10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website
You may have a personal portfolio website for a number of reasons. If you’re a freelancer, then you’d need one to showcase your work and allow people to contact you. If you’re a student (or unemployed), then you’d need one to show prospective employers how good you are and what you can do, so that they might hire you. If you’re part of a studio, then you might use one to blog about your design life, show people what you’re doing and build your online presence.
A personal portfolio website is all about promoting you. You are a brand, and your name is a brand name. No one is going to know about your brand unless you get it out there; and if you’re a Web designer, developer, writer, gamer or any other type of creative, then it’s essential that you have a good portfolio website.
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What makes for a good personal portfolio website?
1. Logo
Your logo is usually the first thing a user sees. In the Western world, we read from left to right, top to bottom, so it makes sense to put your logo in the top left of your website so that users can immediately identify who owns the website.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be your name, but if you’re trying to promote yourself online, then it’s a good idea to go by your name. And always link your logo to your home page. It’s a common convention that users expect online.
Mohit goes by the alias of CSS Jockey.
Jason Reed uses a signature-style logo of his name.
2. Tagline
Once the user sees who owns the website, they’ll want to know what it is you do. This is where you explain what you do with a tagline. Your tagline should be short and snappy, summarizing what you do.
Things to ask yourself when writing your tagline:
- What are you? A designer? A writer? A developer?
- What do you do? Design websites? Develop games?
- Where are you from? Country? City?
- Are you a freelancer or do you work for a studio? Are you looking for work?
Sarah Longnecker makes it clear that she puts together videos and is good at it.
3. Portfolio
This is a personal portfolio website after all, so your portfolio will determine whether the website is interesting or not. People will want to see your previous work to decide whether you’re good or not and for general interest, to see what you’ve been up to in the past.
Depending on what you do, your portfolio should contain big high-quality images, clearly accessible to the user. Always include a link to the live version of the website you worked on, and link your screenshot to the live version (another common convention that people expect). Include a short description for each project, including the different skills that you needed to complete the project.
It’s never a bad idea to get a testimonial from a client. Your visitors might also be interested in the stages of development for your projects and how you arrived at the final outcome.
Leigh Taylor displays nice clear screenshots of previous work and indicates what software was used during development.
4. Services
Your tagline summed up what you do, but you’ll want to go into a bit more detail here about each service that you offer. You can’t expect potential clients to guess what you do based on your portfolio, and you don’t want to leave them wondering whether you offer a particular service or not.
Make it clear, and break it down: Web design, development, video, copywriting, branding, etc. You may want to be even more specific: corporate branding, church website design, Flash banner ads and so on.
Chris Spooner clearly indicates the services he offers for both print and Web.
5. About me
It’s all about you. Let people see the man or woman behind the mask (i.e. website). Share your background, where you came from, how many years you’ve been in the business, etc. The more details you give, the better your users can form a bond and build trust with you.
If you’re not camera-shy, show a picture of yourself. This will give potential clients peace of mind by allowing them to see who they’re dealing with, and it adds an element of trust.
Don’t be afraid to show off your awards and recognition here. You want people to know you’re good at what you do.
Chikezie Ejiasi shows us a photo of himself and even lets us know how to pronounce his name.
6. Contact
This is one of the most important elements of a portfolio website but is often hidden or even neglected. A potential client has browsed your website, is impressed with your portfolio and can see who you are. Now they want to hire you.
Your contact information should be obvious and easy to access; don’t hide it in the footer. Let people know they can contact you for a quote or a chat. Use a form to make it easier for users to contact you (so that they don’t have to take down your email address and then open up their email manager). A form also allows you to ask for specific information, such as name, email address, website URL, details of inquiry.
Stuart Johnston offers clear contact details throughout his website but also provides an easy-to-use contact form.
7. Blog
A blog is always a good idea. Blog about your area of expertise; show you know what you’re talking about. It will help promote you and prevent your website from lying static.
Let people follow you by subscribing to an RSS feed, and show off your most popular blog posts to new readers.
Be sure to enable comments for feedback. Don’t make users register to add a comment to your blog, and don’t use anti-spam Captcha software, which only turns people off from commenting. There are plenty of anti-spam plug-ins available that don’t require users to do extra work.
