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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.

Likes: 1. Pages showing art use the artwork as their background, which is attractive 2. Description of art is clear and out in the open--not hard to find, and readable 3. There are two thumbnail options to click on: to view the full piece of art, and to view a zoomed-in photo (nice to be able to see detail) Dislikes: 1. Trajan font is overused, and the rest of the fonts don't work very well together... 2. The links in the "artists" section don't lead anywhere... 3. Navigation between artwork pages is confusing--doesn't give much direction.

Works: 1. Includes a variety of examples, illustrations, web design, photography. 2. Clean simple, with bold colors for tabs to draw viewers eyes, very large texts. 3. Large images on every page. Does not work: 1.Too much text. 2. Also sells his own art work??? but thats kind of cool, but draws less focus on main point? 3. Not much about info/resume.

Free art portfolio website for artists

Working: 1. First thing you see on the home page are large sized images of artist's (best/favorite?) work. This shows a lot of detail in his environment layout designs. 2. Work is organized into separate categories in menu bar, easy access to what viewers want to see, 3. Design layout of site is simple and clean. Has a catchy site name. Not Working: 1. Some works included seem to be in the first stages, underdeveloped. 2. Site includes links to the artist's friend's portfolios. 3. Some story board images too small to see. Should upload a larger image.

breathing art

likes: -simple navigation -not to much to click at -organized - very interesting buttons -personalized art everywhere dislikes: -no animation -very unattractive -good layout but lacks the panaz - more color - splash page may help

Pros: 1-Individual pieces work well together to make a strong whole 2- Easy to navigate 3- Images large enough to see Cons: 1- Pieces are so similar that it hierarchy is nebulous 2- Sub organization would improve your discovery of pieces 3- Page can be busy with the highlighted piece.

Pros: -Interesting work -Large pictures of work/ promo things immediately give feel of street art - Specific categories Cons: - Should use different and smaller text - Could fit everything into the screen so viewer doesn't have to scroll to see the full page - In about section could be more personal instead of link to wikipedia

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

Pros :: [1] Has worked with great brands and does great work [2] Very simple layout. Almost too simple. Cons:: [1] For the quality of work that he does, I am surprised he does not have more art on his main page.