Can we talk about how long it takes to build a proper digital art portfolio?

I started putting together an online showcase back in January, and it's been three months of tweaking and redoing stuff. Last week I finally got my Behance page to look decent, but now I'm second-guessing if I should include older pieces or just my recent work from this year. I have about 15 pieces I'm proud of, but some of them are from 2021 and feel outdated in style. Does anyone else struggle with knowing when a piece is good enough to put in your public gallery? What's your cutoff for stuff you made years ago?

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ryand2618d ago

My buddy spent six months curating his portfolio and still deleted half of it last week.

sanchez.mary18d ago

Heard a podcast where a working illustrator said she trashed her entire first year of "professional" portfolio pieces and started fresh, and that stuck with me. I get what @ryand26 is saying about deleting stuff, because sometimes you gotta rip the bandaid off. For me, anything older than two years gets a hard look if it still feels "me" or if my style has clearly moved on. Fifteen pieces is a solid start though, just keep the ones that make you feel like you learned something, not the ones that embarrass you now.