The Blog-folio

There's often lots of pressure on artists to only show polished, amazing projects on their portfolio. I've been victim to that thought process for years. But in the time crunch of only having a year left of college and feeling like I don't have a damn thing to show, I've come to think otherwise.

In the pursuit of "the perfect, complete portfolio", I have, quite frankly, ended up with no portfolio. Isn't that ironic? Chasing perfection has only resulted in loss: scrapping projects because they're not perfect enough, literally deleting all files off of my computer, not reaching out to get feedback on projects out of the thought that they're not good enough. So this summer (2026), I finally hit rock bottom and decided to do it differently.

The goal of the blog-folio is to embrace the unfinished product. To get something out there consistently and rewire my brain to not see imperfection as failure, post by post. And quite conveniently, this fits pretty nicely into the expectations of a technical art portfolio. Every time I go to an industry talk or speak with a mentor, the advice given to technical artists is always this:

"Show your process and include breakdowns."

So what better way is there to do this than consistently posting about my progress? I sincerely hope that by doing this, I accomplish X things:

1. Fix my perfectionism

2. Grow to be able to explain my processes and workflows

3. Get consistent work out into the public

4. Inspire others to do the same

I can't wait to keep making more posts and working towards these goals each and every day!