Portfolio Websites

Portfolio Website Project

Create a portfolio website.

-Your website must contain a minimum of 3 projects/portfolios, and 2 of them must be projects or portfolios from an Imaging class (photography or video).

-Each of the three projects should have an artist statement.

-Your website should also have a general statement describing your philosophy as an artist.

-You should include a brief bibliography and contact info.

-Your website should be coherently organized.

-Your website should have a sense of personal style while maintaining a professional look.

-Optional information that you may want to include: resume, links to social networking, links to a blog (if you have one), and additional projects or portfolios (not necessarily from imaging classes-- other art classes, design work, commercial photography, etc).

Free portfolio sites:

Carbonmade
http://carbonmade.com/

Pro: Free for 5 projects and 35 images. Clean, simple to use templates. Minimal aesthetic.

Con: More than 5 projects will cost $12/month. Only paid accounts can have videos.

Quick Example: http://christinechin.carbonmade.com/

Krop
http://www.krop.com/

Pro: Contemporary looking templates, links to job opportunities.
Con: Free service has a 10 image limit, more images will cost $10/month. Video only with Pro account.

Tumblr
http://www.tumblr.com
Pro: Easy setup, no image limits. Video-friendly.

Con: Tumblr is really a blogging platform, so using it as a portfolio is clunky- especially in trying to sort and group images. Best of the bunch: "Hasaportfolio" theme, which is free but has limited options (unless you alter the html code).

Blog sites as portfolios
Pro: Free. Blogging capabilities might be a benefit. Easy to post videos from Youtube or Vimeo.

Con: Clunky to set up.

Shown'd
http://shownd.com/

Jose is checking it out right now.

Wix
http://www.wix.com/

Another Jose find.

Design your own site with Dreamweaver

Pro: Completely customizable. Free hosting while you're an HWS student. Dreamweaver is available all over campus as part of the Adobe suite. Knowing how to build a website is a useful skill.

Con: Will take you longer than a week if you have never used Dreamweaver before.
Tips: Tutorials on Lynda.com are helpful. Free and easy to use flash portfolio tool (used by many of the students): Simpleviewer.

EXAMPLE artist statements:

http://mayumilake.com/  (Look under A.S.)


EXAMPLE bios:

http://www.dukeandbattersby.com/m-biocv.html
http://www.robertrainey.com/bio.htm
http://www.ineedtostopsoon.com/about/

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