Chris Wallace uses his blog about Web design-related topics to help out other people in the industry and to engage in discussion.
8. Call to action
Ask yourself what you want to get out of your personal portfolio website. Do you want to be hired? Attract more blog readers? Maybe you just want people to know who you are.
Each page should have a call to action, a “Next step.” The best way to accomplish this is with a “call to action” button that is clear and stands out from the rest of the page. Link it to your blog, portfolio or contact page, and use appropriate language (e.g. “Hire me,” “Request a quote,” “View my portfolio”).
Matthew Brown’s call to action is a contrasting button that stands out from the rest of the website.
9. Use social networking websites
Now that people have an interest in you and your work, encourage them to follow you on other websites. Make it clear that they can follow you on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, etc. Make the most of social networks and have a group of friends to call on if needed.
Sam Brown offers clear links to other websites he uses, allowing us to stalk him.
10. Language and communication
How you conduct yourself is important. Remember, it’s a personal portfolio website, so be personal. You don’t need to sound like a corporate brand with no emotion. Be friendly and personal, but also clear and precise; don’t ramble. Once you write all the text for your website, read it again and see if you can cut it in half.
Marius Roosendaal uses a relaxed and friendly tone on his website.
Other tips:
- Let people know where you’re from. This is always interesting to know, and some clients prefer to work with people nearby or in the same time zone.
- Validation is important, especially for Web designers. If you’re going to be building professional websites for clients, then your own website’s code should at least be valid.
- Link images, not just text. Most people will click on images, expecting them to point somewhere.
- If you don’t have any previous clients for your portfolio, create a WordPress theme, design an icon set, develop a Twitter mashup, etc. You have a lot of possibilities, and there’s a big difference between having one project to show in your portfolio and having none.
40+ beautiful personal portfolio websites
Miki Mottes (Flash)
Cartonblanc (Flash)
<img /> is everything (Phil Thompson)
Spoon Graphics (Chris Spooner)
Johnston North (Stuart Johnston)
Penflare Designs (Sean Farrell)
What do you expect to see on a good personal portfolio website?
Anything important we’ve missed? What would make the difference between your deciding to hire someone and deciding against it?
Further reading:
- 10 characteristics of excellent portfolio websites
- 50 excellent designer portfolio websites
- Creating a successful online portfolio
- 50 beautiful and creative portfolio websites
- Call to action buttons
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mayari
February 27th, 2009 10:12 amThanks a lot. A very useful post. I’m missing a bit some more portfolios of female deasigners. And yes, I’d like to see a “what inspires me” site with favourite links as “role model” ideas as sometimes you cannot work on what your higher goals are. But I guess this could link to your favourite blog posts.
Tanja burgdorfer alias mayari
Local Web Design
February 27th, 2009 11:03 amI think one of the most important aspects of this is to use social networking tools. Very important.
marc
February 27th, 2009 2:45 pmthnks dood, this couldnt have come at a better time i’m right in the middle of making mine now…
Gordon
February 27th, 2009 2:46 pmUmmmm… where to begin?
1. Logo. Sure. Whatever. Why not the middle? Hell, one of my favorite portfolios has it on the upper right. You’re a designer, you should be able to make anything look good.
2. Tagline. Good idea, but for fuck’s sake don’t start out your introduction with ‘Howdy’ or ‘Hi there!’ You are not there, and your clients are probably not from the southwest.
3. Portfolio. Yes yes yes yes, clear, high-quality images and active links only.
4. Services. Tacky, but probably good for SEO – don’t use fucking checkmarks for christ sake though.
5. About me. Location is always useful to know, but unless you are very attractive keep your terrible, trendy haircut off your potential client’s screen.
6. Contact. Your e-mail address and number should be right there on your home page. Anything else is pretty superflous. Contact form pages are not only a hallmark of a bygone era where webmail barely existed but they are unreliable. Let people compose and autosave their shit in gmail.
7. Blog. No. No. No, unless your blog is your portfolio/recent work. Your clients don’t care how you make rounded corners as long as they work.
