Today I have been busy setting up my artists portfolio online. I intend on creating a hard copy of my portfolio but I have always thought that an online blog serves to be the most functional.
An online portfolio increasingly more accessible as it enables an artist to share their work with a multitude of people quickly an easily. Future employers and/or commissioners are able to access the internet to view a portfolio upon recommendation without having to spend unnecessary time. Good accessibility and time saving may mean the different between a portfolio being viewed or not.
Further more I believe this cost effective method of self promotion increase the appearance of professionalism and can result in a higher quality experience for the viewer in contrast to a hard copy portfolio.
I have decided to use Wix Website Editor to create my website as the templates provided were easy to navigate around and work from. I enjoyed experimenting with different aspects of the program had to offer and have included interactive elements to my site which I think furthers its aesthetic appeal.
I have chosen a house style which I consider to be professional yet sleek, although there were many options to make the site pretty and colourful I think that the style I have chosen portrays a higher standard, thus reflecting my professionalism and increasing my employability.
I have ensured the font and sizing is the same throughout the site and kept the layout of my site simple and easy to navigate around.
Although my layout is simple I have opted for a fun, modern approach- for example the images of my work appear in a diamond shape which when clicked will enlarge to provide the whole image alongside details.
Another positive aspect to an online portfolio is if I chose to developed he site in the future I am able to add a function which allows viewers to purchase artwork online. This could be helpful in my future artistic career.
I am able to design the portfolio for both computer and devices such as iPhone and iPad again increasing the accessibility of my portfolio. I have still got to upload the images of my work and have not published the site yet as the template images are in place of my work but the video included gives an example of what the site will look like when completed. At the moment the site does not have a unique domain name, this is something that I am able to change in the future if I desire however at the moment I am happy the way it is.
