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10 Inspiring Portfolio Websites

Maryam Taheri Last updated: March 26, 2024 · 3 min read

Every designer needs to market themselves, and today we are showing you a few designers who do an exceptional job showcasing their work. What makes these designer portfolios stand out is their incredible ability to show off their awesome skills and present their work in a fun and engaging way.

Illustrator and Designer Abby Putinski

Abby shows off what she can really do with illustrations on her personal website. She uses her incredible talent to show her creative hub in San Francisco, takes you on a tour of her portfolio (which you can download) and provides her resume for your viewing pleasure.

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Art & Creative Director Jane Finnesand

Jane’s site is an easy to use and beautifully designed portfolio that incorporates and ‘about me’ section along with her various projects and meaningful quotes and ideas. I’m completely addicted to the color scheme, along with the interactive design of the site.

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Designer Risa Rodil

Risa’s website is absolutely incredible, not only did she design it herself (obviously), but it’s just so incredible! Her site shows off the crazy, creative work she is possible of and highlights her illustration and other design skills. Way to put your best foot forward Risa!

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CG Artist Gustavo Groppo

Gustavo does an incredible job on his portfolio site that allows people to interact with his creations including viewing the his creations at different stages of the design process. It’s an incredible portfolio that gives you a real look into the creations of Gustavo.

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Rype Arts

Rype Arts

has what looks like a pretty simple website, but it is done incredibly well and beautifully. The chose their colors beautifully, incorporated handdrawn illustrations into their web design, and did an overall fantastic job of making their site look sleek and appealing.

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Ryan Weaver

Ryan

showcases his awesome designs beautifully in this sleek and simple theme with parallax scrolling to let you seamlessly browse his work.

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Jon Contino

What I love about Jon’s portfolio design is that it’s so simple and easy to look at all of the wonder things he’s created.

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Jonathan Ogden

Yet another brilliant example of simplicity at its best, Jonathan Odgen shows of his incredible designs in the easiest digestible manner.

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Simon C Page

Simon’s Tumblr is an incredible showcase of his creative work, and is one of the best portfolio’s I’ve seen. He does a great job showing off his latest works, and makes me fall in love with color every day.

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Jen Stark

Jen Stark

has an eye for the bold and the colorful. She does a great job simply displaying all of her work on her site, CV, and places to buy and find her work.

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I'm a recent graduate of the University of San Francisco with a degree in Biology and a passion for the creative arts. I love building websites, trying new things, and I have a passion for social media.

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13 Comments
  • These are very inspiring! I think Abby Putinski's is great- I love the simple graphics and muted colors. Thanks for sharing! 12 years ago
  • Great samples for inspiring, thanks for sharing.. 12 years ago
  • Awesome set of portfolios, especially love Rype Arts and Ryan Weaver, I'm drawn to that style. 12 years ago
  • I really appreciate your efforts and I will be waiting for your further write ups thanks once again. 12 years ago
  • Ryan's websites were always great source of inspiration & knowledge for me. So frrresh websites combination! 12 years ago
  • Excellent post, I enjoyed looking at all of them : ) 12 years ago
  • I'm reporting Rick Mullenix for that pun. Very offensive. Puns. 12 years ago
  • Great. Thanks 12 years ago
  • Really nice. There are some good examples which can be helpful as reference while thinking about designing new site. 11 years ago
  • Jon Contino´s portfolio is amazing! Check this one too: http://diorama-studio.com 11 years ago
  • I can only hope to be good like this:) please feel free to check out my page let me know what you think. Https:Facebook.com/profile.php?=318504654886057 10 years ago
  • Oops wrong link this is the right one. HTTPS:www.facebook.com/pages/concepcions-illustrations/318504654886057 thank you 10 years ago
  • Thanks for the great article! 10 years ago