8. Call to actions are for banner ads, not your fucking book.
9. Social Network Profiles. Same thing as your haircut. Probably not very interesting, and really doesn’t do much visually for the page.
10. Copywriting is an extremely overlooked part of web design, as shown by this article and this example. Under no circumstance, should you ever say ‘What’s up?’ in your portfolio, and “web standards” is two words.
Robert Jakobson
January 4th, 2010 9:40 amAh, Gordon – I agree with everything you say but the contact form, I still think it is a nice element to have, might make it easier for people to add comments quickly.
Showing off the portfolio as a blog is probably the best use for the blog. I you can add broad vision creative ideas once in a while, that might get plus points as well..
I also agree with the note on Copywriting – David Ogilvy’s books, as well as others like him are highly recommended by me, I read them daily…
Brad Greenwald
August 23rd, 2010 7:59 pmGlad someone said it. Most of this is trendy garbage. Developers are wasting their time filling these areas when they could be putting out mind-blowing work. I’m probably still in that group.
Contact forms are still gold for my clients, although my own forms aren’t too meaningful.
Dang
February 27th, 2009 5:09 pmThanks for the awesome post!
Gavin
February 27th, 2009 6:22 pmHoly crap. This is all wrong.
I’m not visiting any one of those websites, and I’d never work with any of those people. Why? Because they’re trying to wow me with their website – not their work/thinking, they’re all the same website essentially (same formula), and every single one of those websites are the result of trends and not thinking. Differentiation and great work is key. Let’s please understand this now.
Phillip Peet
February 27th, 2009 6:48 pmWell done… these articles continue to inspire my design work. great work!
chirag
February 27th, 2009 11:46 pmHello SM,
Today i am very happy and Thank you lot accepted me as your eligible user of you site. and Its such an honor to be here.
Thanks for all the comments
@Chikezie Ejiasi :- Thank you so much you like my site as well your site also gr8 and creative look
My Blog is : http://www.cjscreativemall.com/
Thanks again SM
Sanchit
February 28th, 2009 2:49 amPlease use “Go to Top” link just above the contact form, it’ll be convenient to your visitors.
Keith
February 28th, 2009 4:45 am@Gordon – I agree.
Jasper
February 28th, 2009 6:14 amFantastic article!
Paula Azevedo
February 28th, 2009 6:37 am@Gordon fair comments and I just don’t coincide with you at #7 and #8.
I think it’s very important to have references, and in the case you target being contracted by a client or a creative agency, it’s nice to show, in some way, you have them. Here that ‘friends links’ I was talking about (93) also suits.
Of course it depends on the content you put at your blog. If I wanted to contact a designer for a comissioned work or as a partner in some project, I’d love to see more of his creative process, and maybe know further about his experience dealing with clients, getting into visual communication events, posting interesting news and discussions concerning his field and so on… it would surely show me he enjoys what he does and keeps increasing his references. And, as Lee Munroe says, “prevent your website from lying static”.
A portfolio I ended up visiting on daily basis was Fabien Barral’s Graphic Exchange. I might have visited his portfolio once or twice but what made me put a link at my bookmark bar was the great quality of the references he posts and how often he updates it. Once in a while he posts personal work, besides the fixed link, and I’m sure he has many many loyal users like me taking a look at it when he does.
I also like the way Bosque, for example, puts some personal pictures at their site. They write literaly ‘Life’ at the menu, even already having a blog linked, and present random pictures of people, personal work and everyday images and fun. The client looking at that may like it or not, but if he does like and hire them I’m sure the workflow will suit their personality much better than if the client haven’t seen it before.
And the ‘Call to actions’, working as a ‘next step’ was the most relevant topic this post bought to me! I definetely put it in consideration now on.
Jeff Deetes
March 1st, 2009 5:27 amHere’s another good web designer portfolio site to check out- http://www.jeremyamaral.com
Paulo
March 1st, 2009 5:30 amAWSOME! really cool article!
olybop
March 1st, 2009 6:14 am10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website infrench here -> http://blog.gaborit-d.com/10-etapes-pour-un-site-portfolio-de-qualite/
Jake Mize
March 1st, 2009 7:27 amGreat post very inspiring
Nacho
March 1st, 2009 9:36 amAmazing portfolios, im building my own.
