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Add a custom map to your portfolio if you have a physical location that you want clients and/or employers to know about. Maybe even adding maps to where you have had exhibits.

My question: what are some ways to get my digital portfolio seen by potential clients? This article is more tailored to designers, but it's still relevant for all media types. Get your art featured somewhere. Add a blog to your domain. Do art/design for a well-known name. Give stuff away (info/how-to, links, techniques, templates, etc). Get interviewed. Join a network (behance, flickr, etc). Write an article/tutorial/blogpost for another website/publication. Pay-per-click advertising.

Pros-Really Cool way of looking at images.-Nice and clear images. -Looks to be easily adaptable. Can add or change photos easily. Cons-Not very clear navigation.- While the image browser is very cool it is a little hectic and seems like it might be somewhat disorienting at times. - poor and unclear organization.

+shows a lot of personality +great layout +book pages give a real "portfolio" feel -It's not easily read whether or not "page" will turn, user can easily miss it. i would add a clue -I don't like WIX logo all over site, not professional

pros: well made, good use of flash(?), background element adds interest Cons: animation too fast, featured work seems too focused on one type,

I selected this portfolio more for the content than the creative design. Visually, the site lacks innovation in the layout, however, it allows the creativity is expressed through the work. I don't know if it was just my computer, the it seems like the site was designed to fit on screen so there would only be lateral scrolling (a change up from the typical vertical scrolling). Not having it universally formatted makes it a little tricky to have the same affect on every viewing platform. What I thought made this page really interesting, was incorporating a blog to her online portfolio. Her main portfolio is really clean & professional. Her blog adds another element to where it allows "fans" to follow her and really feel like they can get to know her. I stumbled upon her page through a friend who goes to her site to look through her blog more so than her work which I found interesting. It just made me really wonder what possibilities online portfolios have, because to some extent, I feel as though she will be getting opportunities because of her blogs & personality.

Likes: 1. when you first enter the site, ROBERT KENT appears and two panels of one photo appear like doors, inviting you into the site 2. clean set up, white background adds to the lightness of his photography 3.in Portfolio, a whole side panel of thumbnails of photos appears, making it easier to pick and choose between photos 4. clients list--> allows viewer to see what kinds of companies these photos are used for 5. link to his organization, "compassionate eye foundation" Dislikes: 1. sometimes the website will completely turn into a black blank page if you leave it alone for too long 2. portfolio is pretty limited; only 4 different subjects of photos, pretty specific 3. side panel is at the bottom of the page, I would rather have it on the side or top of the page for convenience

+ The main bar appears to stay the same while the content changes, allowing for intuitive and easy navigation + Minimalistic design makes it clean, simple, yet interesting + All of the project links are on a single page and readily visible - Thumbnails for the projects are somewhat small, difficult to see what each project is - Strategy to navigate within projects adds a level of difficulty, arrows to switch between projects and multiple blocks to navigate within a project not very intuitive - Extra space could have been used to include more and larger content

Pros-Simple and easy to navigate. - Well organized images. Work organized into projects from a main portfolio page with a slideshow for each project.-Logo on every screen reminding the view who's portfolio they are looking at. Cons -Very Simple, the home page isn't very attention grabbing. -There are some blank spots on the project selection page which looks unprofessional. -All of the text appears to be pixilated. 

Pros: 1-Very clean and straightforward 2- Each piece is given enough room to view without distraction 3- Easy to move back and forth Cons: 1- Minimal text is both a pro and a con as I'd like to know more about the artist and artist's concept 2- Home page with thumbnail of each project would be stronger, rather than being dropped in on a random image that may or may not stand alone as an intro piece 3- Font is fine.. I feel like another font might add a little more expression to each page