e.g. comic book panels), original character studies, or conceptual illustration ONLY if you consider this your best work.<\/p>\n
\n-Unoriginal Fan Art such as drawings of licensed cartoon characters
\n-Artwork that is copied from another artist’s photograph<\/p><\/li>\n\n
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