I love design, but what about when you have to include some dynamic content to your page, enough to be important but no so bigger to be used like a blog?
Whats your favourite CMS or news script to add dynamic content to your pages?
Lets work together designers of the world! :)
Blair
March 1st, 2009 10:53 amThis is why I don’t suggest people hire “designers” because the best work they will ever do is their own portfolio. Case and point, all the examples were of web designers. Ever think that more than web designers use the Internet or care about design? Get out of your bubble once in awhile.
Dhane
March 1st, 2009 12:17 pmIncredible article!
webbolino
March 2nd, 2009 12:15 amvery useful, thanks. and so clearly chunked down. very good work!
Toby Powell
March 2nd, 2009 4:52 amThanks very much for showcasing my site. I feel very proud to be featured.
alexabramov
March 2nd, 2009 5:41 amjust don’t forget that the main idea is to show your work to others
Evan Skuthorpe
March 2nd, 2009 1:05 pmsome great examples.
Jakob T Asmussen
March 3rd, 2009 5:04 amGreat sites!
A piece of advice: Some of you are proudly stating that your sites are validated XHTML, CSS, etc. Unfortunately some of these designs also break in Internet Explorer 7, which is still the most commonly used browser out there.
Idealism is good, but pragmatism is what most companies need, to keep all of their users happy (non geeks included). Make the nescessary hacks for IE, and Bob’s your uncle.
Chris
March 3rd, 2009 7:22 amThanks! I have to complete a portfolio website by next week in class, you guys always seem to release the best articles!
Pete
March 3rd, 2009 9:21 am115: Blair
This is why I don’t suggest people hire “designers” because the best work they will ever do is their own portfolio. Case and point, all the examples were of web designers. Ever think that more than web designers use the Internet or care about design? Get out of your bubble once in awhile.
Interesting. Who then, would you suggest a professional, image conscious company should hire to design a website if not a graphic/web designer?
derfeineherr
March 3rd, 2009 12:06 pmGreat Stuff.
Really gives Inspiration. Thanks!
Marc Remblance
March 3rd, 2009 1:16 pmMaybe, just maybe….next time? Ah never mind!
Portfolio site
Animal
March 3rd, 2009 2:02 pm@Gordon, haha, i can see why your such an angry man, thats a lot of big talk and advice from a man who’s own website is so poor, and desperately trying to be different and trendy.
Get a life
Curious
March 4th, 2009 10:45 amGamer??
“and if you’re a Web designer, developer, writer, gamer or any other type of creative, then it’s essential that you have a good portfolio website.”
Confused, not sure what type of portfolio site a gamer would have. But, I confuse easily. Nice writeup ;)
Benjamin Falk
March 4th, 2009 11:42 amI’m a bit surprised by some of the negative comments… I will agree that people don’t always agree what is a good design, and personal tastes will vary. Some of the points seem to follow current trends, but often these are trends because they work and are good ideas.
“115: Blair
This is why I don’t suggest people hire “designers” because the best work they will ever do is their own portfolio. Case and point, all the examples were of web designers. Ever think that more than web designers use the Internet or care about design? Get out of your bubble once in awhile.”
I would hope that a designer’s portfolio would be some of the best work they do — it’s one of their most vital selling points. Who is going to hire a web designer whose personal site doesn’t leave a good impression?
Thanks for the links Smashing Mag, I used a couple of these when I redesigned my portfolio earlier this year.
Brian Parks
March 5th, 2009 2:23 pmI’m I already followed most of this advice but it sure would have been easier had this blog been here 2 years ago!
Angie Omran
March 6th, 2009 7:57 amI don’t care what Gordon says, these are great tips for those that are still learning and need a bit of help understanding what to add on their website. Great article!
