Top 10 ways of showing a portfolio
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- WeLoveNoise0
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sampsonmay- http://www.sampsonma…
Reminds me a little of my siteDancer
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- WeLoveNoise0
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- Dancer0
sampsonmay
- whoops I was meant to paste that into Google...
:)Dancer - lol - and how r the crimbo cards coming :)WeLoveNoise
- Getting foiled over the weekendDancer
- cool, look forward to seeing the beautyWeLoveNoise
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- ninjasavant0
with my fists?
- lvl_130
dare i say my own site? work up front. easy to navigate. clean, concise + smooth yet simple.
http://www.levelthirteen.comi don't know though, it's tough to say. it kind of A)depends on the target audience (obviously) B)show what you need to show effectively (whether that be in a simplistic/straight forward manner, or more of an intriguing/innovative way). the hardest line to come to is creating the perfect balance between all of them i guess.
i've always liked http://www.hi-res.nethttp://www.syrupnyc.com and http://www.group94.com and i would say that http://www.eighthourday.com and http://www.sevnthsin.com do a good job as well (i'm partial to them because we are all in minneapolis :). http://www.bbdo.com is also pretty slick.
- tis nice ur siteWeLoveNoise
- Hey, your site changed.Jaline
- unforunately very similar to a design i'm just doing for a friend. infact yes, urs is better :)WeLoveNoise
- :) thanks.
yeah jaline, just got it up in the last few weeks. took 4eva. still got to add a couple projects..lvl_13 - Your site is nice, however i think the light blub is unrelated. Would be great if shadowed your logo or found another creative element to use in that space that relates more to the work.ambermiro
- eightourday looks like a standard wordpress themeAnders
- JamesCullen0
This is a good website
- lvl_130
i forgot to mention that it also really depends if you are talking about a firm or a single designer. a single designer is really trying to show their work foremost, whereas a firm is trying to sell more of an idea or what they can do for you (the client).
or something to that effect.- ur shaun white concept is pretty goodWeLoveNoise
- nicely put lvl_13zshed
- Anders0
I really think it's the same thing you're trying to sell, regardless of being a single designer or an agency. If you're just going to show images, you're just playing it cool.
Anyhow, I've been looking into the options available for the average designer, illustrator, artist, photographer out there and a lot of the basic options really suck if you want to put some imagination into ways of showing your work.
Indexhibit is great for someone who knows nothing about webdesign, but it's still a poor way to show your work. I mean, you just drop it into one of these boxes, maybe you get to paint it blue or black and it folds sideways if you're lucky.
'Creativity' when it comes to online portfolio showcases,
is either too creative (whooshing flash sites) or looking like a corporate website with graffiti images (again inside boxes).There ARE a lot of possibilities, but the more you play with them, the more you're reminded about cross browser compatibility and lack of standards in unknown territory. Just have a look at the 100 best wordpress themes; 70 of them look alike.
I was just thinking about how the most important place on a website is the top header on the first page; it needs whitespace, it needs to stand out..it's the most expensive place on a website. It shouldn't be a science, but it certainly feels like star trek sometimes.
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my cure is to minimise.Put an image on your frontpage, maybe of your last work.
Maybe a link, a search function. (How hard would it be to search for 'contact' or 'e-mail' instead of mousing around 2 minutes for the button that does just that).Maybe I've just seen too much shit.. People going widget-crazy, broadband, videoes in HD, ajax contactform, digg this, link to facebook, posted from twitter 2 seconds ago.
If you're a single designer with a portfolio, what I really remember about that site (and the work) is the personality of the design & its function. Don't drown, remember Titanic.
- Anders0
Bump. I said 10.
- 7point340
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- Jaline0
Someone may dig this
http://www.varywell.com/
- Llyod0
I wouldn't trust the attik to make an emailer
- zshed0
think about your target audience
for example, something easily accessible so the viewer doesn't have to spend 10 mins working out an overly clever/hidden navigation system would work better for prospective employers that have to sift through hundreds of duff portfolios before getting to your splendid one.
but then again that approach might work better for other prospective employers/clients.
is your work strong enough to stand up on it's own, or do you feel you need to create a tasty new piece of work that doubles for a portfolio?
- Sounds like something someone who uses Indexibit would say.Jaline
- *hibitJaline
- you mean you don't design/built to your audience? ok...zshed
- lvl_13 is nice example of well designed, usable etc and not *xhibitzshed
- hahabigtrick
- Nah, I just think the design is somewhat important, depending on what kind of work you do.Jaline