I have created this cv to try out a way of laying out my experience, skills and education to be easy to read and do the job of simply giving information to the reader. I think it is okay for what it does, it is my first attempt at doing a creative cv and I have tried to keep the element of a normal cv suppling information rather than visuals, as that is what your portfolio is for, to show your art. I have only included my part time job, as I needed to fill the space and it has its pros, but until I have more creative experience to replace it, it will stay. I doubt I will put this on my website for now as it is more of a task to learn from rather than have use for my website. Also education wise I don’t need to list every subject or even include grades from school, I don’t think they are really necessary when you have college grades or a degree, though I might add them in if I change my mind. I would refine it further when I have more time. Notes - it is blurry because for some reason I can’t save the file as an image so could only take a screen shot, and I haven’t included phone number/ address as this is posted online, while in the actual cv I would include the personal information. 

Here are some agencies/publisher’s pages where their contact information is available. I have looked into LinkedIn as well as that is a platform that is made for work and connecting with other people/ clients.

Website presentation is very important and vital to gaining work as an illustrator. Your website should be a representation of your work, in a way that is professional and engaging. I have learnt a lot in a year from trying out different layouts on my own website, yet I know I still have more to do! For me I feel like I struggle with just putting work on it because I don’t think it is good enough or the perfectionist side of myself keeps thinking I am not ready just yet for this level of professionalism. But I also know that if I never put anything up no one will ever see my work, so I just have to do it!

​I feel like these websites all give off a sense of professionalism and personality which make them work well, as they use simple layouts, few pages and they all have their artwork mostly in one place for the viewer to see. 

• Have main page as portfolio and finish adding images (maybe some text informing what the work is?) 
• Add about/ contact page
• Add a sketchbook page, I am unsure if this is vital for potential clients, but it is something I want to add maybe
• Refine name header, it is too detailed and small (also a bit pixelated for some reason!)