Toby
March 6th, 2009 10:20 amAbsolutely agree with Benjamin, I don’t understand the negative comments, design is so subjective. A portfolio should reflect the deisgner creating it, most of the designs in his/her portfolio often are directly influenced by the client, so the portfolio is a good vehicle to stamp your own mark/style, all the design decisions made are made yourself without any influence or direction from the client, hopefully resulting in a piece of work that is truly your own.
Elektra vosburgh
March 6th, 2009 3:40 pmI am so glad you have this posting. My portfolio website needs a major face lift. This article sparked some inspiration to start changing my website and is a great aid in doing so. Thanks!
Mo
March 11th, 2009 10:25 pmWhat if you have multiple talents? I mean, you want to show what you’re best, the trade you’ve learned but you still want to show that you have learned on your own other styles, mediums, or types whether it’s in the arts or not.
Laura
March 20th, 2009 11:14 amI tried clicking on designmovesme site and was warned of a virus within the website. Just wondering if anyone had the same issue?
Lawrence Baxter
April 16th, 2009 12:26 pmWe would like to get your website on first page of Google. All of our processes use the most ethical “white hat” Search Engine Optimization techniques that will not get your website banned or penalized. Please reply and I would be happy to send you a proposal.
Template Library
April 27th, 2009 12:43 amGreat Collections..
Sean Keslak
May 4th, 2009 4:47 amsuper awsome ideas deffffffffffffffff liked the one ps. email me some more cause my computer broke down
Mali Dharam
May 6th, 2009 3:56 amVery Very good Site yaar, Just Amazing portfolios
Jessica Jones
May 20th, 2009 12:03 pmGreat Inspiration for my own portfolio site, Thank You
genggao
May 20th, 2009 11:20 pmVery useful tips. I enjoyed reading your post. Thank you.
BenXDesign
May 29th, 2009 4:31 amThanks a lot, I’m redesigning my website right now and this is pure gold. (:
Mghmg
June 8th, 2009 11:20 pmWoooooooooooW
cahcepu.com
June 18th, 2009 6:51 ami love horizontal portofolio site
Php_Shell
July 20th, 2009 2:35 amEXTREMLY useful! I love this post, thank you very much!
I can now start thinking of making a portfolio on a good base. :)
Dan Loesch
July 20th, 2009 12:16 pmvery nice thread. great examples of some beautiful work.
for those designers who are less saavy with programming and design, deviantart offers its own free portfolio tool now. it offers enough customization for the sophisticated user, but adheres to the simplicity that art buyers look for when reviewing thousands of sites in a day.
love to get everyone’s feedback on the set-up wizard and the design:
portfolio.deviantart.com
Andrea =)
July 29th, 2009 5:08 amThe FREAKIN BEST thing I’ve ran into so far!!!
So simple, very informational, perfectly composed!!!
Thumbs UP!!!!
PUURFECT!!!
David Holloway
July 31st, 2009 1:14 pmThank you very much for such a useful post. I’ve been looking all over trying to gather research for my new portfolio site and this article has proved very helpful.
Sven Tilburg
August 9th, 2009 11:42 am“In the Western world, we read from left to right”…So Israel is part of what? China?
sudhir sahni
September 8th, 2009 3:48 amreally very nice design……………..superb!
Daniel Beadle
September 21st, 2009 11:18 amThanks guys. This article played a big role in how I redesigned my site.
Kevin May
September 24th, 2009 12:13 pmReply to I Hasson,
“I think SM needs a face-lift…current design has been on long enough.”
No need to fix something that isn’t broken. Their website is very well made.
Also thanks for the tips/showcase SM.
Anna
October 27th, 2009 7:52 pmThese are some great tips. I think people overlook the fact that they need an “about me” page on their site. Commonly, I see portfolio pages that fail to give the user a little information about them. I also, think is very important to include social networking site. Let’s face it everyone either has a facebook, myspce, linkedIn, twitter, youtube, ect. It gets people talking, too. You are really limiting yourself if you fail to put these on your web site. I have been freelancing for about a year now and have implemented all these tips into my website.
On another subject I failed in getting a lot of jobs early on in my career when I would got to GetAFreelancer and bid on different design projects. I could spend 24 hours and only get 1 project if I was lucky, and waste a handful of days. I hate sites like that! Luckily, I have found site where you can actually get in direct contact with clients for projects via email or telephone.
