Month: September 2019

Gianna Pulitano – Portfolio Map

This project was pretty eye-opening for me. Outside of writing and using your standard point and shoot cameras, I hadn’t touched anything within the realm of IMM before transferring to TCNJ last August. Due to my late start, my only IMM experience thus far as been all of the introduction courses (which is pretty rough seeing I graduate in May of this year). Looking back on previous projects in the IMM department I found that although I gained a lot of vital skills through the projects, many of them were unfinished or didn’t reflect work I am currently capable of. I’m hoping to focus on building a strong portfolio by December when I start applying for summer internships/careers. My internship over the summer, as well as my experience with Lions Television, has offered me a lot of hands on experience which I feel like provides me with the most growth/material I am proud of.
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Here’s to hoping I end this semester with a Grade A portfolio website.

~Portfolio Map ~

After I gathered all my work I could find and remember, I placed it into three different skill sections: Digital, Print, and Physical work (meaning working with traditional tools rather than digital tools). I started to noticed that there was a plethora of print and digital work from all parts of my life: school, personal, and professional. I was genuine surprised of how small the amount of work I had in physical skill section. Which made me think: Is there a project where these skills can be combined? Is there a way where I can design something for each medium in a seamless fashion? What does/will that look like?

At least now I just have to find a problem that can be solved with these skills.

Green = School work | Purple = Personal work | Pink = Professional
Green = School work | Purple = Personal work | Pink = Professional

Portfolio Map – Elaine

I decided to start mapping out projects I created as far back as my first year as a fine arts major. I decided to map it out in different categories based on the general topic. At first, I didn’t know if it would be relevant or not to the kind of work I want to do in the industry, but it still related in some way to the art I’d want to work on in the future. It definitely gave me a solid base in terms of the way I think about things from installations to paintings or drawings. Later on towards the bottom, I included the past two years as an IMM major. There aren’t many IMM related projects here, in my opinion, I took out any that I didn’t think were the best or relevant to what I would want to do in the future.

inclusive map
exclusive map

Portfolio Map ⁠— Caitlyn Connelly

For my exclusive portfolio map, I found myself scrapping all my IMM projects. I’m not surprised about that, because nothing in IMM has been as tailored to my career path as my extracurriculars and internships, though it’s been helpful for setting the groundwork for more impressive projects that I’ve explored outside of class. I intend on fixing this gap with my thesis project, which will hopefully be my biggest, most impressive project in my portfolio and better represent my actual “studies” in my portfolio.