I joined Behance 3 years ago after hearing about it through a Creative Director I was working with. He found amazing illustrators and designers there, so I figured that Behance attracts good clients with design taste.

As an Art Director, I now use Behance specifically to showcase my illustration work. Yet, I get job offers that involve more than just illustration, such as graphic design, identity design, motion graphics, etc.

[Home Wall, featured on Illustration Served]

I think that success in finding work comes from the way we can categorize our work by creative fields. Being featured in the Behance gallery is also always a big push for me. I get much recognition from that, and the emails start raining in.
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Behance’s search results have actually been what has gotten me work. A high school in San Francisco contacted me to use a logo I did for a West Side Story production. I happily accepted but refused payment.

[Logos / 06-09 on the Behance Network]

It was great to see the logo get a second life and be used again. They were nice enough to send me a t-shirt, playbill and postcard. They also had their art students reproduce the logo in chalk outside their theater.

I’ve also had several other random e-mails asking about my work on Behance. I have one simple tip. Name your files appropriately and in the right context. Use the captions as well to help explain your work.

Connect with Adam Neff on his Behance profile.

This past spring I graduated from the University of Kansas, and while I was in school, my professor told me about Behance. She told me it was a great site to showcase my design, and give creatives, that may not normally see my work, the opportunity to view it at their leisure. In addition, my professor noted it was a great way to promote my work, get my name out there quickly, and that it would be easy to keep up to date.

So, I created a profile and posted my portfolio. I received lots of great feedback and was excited to be able to share my link with professionals, friends and family.

[Branding for Hello Again]

I joined the Behance Network in the summer of 2009 when I was wrapping up a design internship in Atlanta. I found the site when searching for inspiration for a few different projects that I was tasked with. I found such an overwhelming database of top-notch design that, once I finished my work, I requested to join so that I could submit my own work for critique to a community with such high standards and expectations of its users.

[Start Atlanta Branding]

Behance grew in importance to me not only by providing this community, but by affecting my pace and focus as a creative professional. Scott Belsky’s “Making Ideas Happen” had a big impact on the way I work. I even created branding materials for a “Plywood Presents” event  in Atlanta where Scott spoke about the book. These conference designs were my first project to ever be featured on Behance.
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