Glenn
November 19th, 2009 6:39 amGreat article. I’ve referred friends to this many times. I still wonder how personal verses how professional to make your portfolio site. For instance, on my site (http://www.glennsorrentino.com) I had on my homepage a photo booth style strip of pics of me to make it more personal then I switched to pics of my work, now I’m trying for both. Any thoughts?
Nuverian
November 26th, 2009 3:26 pmI must admit…
BEST tips I have ever read on the topic..period
Cynic
December 6th, 2009 3:08 pmI love how Chikezie Ejiasi’s Nine Lion website is featured in every single web design and portfolio round-up and yet the only page that validates in his whole site is his index page.
Adding a “valid html’ link at the bottom of every page is so misleading when the link only validates the main page….
FYI here’s the link you need to use for validation of a specific page: http://validator.w3.org/check/referer
But he probably knows that.
Anyway great site regardless…. just saying.
timi
December 20th, 2009 4:24 pmbest article so far:)
funny though that i needed more time to read all those comments than i needed for article:D
and i didnt jet check the webpages! xD
but yes, i too need a portfolio, and so far i discovered i dont really want to bring it up because of the clients, but because of the picture or brand (named it as you like) that i present, things i am experimented with. like a somekind of report what i have done/ am doing and what i should do in future and where i really wanna go with my aims/goals.
thats why is good to “know your potential client”
my case is that i wanna do graphic design like prints, type, logos, ilustration, etc. but so far i ve been extra experimental with photos.. so yes. its nice to discover at least this that i ll push myself in right ways:)
and i do agree some of this 40 sites are almost the same:)))
and i hate this “hi i am xxx designer xx and i am soooo goood and u gonna hire me no matter what”. it looks like you wanna sell ur mother just to get this job. we are not so depressed, are we? designer should have his own pride.
right designer shouldnt accept every chance to work. maybe in the beggining of carrer, while you search for practice, but then they learn to not accept everything. designer should enjoy in their work. and you cant enjoy in all of them:) try to find inspiration at http://www.sagmeister.com/index.html
and just to remind: there are artistic frelancess too. and i dont think that they should have basic site with logo on upper left corner;)
hum what else..
dont be fake. be yourself. be you:)) and find what you want from your client;)
AND YEAH
gordon rocks!!
Thomas Digby
January 9th, 2010 1:19 pmGreat article, I’m going to keep these in mind when I re-design my portfolio.
Ang
January 15th, 2010 11:34 amjust wondering if anyone knows of any good “anti-spam plug-ins” to use instead of a Captcha? Or maybe good code to block the spam searches? I did not have my site live for more than 24 hours and all I get is spam.
kevinsmith880
January 16th, 2010 3:19 amHi,
This is inspiring; I am very pleased by this post. Nice info at this post thanks!!! I really like it
Abhishek Prasad
January 28th, 2010 10:03 pmI like the Portfolio’s and It would really very helpful for me and others to get the taste of current trend and style.
Matt Hill
February 9th, 2010 7:43 amHaving been a freelance web designer for 2.5 years now, and having a current site that ticks a lot of the boxes mentioned in the article, I’m going to stick my neck out and say most of what’s discussed here is wrong.
I’ve learned that the most important thing you need on your site isn’t anything about you. The most important message is what you do for your clients; how you will make their business successful. You need to stop thinking in design terms, and start thinking in business terms.
Get your business message, your best portfolio items and an easy way to contact you on your homepage. Leave all the “me, me, me” to your secondary pages — most clients will never read it anyway.
My current site fails on these counts so my redesign will be addressing this. I suggest other designers follow suit — stop with the ego masturbation and start selling proper business solutions. You’ll get much better clients when you do.
sukhbir S
February 13th, 2010 8:51 amI was searching 4 making my online portfolio and this is great article to go through.
Misha Virk
February 17th, 2010 1:25 amI m really impressed and i think i should make something outstanding…… as these designs let me think something really good and i think its going to work……..
