Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Online Portfolio Sites

I got a question recently about good portfolio sites. Anyone have any experiences to share? I am on http://www.childrensillustrators.com/ and http://picture-book.com/. I until recently was on  http://www.theispot.com/ but did not renew this year since the decline of the editorial market seems to have affected the traffic to the site and the calls I got did not seem to justify the expense.

Of course all the source books have online components as well these days.

I know there are a lot of free portfolio sites as well. I use Coroflot. What do other people use and what is their experience?  (Like Deviant Art, Carbon Made, etc.)

4 comments:

  1. I have my portfolio on Carbonmade. I like it because of the simple design and the thumbnail layout and the Carbonmade logo is just a small thing in the corner. I use this cuz I can't any ones where you have to apy, so it's really great for something free.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Interesting Missy, do you have a link to your portfolio on the site? I have heard good things about the site.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Christina, how do you use your Etsy site? Does it attract customers, or do you direct them there from your personal site and your portfolio sites?

    ReplyDelete
  4. I have gotten sales but I am ashamed to admit I have not done as much with it as I should. It is a great and inexpensive way to sell your work.

    ReplyDelete