Since editors and curators started accepting digital files, I've been sending out web addresses and cds full of jpegs, depending on what's asked for. It definitely beats trying to maintain slide pages, and trying to get them back.

But a friend just gave me a better idea. She asked if I'd design and make for her a pdf portfolio that would basically act like a little self-contained website on a disk. She got the idea from a painter who's been doing this succesfully for a while now. I'm doing one for my friend and one for myself, and have decided to offer the service to any artists who'd like it done for them.

version #1 of mine can be seen here: www.paulraphaelson.com/downloads/portfolio.pdf

Some places have very specific rules for what they'll accept, but for everyone else, this seems like a nicer way to introduce your work. It can be distributed by web link or by cd (some people just like it when you send them stuff).

Anyone have experience sending out this kind of thing?