Creating a Portfolio

[ElizabethM]

What are designs classfied to make a good portfolio when you're starting on in the Photoshop field?

I've gone through Behanced and that site just puts me in awe at everybody's talented creations. I really want to be able to upload somethings there too but would I put my own creations? Jobs I've done for people or... An unknown catergory I haven't thought of?

I'm leaning towards the field of photo retouching and slight manipulation (I've progressed the most there lately) and another question would be: If i just get a free stock photo on the internet and retouch the image, is that something I could post in a portfolio or do I have to seek the approval of the owner?

 

[chrisdesign]

Wow...incredible stuff on Behance! Just upload your own creations Elizabeth, it's a good link to show your work.
If I use stock fotos form deviantart I always make a link for the corresponding image.
(I used your image here: http://mizzd-stock.deviantart.com/art/Post-Apocalypse-Portrait-3-168092768 Thank you).

 

[ElizabethM]

Thanks for the tips Chris! Isn't Behance just breathtaking? There was a girl who posted a SELF-MADE version of the entire Harry Potter books for some final exam design project. It glowed in the dark and had pop-out arts and everything. I would pay good money for a book like that, no lie. Hahaha

So basically whatever I do right now as practise that I think is good enough to show, post. If it happens to be somebody elses image just credit like you gave me an example off? Cool! To the editing room I go~