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How to Create an Artist Portfolio for College

Having an artist portfolio is an important step to getting scholarships and grants for art school. Making a professional looking portfolio doesn't take much time and the results can be integral to your future.

Things You'll Need

  • Artist portfolio
  • Color copies of your artwork
  • Digital camera
  • Photo editing software (optional)
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Instructions

    • 1

      Purchase an artist portfolio. Online art companies such as Dick Blick, Jerry's Artarama and Cheap Joe's sell artist portfolios in different sizes and designs. Right now, just worry about getting a simple 11" × 8½" presentation case such as the Prat Start 1 Presentation Case.

    • 2

      Get copies of your artwork. The best way to do this is by taking quality digital photos of your artwork. Take your art outside at around 4 o'clock for the best lighting and shoot each piece several times. You want to produce a photo that has the exact same colors as your original painting.

    • 3

      Crop and adjust the photo's contrast with photo editing software, such as Photoshop, Corel MediaOne or Photosuite, if needed.

    • 4

      Load the pictures onto a memory stick and take it to a print shop such as Kinkos or Office Depot.

    • 5

      Have them print high-quality 11" × 8½" prints of each piece of art.

    • 6

      Put the prints into the portfolio and you are done.

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