Portfolio Presentation by Ahimsa Hindarto

PORTFOLIO PREPARATION IB GUIDELINES FOR UNIVERSITY APPLICATION (ART & DESIGN)

Presented by Ahimsa Hindarto

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Portfolio Essentials Introduction Guidelines Implementation Practice (Demo)

AHIMSA HINDARTO BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Illustration pathway at Northumbria University MA Creative Business Management at UCA Currently a part time visual communication design lecturer at UBM, Business Development Officer for Pegasus, Freelance graphic designer and an Independent Contemporary Artist.

These are simply tips and tricks for young creatives who want to pursue an art and design degree. Note that these are the basics or essentials that are required for your portfolio “Your survival kit for an art university is your passion and creativity”

WHAT IS THE FOCAL POINT OF AN ART & DESIGN PORTFOLIO? THE MAIN QUESTION

THE ESSENTIAL NEEDS & CONTENTS

The dire needs of one project

Creative exploration Creative thinking Sketches & Alternatives Research Rendition

Research

CREATIVE EXPLORATION These include planning different ideas, medias that can be used, contextual & artist research, a study of your medias, tools and materials. Sketches from rough, little details intended and explanation are very important to show your prospect educators how far can you think creatively and how far can you explore further.

Contextual & Cultural research are essential in every project including your artist inspiration

Workbook / Sketchbook Most importantly is your sketchbook to show all your processes, experimentation and analysis

Sketches & Alternatives To present different perspectives so that you can have choices when you consult with your art mentor

Analysis using P&E Back to basics, understand the content, the context and the message.

CREATIVE THINKING What is it & Why is it important?

The capacity to come up with distinctive, original solutions is referred to as creative thinking.

Creative thinking, often known as creative problem-solving, is a valuable and marketable soft skill across a wide range of careers.

SOME TOOLS TO INCLUDE: Mind Mapping (Subjectively & Objectively) Edward De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats Interviews or Surveys Moodboard Note: Searching / Research from Google is not enough to expose your creative hunger to your potential art & design university you are applying for

MOODBOARD DESIGN

“MOODBOARD IS NOT JUST A COLLAGE OF PICTURES” A mood board is a type of visual presentation or 'collage' consisting of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition. It can be based on a set topic or can be any material chosen at random. A mood board can be used to convey a general idea or feeling about a particular topic.

INSPIRATION & FINDINGS “BE ACTIVE!!!”

Research inspiration through galleries or new exhibitions can spark up some ideas for your new projects. This way you can also interact with the artist, curators or gallery representatives as part of your research needed for your project.

Step 1

SKETCHES & ALTERNATIVES Sketches are the initial ideas presented from any creative professionals from rough sketch, line art to B/W renderized or semi finalized. Throughout a process it is quite common to use The 3 Alternative Step.

1 Alternative includes 2030 sketches as a planning stage

Step 2 After quality control or consulting with your lecturer, follow through the process to a more straightforward image making

Presentations are tools that can be used as lectures, speeches, reports, and more.

RESEARCH

Presentations are tools that can be used as lectures.

Artist Research

Contextual Research

Cultural Research

Rendition

A Rendition Study of William Kentridge’s Tecnique

PROJECT FORMULA

PORTFOLIO ESSENTIALS 1. Planning - What are you going to make? Why? How? Moodboard?

2. Cultural & Contextual Research 3. Artist Research & References 4. Artist Rendition & Media Rendition 5. Execution by stages (rough sketches, drawings, line art/fine detailed drawing, etc.)

6. Capturing processes and identifying messages or inputs using P&E 7. Analysis using P&E, Reference to Contextual & Cultural Research and Personal Evaluation

Project Demo