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I had similiar stress when I was your age. I went to present my work to an art school during an "open house" where they did free "critiques" before you applied and I was told that my art needs to be "bigger". Well, since I am only 4'5" and confined to a wheelchair, bigger was a bit difficult for me. And, I stressed about it, for awhile. But, you know what? I still got accepted to three different art schools even though my work wasn't "big enough".

The moral of the story is that you need to simply do the best that you can do and if you have talent and (even more importantly) belief in yourself you don't have to be perfect you can be yourself and it will work.

Original Post: Portfolio Woes...

Errr.. not quite sure what I really want to know. I'm 16 and a junior in high school, and hoping to go to an art college after i graduate. However, even though I have been drawing as long as I can remember, I never really focused on making large, professional, portfolio quality works. What exactly should I be trying to get into my portfolio? Does everything have to be a complete piece... what if most of it is in one media... am I just freaking out for no reason? Eh... I just need a little bit of help on this!