So I have been fairly caught up on making my very own web site to showcase my work for the previous few months now. And I really feel like I am lastly at a spot the place I’ve sufficient content material to make it occur.
Nonetheless, Im fairly confused on the entire idea of creating the web site. I’ve seen a great deal of individuals say that your graphic design portfolio web site should not be some bizarre template, and that try to be the one designing it (which I completely agree with. If you happen to’re a designer, try to be designing your individual stuff proper?). How do I really go about doing this although? There is a thousand web sites on the market that may provide me the liberty of choosing from a wide range of templates. Whereas however, I have been wanting into what it takes to develop your individual web site, and I’ve to say that my zero data in coding makes the entire concept fairly intimidating.
General, Im simply fairly confused about the entire course of. So I might actually respect it if somebody may give me some perception on this topic. What are my subsequent steps? If you happen to had been to advocate an internet site/program for designing and publishing an expert graphic design portfolio, what would it not be? Possibly I sound dumb and there is an apparent reply…. however idk lol the entire thing is new to me. Recognize any suggestions prematurely!!!
Eh WordPress, can buy a theme on theme forest you like.
Portfolio site itself is a vehicle to document your work… How you display the projects themselves will shape the website, the assets you use, the type of mockups you use, explanations and context you give etc
But in all fairness, I would guess 70%+ of all portfolios are pretty much built around the same formula and website structure
Plan it out with pen and paper, the projects you want to show, wireframe out the pages, you want a big header image, then text, then 2 images, then text, then a Mac mockup to show homepage then whatever, whatever, whatever
Wireframe and plan it all out, asset gather and look for the mockups you want, anything styles etc… I can say from an interviewers perspective, seeing the same, standard and typical mockups in everyone’s portfolio gets old real quick yano.
So for me, it’s all about the assets you use to display your work, not necessarily about the website itself
Don’t worry about doing any coding unless you’re trying to get a job coding. Even with basic templates from WordPress, you still have a lot of control over the design of the site itself, but that doesn’t matter nearly as much as the work that you put on there.
Quick thank you to everyone who replied, there’s too many great answers so Ill just say it here and hope u see it lol. Ill check out some of the websites u guys mentioned, it’s definitely unrealistic to learn coding just to make one website. Thanks for the help everyone
There are loads of portfolio websites which you can try. Some of them are Cargo Collective, ReadyMag, Squarespace, Wix, WordPress etc. And most of them give you a lot of customisations so i think the best bet would be to choose the one that works for you and curate your work.
I don’t know anyone who’s designed – as in, custom-coded from scratch – their design portfolio. Every single person I know, from student to beginner to pro – uses some off-the-shelf solution.
Most common are a WordPress site, Adobe Portfolio, or Wix or Squarespace for the lower budget options. You download themes and templates and customize them. Don’t overthink this part – the work itself and how you present it needs to be the focus.
Different take: If you aren’t a web designer, hire a web designer (and stay out of their way).
It’s a totally different discipline than other forms of visual design, and if you’re trained in other forms, focus on creating samples of those as content for your site, and let a web designer handle actually building/designing the site.
No one in this sub would tell an accountant in need of a logo to design it themselves. If you’re only desire to learn web design is to design your own site, don’t do it.