My solution to this was having a 'Blog' and 'Work' page on my site - Work is filled with projects I'm 'somewhat' proud of and Blog is filled with unsolicited projects I enjoyed working on due to inspirations on Dribbble and Behance. Surprisingly enough, my first real gig came from unsolicited work on my Blog page and Dribbble. This is why when I see 'anti-Dribbble' posts on DN I smile, since in my case, I had a different experience than most people.
My solution to this was having a 'Blog' and 'Work' page on my site - Work is filled with projects I'm 'somewhat' proud of and Blog is filled with unsolicited projects I enjoyed working on due to inspirations on Dribbble and Behance. Surprisingly enough, my first real gig came from unsolicited work on my Blog page and Dribbble. This is why when I see 'anti-Dribbble' posts on DN I smile, since in my case, I had a different experience than most people.