Portfolio Websites We Love

Portfolio Sites We Love

In our recent article, “How Do I Land a Creative Job,” we emphasized how crucial it is to have a well-rounded portfolio when putting yourself out there. Think of it like a personal gallery for your creative projects: your very own home base where visitors (ie. potential clients, employers, colleagues, etc.) can learn more about you and explore the best you have to offer.

And hey, your portfolio doesn’t have to be “perfect” (News flash: there’s no such thing!). As you grow and evolve in your creative practice, so will your portfolio! And portfolios don’t necessarily have to be websites. They can be PDFs, social media pages, blogs, and even printed books — whatever feels achievable and aligned for you at this point in time is amazing.

Buuut, that doesn’t mean that it wouldn’t be extra dope to have a job-ready portfolio to help tell your story as a hireable creative! Some advantages to having a portfolio on a web platform include (and aren’t limited to):

➀ Providing an immersive visual experience (hosting high-quality photos, videos, gifs, etc.)
  
➁ Increasing the accessibility and shareability of your work via the Internet
  
➂ The ability to optimize search engines to boost your visibility (SEO, baby)
  
➃ Establishing a cohesive personal brand  
    
➄ Neat presentation of links and contact forms (makin’ it super easy for people to book your services)

So, if you’re thinking about doing a portfolio refresh soon or are in the early stages of building your very first digital home, we’ve got just the curated inspo for ya. In this round-up, we’re featuring 10 strong portfolio websites that will definitely get your lightbulbs going. Each site serves the needs and visual brand of the respective creatives. As you browse the sites and read why we love them, make note of the aesthetic experience you’re hoping to create in your own portfolio 📝

Creme Della Creme Design

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The website for Creme Della Creme Design is oh, so sweet. Drawing you in with flyby graphics and a cozy color scheme, this site is intentional with an aesthetic layout and includes an accessibility widget via User Way, allowing visitors to adapt the page to their needs (adjusting contrast, highlighting links, pausing animations, increasing text size and spacing, etc.).

P.S. This page was featured as one our Site of the Week Internet Gems! To access more web inspo curated by our team, take a look here.

Reyna Dashefsky

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Infused with fun, personable touches, Reyna Dashefsky’s portfolio offers a refreshing user experience that befriends a cool-tone red. With all the web content accessible via one vertical scroll, this site sports a neat aesthetic that highlights Reyna’s creative talents and services in a streamlined manner.

Platform: Squarespace

Hello-World Studio

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Hello-World is a web design studio created by our very own Squarespace Design Course students Reyna Dashefsky (featured above!) and Joy Yiu. Branded to capture the playfulness of the universe, this interactive site demonstrates impactful storytelling and is pure cosmic joy 🪐

If you’re interested in learning how to create custom Squarespace sites for yourself aaand for future clients, our Squarespace Design Course is open for enrollment! Not only do we teach the technical skills for creative coding and web design, but we also prepare our students for freelancing success upon course completion. Get the full curriculum here.

Designed and Developed by Reyna Dashefsky and Joy Yiu
Squarespace Design Course Graduates 🏆

Platform: Squarespace

Hold On Please Studio

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We absolutely love how Hold On Please Studio showcases its vibrant visual work in an animated horizontal scroll! Opting for a lively font and fuschia accent color, this portfolio is designed to be remembered.

Darna Ivanova

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3D and CG Artist Darina Ivanova’s portfolio embraces simple yet engaging animation in the finishing touches. Spotlighting beautiful renders in neat collages of imagery, this website is both design-forward and digestible.

Plarform: Webflow

Sophia Schrank

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Originally created by our design studio for photographer Sophia Schrank, this Squarespace site is available for purchase as a template here. Crafted with open-source fonts and a modern, editorial vision in mind, this template can be easily customized for all creatives looking to give their visual work a timeless digital home. Psst. We have more Squarespace templates you can browse here!

Studio Evka

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Snazzy with personality, the Studio Evka website is bubbling with bold colors, inviting illustrations, and strong, concise copy. Providing stunning summaries of client projects, Studio Evka has mastered the art of brand storytelling, making their design process crystal clear for future potential clients.

Lead Designer and Studio Evka Founder Ewa Lewfmann is a 2023 Squarespace Design Course alum! Check out the Ewa’s student story, and hear more about how the course supported her journey to learn web design as a graphic designer.

Gloria Wong

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Donning a sleek yet warm feel, visual artist Gloria Wong’s portfolio delivers on a clean web experience. Her site keeps things simple and lends the spotlight to her stunning photography work.

Plaform: Cargo

Why Why Why Tell Me Why

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Kafai Mak’s portfolio website wows you the second you enter. With an eye-catching landing page and an exciting full-screen scrolling experience, visitors get an immediately tasteful first impression of Mak’s work (and the font pairing is just too good!).

wunderweb Studio

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Oozing with friendly charm, the wunderweb Studio website is truly a gem to be referenced. Utilizing stylish sans serif fonts and appealing to trendy visual elements, the studio’s site is approachable, comprehensive (LOVE how client project highlights are detailed), and consistent in branding.

Shoutout to wunderweb Studio Founder Shelby, another Squarespace Design Course grad (our students are killing it ❤️‍🔥)!

Have a creative vision for your own portfolio but never designed a website before?

Many of our Squarespace Design Course students are also new to web design prior to starting the course! If you’re looking for a beginner-friendly digital community to learn Squarespace professionally (and creatively!), our course has the resources, accountability, and instructor support you need to build robust sites and make money from it. Enroll today here.

Need to see it to believe it? We get it — we’re visual thinkers too. Check out more work from our incredibly talented students below.

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