AP Portfolio Requirements

Quality (selected works)

• Works that best represent your accomplishments.

• 10 digital images, consisting of 2 view each of 5 works

• Carefully select 5 works that show in-depth understanding of and engagement with 3D design issues in their concept, composition, and execution.

• Works may come from your Sustained Investigation and/or your Range of Approaches section, but they don't have to.

• Selected Works may be related, unrelated, or a combination of related and unrelated works.

*We will complete our Quality sections once the Breadth and Concentration sections are complete*

Range of Approaches (Breadth)

• A variety of works demonstrating a range of conceptual and/or technical approaches.

• 2 views each of 8 works for a total of 16 images.

When working on your Range of Approaches, be sure to:

• Clearly show experimentation and a range of conceptual approaches to the work

• Demonstrate explorations, inventiveness, and the expressive manipulation of form, as well as knowledge of compositional organization

• Understand that you may demonstrate a range of approaches in a single medium or in a variety of media. If you choose a single medium, the images must show a range of approaches, techniques, compositions, and/or subjects

• Submit images of DIFFERENT works of art that those submitted for your Sustained Investigation section. Submitting images of the same work for your Sustained Investigation and Range of Approaches sections may negatively affect your score.

*We will complete our Breadth sections by March 1, 2018*

Sustained Investigation (Concentration)

• A body of related works that demonstrate sustained and thoughtful investigation of a specific visual idea.

• 12 images

  • Some of which may show details, second views or process documentation

  • You can also combine multiple images into one to help tell the story of a specific piece or process

When working on your Sustained Investigation section be sure to:

• Define your ideas early in the year so the work you submit has the focus and direction required for a sustained investigation.

• Use the prompts below to write a concise description of your sustained investigation idea. As you work, be sure to record an amount of how your work is evolving. When you submit your portfolio, include the final version of your commentary. Your commentary is not scored, but it provides important information about your work to portfolio evaluators. Your responses do not have to use all the available space if you can provide the information more concisely.

  1. Clearly and simply state the central idea of your sustained investigation. (500 character maximum)

  2. Explain how your work demonstrations your intent and the sustained investigation of your idea. You may refer to specific images as examples. (1,350 character maximum)

• Present conceptually related works that show growth and discovery.

• Understand that you are encourages to include images that document processes of thinking and creating, as well as detail views, sequential storyboards, or film or performance stills.

• Present images of your work in a sequence that best shows the development of your sustained investigation.

• Submit the required number of images.

• Submit DIFFERENT works of art than those you submitted for your Range of Approaches section. Submitting images of the same work for your Sustained Investigation and Range of Approaches sections may negatively affect your score.

*We will complete our Concentration sections by May 1, 2019*