IDEAS FOR A GOOD PORTFOLIO.......

Basic Portfolio Contents

* Several pages of current life drawing from live subjects.
* Copies of pages from sketchbooks with gesture-style drawings of people and   
   animals in motion.
* Head drawings-both quick sketch and long poses.
* Some samples reflecting color and design sense.
* Some figurative drawings reflecting knowledge of lighting.
* Some work based on imagination.
* A few samples that display cartooning skills. Do not include copies or   
   interpretations of Disney or other classic cartoon characters.
* No more than two or three samples of comic-strip, comic-book or fantasy 
  illustration.
* Do not include graphic, advertising, industrial, textile or 3-D design,  
   photography or jewelry.

Instructions for Specific Positions

In addition to the Basic Portfolio Contents, the following materials should also be included for specific positions.

* Visual Development artists should provide artwork that displays a sense of caricature imagination, color and design; a selection of color sketches (any media) that dramatizes a story; and extensive samples of character concepts drawn from your design and imagination. Include various types: humans and animals, personalities, anthropomorphic objects, model sheets, characters in environments, etc.

* Story Sketch artists should supply one or two sets of storyboards (animation or live action); character designs and/or model sheets; and quick sketches showing lighting, dramatic setting and staging sense.

* Layout artists should provide a selection of layout drawings demonstrating a strong sense of staging, design, lighting and perspective. Include character drawings for the layouts, if possible; a selection of comic strip and/or comic book samples, if possible; and indicate if this work is from your own roughs or clean-ups from another artist's work.

* Character Animation artists should include a video reel of scenes you've animated and two or three animation "flips", if available.

* Clean-up artists should supply at least two sets of rough keys, along with clean-up drawings of same and other clean-up samples (please note if drawings are assistant, breakdown, or in-between work).

* Effects artists should provide drawings showing a variety of work and approaches to design; a resume noting any optical or digital training you might have. A video reel is suggested but not required.

* Background artists should supply painting examples emphasizing attention to detail, lighting, atmosphere and painterly technique, along with a selection of color prints or transparencies of animation backgrounds.