Quick Poll: What ruins a portfolio?

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Papyrus

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Huh?

A landing page

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This used to be more standard practice when sites were much slower to allow things to load. Now it’s wasted space.

Bad work.

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Hard to navigate work sample thumbnails... Oh and overwriting project descriptions.

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Having only case studies

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At the end of the day, it just comes down to the work. I don’t really care about the design or the layout or the splash page or a quirky about page. If the work is great, it’s great. If it’s bad, it’s bad.

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Agree. I’ve been getting a lot of offers with a simple ugly cargo website, without a funny description that highlights my personality. Let the work speak.

When you don't explain your role on a large project!

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I will read. I am capable of reading. But reading I do not like to do.

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Over complicated design and UI. Oh, and of course, bad work.

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Motion graphic site intros. If I have to wait for longer than 5 seconds to start clicking I’m going to x out. Blame modern attention spans, but most great portfolios are instantly navigable.

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When you include your own arrogance in the landscape of your work

One time I had an applicant with a bunch of stolen work.

Client feedback

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Sorry, is this bowl for portoflio reviews, or portfolio reviews?

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