User research and first prototyping

I started the journey of this project by doing resesearch on what a recruiter for a UX-designer typically looked for in a portfolio. 

The research was done by
 

• Asking three recruiters who worked for IT-companies
   

• Reading relevant articles
   

• Looking at other portfolios.  

After getting a clue that this portfolio should show me as my personality and a "story", I had to consider how.  I thought about illustrating my hobbies, reading, tabletop gaming or dancing but I soon felt that was too narrow. I ended up with a mindset. I believe there is always something new to explore in life, both in work and in personal life, that there is an ever contious journey, and that is what I want to illustrate in my portfolio. The freedom of being on your way.