Erika Farkas' Digital Portfolio

The first thing I noticed about the digital portfolio is that when I first opened it I realized straight away it was designed for ease of navigation in the way its composed. The intentions are very clear and unlike a paper-based portfolio it has links and shortcuts to quickly transport you to your desired location, whether it be the biography, her work, Exhibits or many of the listed social networking sites she is registered on. Of course you could not down your social networks down in a paper-based portfolio but it wouldn't be as convenient.

 

Another advantage the digital has over the paper-based is that all of her works are composed very neatly and set into categories like Portrait and Figure Drawings, Colored Works and Digital Abstracts. While the paper-based can obviously do this too, it doesn't have the function of switching between the two so efficiently.

 

You can tell she has a greater passion for pencil/charcoal drawings  more than her digital or painting work as their is a lot more drawings compared to the others. The way the categories are listed show the drawings listed first as her priority.  She also mentions in the biography that she takes a greater interest in pencil/charcoal drawings. I think the main purpose of the portfolio is to make the user feel comfortable while viewing her work and to show that she enjoys some of her work more than others.