THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: What other uses do you guys see for the CGPORTFOLIO?

Rebeccak · 2006-03-13 21:12:17 UTC

Originally posted by Jason: so perhaps have an option for someone to have a secret favorite.

Perhaps there should be a “Will you go with me?” feature. LMAO.

Bonedaddy · 2006-03-13 21:14:39 UTC

Dear Rebecca,

I like you. Do you like me too?

[ ] YES
[ ] NO

I actually sent one of those in like sixth grade. Shut up.

Rebeccak · 2006-03-13 21:24:01 UTC

Originally posted by Jason: Dear Rebecca,

I like you. Do you like me too?

[ ] YES
[ ] NO

You forgot the [ ] MAYBE box!

Sorry Anton …um…useful suggestion…racks brains…how functional is the Search feature atm? I’ve tried it, and it seems not to come up with specific keywords yet…maybe a set of the most popular search terms on the Search page or something?

Cheers,

~Rebecca

RobertoOrtiz · 2006-03-13 21:25:09 UTC

Guys you forgot

[ ] NO CHANCE IN HELL

-R

erilaz · 2006-03-13 23:11:55 UTC

[ul]
[li]It would be nice to see a graph of your most viewed artworks, so you can gauge what impact each work has on a given audience.[/li][li]The ability to convert your web portfolio into a printable document for distribution.[/li][li]The ability to give your network pals gift certificates for the cgstore. There is already a coupon system in place, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to make this a “Give to username” function. Just a “Give this artist a gift” button would be brilliant. Naturally, the artist would be able to respectfully decline the offer if they don’t want to feel in debt or pampered. Imagine being able to send your friend a coupon for a CGPrint or the latest Gnomon?[/li][li]Improvement stars. A rating system that doesn’t show how good the work is, but rather whether or not you have improved since your last update.[/li][/ul]

system · 2006-03-13 23:20:53 UTC

[X] Yes

oh… t’was for Rebecca

I’d love to see a gifts system too, even just sponsoring other member’s CGS memberships.

The search function is only as functional as people make it, if you don’t enter keywords, it doesn’t show up, once I’ve got a good collection of keywords, I’ll build something similar to del.icio.us that suggests good words

Rebeccak · 2006-03-13 23:41:07 UTC

Originally posted by Anton: [X] Yes

oh… t’was for Rebecca

LMKAO

I’d love to see a gifts system too, even just sponsoring other member’s CGS memberships.

The search function is only as functional as people make it, if you don’t enter keywords, it doesn’t show up, once I’ve got a good collection of keywords, I’ll build something similar to del.icio.us that suggests good words

Ah, I didn’t realize that folks were skipping this bit. I just copy and paste similar keywords as applicable to similar images ~ trying to cast as wide a net as possible while still staying relevant ~

for example, for any image I’ll put my name, my user name, my school / institution name (and I don’t mean the nuthouse :D) the software / media, any applicable thematic words, etc. Hey, you want people to find your work, right?

I put this for a still from an animation:

Joseph Cornell, Rebecca, Rebeccak, Kimmel, Art Center, Art Center College of Design, ACCD, Utopia Parkway, Animation, Still, 3D, Maya, Personal, Box, Construction, Cabinet, Wonder (etc.)

Dunno if this is good or not, but at least it’s a wide net.

I wonder if maybe a hint should be added to the keywords area to encourage folks to enter keywords ~ maybe a reminder such as “Enter keywords to enable people to locate your work” or something.

Cheers,

~Rebecca

Samo · 2006-03-13 23:42:12 UTC

IMHO, the current portfolio has some usability issues, just little details here and there.
Possibility of creating categories or sub-galeries in the gallery section (to group differents renders of the same work/ to separate works from different fields)
Better integration between gallery and blog.
Section for free-downloading Models.

system · 2006-03-13 23:56:21 UTC

software is automatically added as keywords

Urm, and from memory so is your name

Rebeccak · 2006-03-14 00:05:14 UTC

Originally posted by Anton: software is automatically added as keywords

Urm, and from memory so is your name

Gah!!!

*adds keyword: ‘tard’

paperclip · 2006-03-14 02:52:22 UTC

I’d like a feature whereby the artist could check a category under which each pic falls, so you could search by ‘genre’, such as

‘humorous’
‘bots’
'landscape ’
‘character concepts.’

Or something like that…

Another thing is an ‘if you like this artist, you’ll love THIS one’ feature. It may be difficult to implement though.

RobertoOrtiz · 2006-03-14 12:10:54 UTC

I wish also we could add documents to our porfolios.

PDF Documents like contracts, resumes & shot lists.

Another cool thing it would be to be be able to add animations to the portfolios.

-R

Rebeccak · 2006-03-14 12:14:18 UTC

I like Kyena / Natascha’s original idea of adding a section where one can post their own tutorials and the like in a nice, organized fashion. As with the main forums, the issue of “Where can I find tutorials?” is going to pop up. My suggestion is to somehow give any Tutorial posted to a tutorial section some sort of automatic “tutorial” tag if possible and forcing the author of the tutorial to enter keywords / tags before they are able to submit / post their tutorials.

Cheers,

~Rebecca

RobertoOrtiz · 2006-03-14 12:19:57 UTC

To add to that.

I would like to see at a quick glance how many tutorials this person has written.
And maybe some feedback on them (maybe with a star system).

I would also add a section called
"The Trophy Room" where a person can post how many awards he/ she has won.

For example:

John Jones:
1 Academy Award
3 CG Spotlight awards
1 Alias Student animation Awards

-R

Bonedaddy · 2006-03-14 12:48:19 UTC

Dude, the Martian Manhunter really is good at everything.

</geek>

I’d be in favor of an awards system whereby if someone writes a popular tutorial, they get free CGSociety membership, or a discount at the cgstore, or somesuch.

It’s a cool idea to collect that sort of metadata on the person… like, the most popular threads that they have started, their most popular art pieces, etc.

RobertoOrtiz · 2006-03-14 12:52:05 UTC

To add to that bonedaddy, I would create a point based system,
where a person can earn point by winning an award/ posting a tutorial.

The points can be used for discounts on certain products.

-R

Screenblind · 2006-03-15 06:55:32 UTC

ecasu

This is vital - Even if it is simply to distinguish between WIP and Final images.

EDIT: Actually it isn’t vital at all… I’m still relatively new to the site and didn’t realise you could link images to the WIP forums… kind of negates the need for a WIP section in the portfolio doesn’t it :D… and leave it for what its for… a …uhhhh portfolio

sergioKomic · 2006-03-16 00:50:27 UTC

hahahahaahah!

<ubergeek> its johnz… </ubergeek>

SergioSantos · 2006-03-16 01:20:43 UTC

Great idea!

and I like to have a gallery for unfinished works (WIP) and tutorials…

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