Clarity / Portfolio practice
Test your portfolio with someone unfamiliar
The most useful check may come from a reader who does not already know the project. Their questions reveal what your pages assume rather than explain.
Give the reader a short task
Show a project for two minutes, then ask: What was the brief? What did I decide? Which drawing makes that decision clear? Listen before explaining. If the answer depends on your spoken account, the page needs more work.
Look for friction
Common points of friction include missing drawing titles, tiny captions, inconsistent orientation, unclear authorship and attractive images without spatial evidence. Fix the issue at the point where the reader encounters it.
Revise the hierarchy
Make the central decision easy to locate. Use headings and captions to add information, not to repeat the project title. Remove material that distracts from the argument before adding more pages.
Try this on your next draft
Repeat the test after revising, ideally with another reader. A portfolio should communicate even when you are not present to explain it.