Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Portfolio's

Having a portfolio online is a good thing for any designer or photographer. It lets people readily access your works and take a peek at your obviously massive creative genius and lets potential employers be wow'ed by your work. So with that in mind, I have ten places where you can host your portfolio for you to check out as follows.
1. Wix
This site offers a variety of simple templates and hosting services for free users, overall I think its pretty good, but you will notice there are really cool features you can't use unless you sign up for their premium services.
2. Behance
Very nice site. From what I saw while casually surfing, it looks like you could build yourself a nice portfolio here.
3. Carbonmade
This one I think is neat, I liked the layout on the home page, and they seem to be totally free and simple to use.
4. Portfolio's Friend
Bleh, this one seems to link to your work that you already have up somewhere else. It does showcase some nice wordpress themes though.
5. Deviant Art
I've known about this site for a long time. You can look at a lot of others artists work here, as well as post pics of your work too. Is it a real portfolio? I would'nt go that far, but you can get exposure with it. I've even downloaded photoshop brushes here.
6. Coroflot
Nice site, seems genuine, and its free, what more could you ask for?
7. Shown'd
This site promises a lot of  things, which if its all true, seems like a very good deal to me. Worth a look.
    This is another site that links to your already made portfolio, and not an online portfolio at all. Still I am listing it here because the more links and exposure you have, the better off you are. 
    Nice site, I wasn't very impressed with the speed, but you can make an account and upload images and descriptions, so I suppose its technically a profile hosting site. Seems like there would be a lot to sift through if someone actually was looking for your work. 
    10. Ahead
    Wow. Free and paid portfolio hosting, and I am wondering if its worth it. Massively impressed with the home page interaction. If you didn't use your scroll wheel when you looked, go back and give it a try.

    In all I would have to conclude that there are some decent sites out there where you can host your portfolio. Personally I plan on making my own domain and writing the code for my own site. But if there is one thing I have learned, nothing is really free, and also you get what you pay for, so even if its free, it probably wont do everything you want it to. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. 

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