is this a bad idea to put in one’s reel?

[Mylenium]

Nope, it’s an excellent idea. It will help you to propagate the fact that you understand an app beyond what may be required for a particular job. You see, for a living I do a lot of info-graphics and technical stuff, but I sure would put some of my sparetime concoctions onto my reel as well. Not only are many of them more creative, but also, since there was proper time to put them together, of better quality (as much as it pains me to admit this, but under tight deadlines you sometimes can only “muddle thru”).

Mylenium

[Pour Myl

[Clint Fleckenstein]

The only thing you wouldn’t want to to do is put in something like a Nike concept or Coke concept unless you deliberately put small text in the corner saying “experiment” or something of that nature. The reason is you don’t want someone getting the idea you’re trying to fool them into thinking you do work for an impressive client. So if you’re brainstorming using a “client” who has no idea who you are, it’s always good to distinguish that right up front 🙂

Clint

[Aharon Rabinowitz]

About half of my reel is experimental – a lot of it is more interesting than some of what i do regularly, and the only way to really try something completely new is on my own time.

The one warning that I can give you is it’s OK to do this as long as what you do looks good. Don’t fall too in love with your own ideas. The best thing you can do is find someone you trust and respect, and that you will forgive when they break your heart telling you that a piece of work you spent days on needs to be further developed or even scrapped altogether.

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