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TSG85. Portfolio Diaries: Martyna Bielecka

Our first portfolio book!
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Dear Sketchbookers,

This is the third edition of the Portfolio Diaries series! If you have missed the other two, you can find them here: Melissa Martin and Milena Milak.

Today we have a special guest:

, who went this year (2025) to Bologna Book Fair and was happy to show us the portfolio she brought with her.

Martyna writes the Drawing Out Loud newsletter and she posts every Friday, so before anything, check her newsletter and subscribe:

Now to the interview!

In the video, Martyna answered to this interview questions (with timestamps if you want to jump to one specifically, but I recommend watching it all!):

  1. How did you decide on the size and format of your portfolio? (0:07)

  2. Did you organize your work by theme style or chronology, and why? (0:34)

  3. Did you create any new pieces specifically for this portfolio? (1:35)

  4. Have you shown your portfolio to potential clients, agents or publishers? (2:14)

  5. What was the most challenging part of putting your portfolio together? (3:40)

  6. What's one thing you learned about yourself or your art while creating this portfolio? (4:12)

  7. What advice would you give to someone creating their first portfolio? (5:16)

She also share with us beautiful snippets of her portfolio book:

I know these images increase your curiosity, so if you want to see the whole portfolio, she made a post about it:

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Once the dust of the Bologna Fair settled and I slept for days, I could finally reflect on how it all went. I came back with bags of inspiration (more than I have time to put into practice, which is very frustrating), new friends and the first experience of presenting my illustration portfolio to the world. Here it is…
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I hope you enjoyed this interview! I just feel like going and drawing characters and beautiful scenery like the ones Martyna made for her portfolio!

Until next time friends,

Citla

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