Custom Post Type Pagination

I searched for hours trying to figure out how to instantiate pagination for my custom portfolio post type. The code below is what I used to accomplish this. I am posting this because of how long it took me and how frustrating it was to get here. Hope this helps.

– MAIN LOOP –

<?php $paged = (get_query_var('page')) ? get_query_var('page') : 1;
		        //LOAD PORTFOLIO QUERY
		        $args = array(
				'post_type' 		=> 'portfolio',
				'posts_per_page' 	=> 50,
				'order'				=> 'DESC',
				'paged' 			=> $paged
				); 

				$wp_query = new WP_Query( $args );

		    	if ($wp_query->have_posts()) : while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); 

		        get_template_part( 'loop-wook' ); //PULL LOOP-PORTFOLIO.PHP

		        endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); endif; ?>

I created a separate template for pagination named template-pagination.php.

– TEMPLATE PAGINATION –

<?php
global $wp_query;

$big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer

$args = array(
	'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
	'format' => '?paged=%#%',
	'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
	'total' => $wp_query->max_num_pages
	);

echo paginate_links( $args ); ?>

I then call the pagination after the last div in my loop file.

– GET TEMPLATE PART –

<div>
  - THE LOOP -
</div>
<?php get_template_part('template', 'pagination'); ?>

From here you should be able to wrap the pagination in links or style the class names to get your pagination where you want it.