25 Design Portfolios that will Melt Your Face Off!
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- Koocha: Thanks for that. Also, feel free to browse my new site http://koocha.com with lots of design stuff collected from Internet
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June 3rd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Nice list, loooove the kiss me I’m polish site. New site design is look muy cool!
June 4th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Great Article!
You could even make it better by makeing the images clickabel.
Links between images are always confusing: is the link corresponding to the upper or lower image?
Maybe a horizontal line would help separating them.
June 4th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Does any designer NOT use that MacBookPro template for displaying portfolio pieces these days? A number of the listed portfolios above are using it. I’m so tired of seeing that everywhere — well, for that matter I get tired of seeing any usage of a laptop or computer template to show a portfolio piece. Despite that, these portfolios do contain a number of creative works.
June 4th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Holy smokes. Thanks for the inclusion, quite the honor. Definitely a lot of inspirational/talented designers on this list!
June 4th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Very very nice Collection! Impressed !
June 4th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
@Mig
No problem, it is always good to help out another Chicago designer. Plus you do some kick ass work.
@Paul
I think it is because it is a much more dynamic way to present web comps. The flat screen grab just isn’t too interesting, but then again once it gets too over used it becomes uninteresting as well.
June 5th, 2009 at 7:05 am
And the winner of the “Most idiotic blog post title EVER” goes to… yep, this post.
June 5th, 2009 at 7:17 am
This is the most stupid blog post title I think I have ever seen.
Congratulations.
Ah - caleb - just noticed I’m not the only one who thinks that…
June 5th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Thanks for including my work! Very nice list, all wonderful designers.
June 7th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
@Caleb & Daniel — the post title was supposed to be sarcastic, but my sarcasm often fails in blog article form. I have yet to figure that one out…
June 7th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Dude, if your face has been melted by these, then you need to get off teh internets and see what professional graphic designers do all day long. I think you’ve been looking at too many CSS “design” or photoshop galleries that you’ve forgotten (or never knew) that good design has existed for quite a while now. And well, SOME of these could be classified as that. The rest are just passable.
June 8th, 2009 at 8:06 am
@goobernutz: Zinni’s title was sarcastic/exaggerated, and he specified that the post contained portfolio websites - not other forms of graphics media - that caught his attention in the last 6 weeks. It’s not a “best in the whole freaking world omfg!!1!” post.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Oh wow! These are very impressive! I am going to bookmark this page to inspire me for future projects!
June 19th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
This is a great list… it did not melt my face off, but it was pretty inspirational. Someone said something about a Mac book template.
I am really encouraging people not to use templates from other designers. Be yourself first especially with portfolios. I am finding that employers are getting bored with cookie cutter and going with those who make a unique statement.
A lot of these people come from the NOW kind of designers, rather than those who were designing for fun before 2000 who learned all the different tricks that are no longer valid coding today.
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Site suggestion for your site logo design: Is the logo done like that on purpose? I like the colors used, but the typography could be done different, or perhaps something more legible.
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RT-ing article on Twitter.
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:12 am
Great collection…
Keep up the great work!
Ovi Dogar
AbsoluteCovers.com
June 30th, 2009 at 3:41 am
Superb collection and nicely posted. Images can done in different designs because of same size images, not special!
July 4th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Well… What I am gonna do now that my face has totally melted?
July 7th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Great collection of designs!
July 9th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Great designs
Amy
July 15th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
excellent collection…really inspiring
July 17th, 2009 at 3:24 am
looks excellent listing there for better inspiration.
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:06 am
Good work. Thanks for sharing this nice collection.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I dit not get the same out of the articel, but i still like it:)
August 14th, 2009 at 3:44 am
very nice wordpress block, i gust love the design.
August 16th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
it’s a nice experiene