One of the goals of this post is to help you build a portfolio. It’s an essential step for a designer, but it can seem a little daunting. Here are some quick tips to help you get started.
The goal is of a portfolio is to compile your best work into a presentation that will land you a job or client. The pieces you select for your portfolio must make an impact and be easily understood with little or no explanation. If presented on the Web, it’s important to accompany the pieces with a brief description of the client, the project goal, and your design approach.
selecting the right pieces is a continual process of expansion and contraction. You put up the best pieces you have, and you replace them with better pieces when they become available.
Points to determine whether a piece is portfolio-ready:
- It should be representative of specific design skills. (For example, logo design, digital imaging, illustration, or poster design.)
- It should be related to the category of work you would hope to get hired for in the future.
- Will it make a client say “Wow!” and will it stick in his memory?
- Are you proud to say you did the work and discuss how you created it?
Many professional designers have an online portfolio too. This list is created for your inspiration. Get Inspired and make your own Web Portfolio by using WordPress.
Architecture Nexus
1. Odd Web Things
2. Push The Brand
3. Lawl Media
4. Psylicium
5. Fernando Leite
6. SixSix8 Web Designs
7. Captains of Industry
8. John Adigue
9. Jonas Rafael Rossatto
10. F.Alemadi Design
11. Hugh Peachey
12. Pixel Mobb
13. Ocondesign
14. Magdalena Stavila Paintings
15. JOS Creative
16. Sanimani.com
17. Heuts Design
18. Foliotastic WordPress theme for Portfolio
19. Myohanhtun
20. Troy DeShano Creative
21. Arvind Andrion Portfolio
22. Design by Eric Dies
23. Alex Carabi
24. S Design Inc.
25. Seventy7
26. Danilo Fiocco – Flash Designer
shawnna
Awesome collection!!-
Some of these are really amazing! I Love IT
And honestly, you have a great list. I just can’t stop drooling.
thanks for sharing
Shawnna.
Piotr Godek
thx for featuring Odd Web Things
shawnna
Awesome.. Great Collection.
I totally love it. Am inspired, i go to try these for my works.
I love Web Design
Sara
awesome collection!
Igor
Great stuff, but I prefer to create portfolio using HTML+CSS + forms created in http://www.MyTaskHelper.com
looks more flexible and native for me.
Thanks,
Igor
Heuts Design
Thanks for adding us here as a demonstration.
Christopher Perilli
Thanks for showcasing our website as part of this blog post!
Troy DeShano
Thanks for including my site!
Logo Design Portfolio
Hey…
Your article mentioned all important point to give designer quality portfolio to the client. You provide ample example for it. I really impressed by your great work.
Excellent Job!!!
Keep it up
Litmusonline
Jonas
Thanks for add my portfolio
Happy New Year.
James
Is there anymore you could add to this article that would people understand all spetrums of this subject?
Janet Wyoming
i never think that wordpress is can use for portfolio..thank you ya
Link wheel
I really like the way you write very easy to understand I love the style of your web site as well.
Henrik Mortensen
Thanks for adding me too
Haven’t noticed it until now.