Kishore Krishnan
March 15th, 2010 6:02 amReally impressive and inspirational designs…..got a lot to learn in designing….for me… thanks a lot to whoever has shared..
kishore krishnan
Quae
March 23rd, 2010 11:41 pm@ Вячеслав
i totally agree with you!
Newark1 Web Design Portfolio
March 25th, 2010 3:45 amThank you for a good sampling of impressive portfolios. I also appreciate your leaving out my web design portfolio, Newark1 from this list. I pride myself on being the ugliest, most unappealing portfolio ever. I want to continue that distinction. So if you have a list of Worst Online Portfolios That Have The Nerve To Show Up On The Web, please consider me. Thanks!
Technetto
March 31st, 2010 2:05 amGreat Article Nice Work!! Can you please also review out website Technetto
Katie Mercado
March 31st, 2010 2:24 pmGood instructions-simple to follow.Thanks for finding the time to make great selection.
Jazzy
April 1st, 2010 10:12 amGreat and very useful article. Nice portfolios..
Thanks for sharing. Got lot of great ideas for my portfolio.
Thanks Lee!!!!
Angesom Tesfasellassie
May 14th, 2010 2:58 pmVery good article.Thanks for sharing.
Sapphiron
June 20th, 2010 2:34 pmIt’s good …. It’s ok ..
Qaiser
June 21st, 2010 9:04 amcoool design freelance web designer
jun
June 21st, 2010 5:31 pmbaidu
www.baidu.com
June 22nd, 2010 4:37 ambaidu
sidman26
July 3rd, 2010 2:08 amvery nice article
helped me alot with my research
thank you
Evan
July 5th, 2010 7:29 amBest design. Evan
Dilshan උදාර
July 7th, 2010 11:33 pmreally excellent !
Good work
Thanx !
Jayson
July 26th, 2010 4:55 amBest, best, best!!! Jayson
Steve Williams
July 27th, 2010 4:17 amA great article that reminds of website designer portfolio website which is always useful to see other work of talented web designers!
Rahul Bangar
August 1st, 2010 5:29 amGreat roundup guys! but I like eatablegraphics.com/ its better.
Angel Ceballos
September 2nd, 2010 9:13 amGreat post and tips for creating a great portfolio site.
- Angel
lablog
September 19th, 2010 5:17 amThanks for the feature!
lablog
September 19th, 2010 5:18 amThanks
njmehta
September 22nd, 2010 11:45 pmgood
njmehte
September 29th, 2010 8:17 pmThis is so handy!
Gabriel
October 31st, 2010 7:18 amVery nice and clean… I`ve seen something like this here 007-webdesign.com/webdesign-portfolio
Kurtis Kroes
November 6th, 2010 11:21 amIncredible! I have already been hunting yahoo for hours with this and i also last but not least found it in this article!
Jessica Dimino
November 11th, 2010 1:07 pmI’m a graphic design student and just started using this new portfolio service called OrangeSlyce.com. It’s sort of a cross between Carbonmade and Behance, but I think it’s just for students. It has most of the features of carbonmade and some social elements that they don’t have. So far it’s been awesome, and since it’s entirely free, I’d say its worth a look.
John
December 25th, 2010 12:22 amGood! thank you!
GDH Web Design
January 1st, 2011 4:07 amgreat article! i think the call to action on portfolio websites needs close consideration from some, there is a difference between corporate and portfolio sites and i think its important to know how you want to present yourself!
Ahmed Bolica
January 10th, 2011 6:29 amAmazing Tips + Amazing List Thanks you Lee =)) Hope be in soon ;))
Julien schermann
January 15th, 2011 2:12 pmThank you for this article !
upen
January 17th, 2011 5:07 amLove the instructions, and portfolios too.
Seff
January 23rd, 2011 2:09 amThis list was inspiring, thank you.
Peter
January 24th, 2011 7:18 amThanks for the inspiration
Amandine
February 4th, 2011 1:47 amThanks, some of the best tips I found with effective examples. It gives motivation and ideas to start to redesign my portfolio which really need it !!
GotTinta
February 16th, 2011 7:56 pmThanks a lot. There are so many ideas and sources in here that inspire me to start building a portfolio.