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Comp Cards Demystified [31 Jan 2007]

First, lets get rid of the lingo: “comp card” is short for composite card. These cards are a type of self-promotion, an advertisement if you will, for fashion and glamour models, or any other type of model really. Since there’s no standard shape, layout, style or size for a comp card, you can really exercise your creativity in designing yours. However, you don’t have total freedom of design; there are some basic elements your comp card needs to include and one or two conventions you may want to take into consideration.

Designing Your Portfolio [9 Jan 2007]

Along with comp cards and business cards, a well-designed portfolio is one of the essential trappings of professionalism for serious models. You want to impress people when you show it to them, not just with how great you look in your pictures but with how much time, effort and thought you’ve put into both designing the portfolio and selecting your pictures.