Portfolio Requirements

A Portfolio is required for the following concentrations to enroll in 300-level (or higher) studio courses:

• Digital Art and Media Design
• Illustration
• Studio Art

Students whose portfolios do not meet standards may be required to take supplemental courses.

How To Submit

1. Create a folder in OneDrive with the following name format: StudentName_ID Number_Concentration (for example: John Doe 10210567 Digital Art & Media Design). 
   
2. Upload all required artwork samples and unofficial web transcript to the folder. Students should name all the files clearly. (for example ART110_1.jpg, ART110_2.jpg)
3. Create a share link to your portfolio. Right click on the folder and select "share", under copy link change "people you specify" to "anyone with the link", click apply, and your link will be ready to copy.
4. Email the link to the appropriate faculty. The subject of your email should be the same as the OneDrive folder.
   • Digital Art & Media Design students: email your portfolio folder link to chent@easternct.edu and kims@easternct.edu
   • Illustration students: email your portfolio folder link to libo@easternct.edu
   • Studio Art students: email your portfolio folder link to greener@easternct.edu, liuq@easternct.edu, and rahmanifara@easternct.edu

Deadline: Submission is ongoing. It is strongly recommended that students submit their portfolios at least two weeks before the registration period begins. Review can take two weeks or more.

Digital Art & Media Design Portfolio Requirements

10 Samples of Artwork are Required in JPEG or PDF:

• 4 samples from ART 124 demonstrating basic proficiency with Adobe Photoshop (2 samples) and online media (2 samples)
• 2 samples from ART 122 demonstrating basic proficiency with Adobe Illustrator
• 2 samples from ART 122 demonstrating basic proficiency with Adobe InDesign
• 2 samples of work from ART 110 2-D design, ART 202 Drawing I and/or ART 201 Relief Printmaking class
• Web Transcript PDF. The student's unofficial Transcript can be downloaded from eWeb in PDF by going to the "Print" function of the browser, then save the webpage as PDF.

Illustration Portfolio Requirements

10 Samples of Artwork are Required in JPEG or PDF:

• 4 Samples from ART 110 2-D Design, ART 111 3-D Design, and/or ART 201 Relief Printmaking
• 2 Samples from ART 122 demonstrating basic proficiency with Adobe Illustrator
• 2 Samples from ART 124 demonstrating basic proficiency with Adobe Photoshop
• 4 Samples from ART 202 Drawing I
• Web Transcript PDF. The student's unofficial Transcript can be downloaded from eWeb in PDF by going to the "Print" function of the browser, then save the webpage as PDF.

Studio Art portfolio Requirements

10 Samples of Artwork are Required in JPEG or PDF :

• 2 Samples from ART 110 2-D Design
• 2 Samples from ART 111 3-D Design
• 4 Samples from ART 202 Drawing I
• 2 Samples of your choice from these or other Studio Art classes
• Web Transcript PDF. The student's unofficial Transcript can be downloaded from eWeb in PDF by going to the "Print" function of the browser, then save the webpage as PDF.

Transfer Students

If you’re a transfer student and haven’t taken the required Eastern courses, you can use comparable work from other classes, your previous school, or personal projects—as long as you made them in the same software or medium.