#Portfolio help for college?

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civic shadow
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I’ve been mulling and stressing over my college portfolio — and I’m not sure who to go to for help anymore, I’ve gone to national portfolio days but I feel like I didn’t get any hints in the right direction.

Below is what I currently think should go into my portfolio. Do I have a chance to get into an art school? I plan to apply to SVA for 2D animation, but I have secondary choices. If not, what do I change?

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These 5 are not things I will send in but are to like … show broadness i guess

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Itch itcch

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Please help

civic shadow
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Bump

carmine rivet
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Portfolio requirements will differ from school to school, but in mine I included:

  • storyboards and composition sketches
  • highschool portfolio work (vcd, though I'm sure any media/arts adjacent subject would be fine)
  • drawings from my sketchbook (they like to see your style, I was asked to bring my sketchbook to some in person interviews as well)
  • digital art (majority OCs, some places are iffy on fanart so I would generally avoid it),
  • stylised environment art
  • some life drawing (only a few, objects and plants)
    Some places will also allow you to send animations you've already done, either by email or a link to somewhere online (the ones that did, I sent the animations separately but it might be more worth it to make a showreel that you can then frequently update with course work)

Based on the art above, I'd include the life drawings, sketchbook pieces (though maybe get some clearer pictures?) and a collection of your digital art - if you have work that shows more variance in shape design then I'd also include that. I like the comic panels too because they show you can visually tell a story, but I'd want to clean them up/finish them for the portfolio. Your art looks nice with a bit of a unique style, which I think would appeal to whoever is going through the applications! For an animation course, I would prioritise personal style, dynamic drawings and some scene/environment art over life drawing, but it's still good to have on there to show that you know the basics.

I got into the top school for animation in my country, but my portfolio was very rushed and thrown together, not pretty at all, basically just images thrown together in Word - this was also 2022 and probably a different country. I did get into all of the universities I applied to, but still take this with a grain of salt, I'd recommend looking online to see what past SVA students submitted.
Wishing you luck!

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My course had a selection task, I'm not sure if yours does 🤷 but if it does I would do it sooner rather than later to give yourself as much time as possible so you're not rushing