Portfolio website examples

A small website that shows your best work, says who you are and makes it easy to get in touch. Unlike a social media profile, you choose what's on it, in what order, and how it looks, and it lives at an address you can put on a business card.

The work is on the first screen, it shows a selection rather than everything, images are large and sharp, every piece has a title, it works well on a phone and there's a contact link on every page. Design matters far less than editing.

Usually 10 to 20 strong pieces, or a few series of them. Visitors judge you by the weakest thing they see, so a shorter portfolio of excellent work beats a long one of mixed quality.

No, some applications ask for a PDF and interviews may want prints. But a website is the one people can find and share without asking you, and it's easy to keep up to date. Most artists use a website and send a PDF when an application asks for one; Semirare makes that PDF from the same works.

Somewhere built for showing visual work, that lets you use your own domain and lets you take your files with you if you leave. A general website builder works too, but you'll spend more time on layout and less on the work.