Show and tell
What’s the goal of having a portfolio? Of course, recognizability and
nomination for web awards is important but most of the guys out there
have a portfolio because they want to attract new costumers. Ask
yourself what’s the best way to do it. Again beautiful eyes might work
but I bet they’re still going to be interested in what you can actually
do. If you look at the websites collected below you can see that a lot
of them have large thumbnails, nice descriptions and plenty of space for
viewing the project from a-z. Portfolio is for showcasing your work.
Think about the best ways of doing it. Or simply check out the websites
below.
Single page
Your portfolio doesn’t have to contain information about your credit
line or political views (of course, it might be so). So a lot of
portfolios in this article are built-in single page where navigation is
powered by some type of accordion. Simple, easily browsable and
efficient. You and your work. Still remember when people tried doing
these things with flash.
Typography
Finally when browsers (sorry IE) more or less support CSS3 it’s time
for those crazy developers to shine. Huge headlines, beautiful fonts and
catchy slogans. Be creative and present yourself.
Minimalism
It all comes together. You can find only dark schemed websites in the
list (dark doesn’t exclude minimalism). Whitespace is still trendy, I
guess. Simple, clean, with clear message presented in beautiful type.
That’s how designer portfolios look at the moment.
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