1. Always pick a striking avatar!. It must stand out! I browse through hundreds of profiles daily (its fun) and I've discovered that avatars can be first impressions (or last)
2. Pick your target audience Photographers? Wardrobe designers? Makeup Artists? What genres are you interested in? Do you want more paid gigs at this point or just trade shoots? (Write down your expectations from each collaboration. )
3. Ask yourself "how should I represent myself to my target audience?". You, yourself, and just by yourself are a company and corporation. You have profits, losses, and assets. You can outsource your makeup, wardrobe, location, and even ideas. But eventually your success will depend on good management of your own resources.
About presentation: if you want to meet wardrobe designers, pick an avatar which shows off how well you carry yourself, preferably in a complicated outfit. If you're looking for makeup artists, your avatar could be a simple headshot presented as a canvas. You like glamor modeling? Fine. Your avatar has outlines of your body, the curves, and legs! In your portfolio you can go wild.
How to critique anything (replace poem/poet appropriately):
"I thought that some of the metaphysical imagery
was really particularly effective.
.. and ...
interesting rhythmic devices too,
which seemed to counterpoint the ...
counterpoint the surrealism
of the
underlying metaphor of the ...
humanity of the ...
of the poet's compassionate soul,
which contrives through
the medium of the verse structure
to sublimate this, transcend that,
and come to terms with the
fundamental dichotomies of the other,
and one is left with a
profound and vivid insight
into ...
into ...
Into whatever it was the poem was about!"
-- Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
Douglas Adams was author of such critically acclaimed books as
Last Chance to See,
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
