Her website on first impressions, is very clean, clear and organised. It is made using 'Cargo', which specialises in online portfolios, which has allowed Exley to create a professional site to display and organise her work:
When you click on one of the categories it allows you to view her illustrations up close, and then click through to see her other work in the same album:
It also has links to her other social media accounts, which help to distribute interest onto all platforms, including her Etsy shop and YouTube channel.
This website is full of beautiful moving images that are all presented in a grid, and all play in a loop:
All of the tabs are coloured to match his colour palette, so his website stays consistent throughout. All of his images are big enough to see the detail, but not too big as you can still view 2 side-by-side.
The website appears to have been created from scratch, rather than on a website building platform.
Fryer's website instantly makes a direct connection to the style of her work. The coloured, patterned background and illustrated banner all link together to give the website a really professional appearance:
Images can be viewed up close, and are also supplied with a small piece of writing, which gives them context. However the website itself doesn't function as well as it could, but it does serve its basic purpose.
Scobie's website is instantly colourful, clean and easy to navigate. The home page is full of her work, which makes it attractive and easy to get a feel of the artist's style and process:
The website allows you to click on the squares to bring the images up closer, and to read a bit about them. You can also find links to her other social media accounts in the top navigation bar. This website was also made on Cargo Collective.
His website takes a more interactive approach, as it asks you to click on each of the characters to read more about that project:
Although instantly fun and captivating, it does become a little tricky to easily find the information you're looking for. The website was created using Cargo.
Her website is beautiful in the way that it instantly draws your eye & shows you an instant idea on the work that Lee does. The clean white background add emphasis to the coloured illustrations, and the website functions perfectly, allowing you to view her projects in more detail:
I love how Corell's website perfectly reflects her style of work, as when your mouse hovers over the images on the home page, they turn red:
The style of the website is consistent throughout, easy to navigate, and it has a very professional feel to it. The website was designed by 'pensandpencilsandpens'.
This website has a beautiful layout, with moving displays of work, and clear information of the artist:
Illustrations can be read about with context and information on the brief, which gives it a very personal touch.
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My Favourite Illustration Portfolio
Choosing a favourite out of the 8 illustration portfolios that I researched is very hard, as I like each one for different reasons. Perhaps if I had to choose an absolute favourite, I think that it would have to be Somang Lee's website, because it is so beautiful, simple, clean & functional. Instantly you are greeted by a bright and colourful full page illustration, which immediately gives you a feel of the artist. The backgrounds and tabs are minimalistic, yet function perfectly when navigating through the site. The fading transitions and smooth scrolling gives you a very satisfying user experience, which as a whole leaves you with a very good impression Lee's work ethic, personality and perfectionism. The website appears to have been made professionally, rather than on a website building platform, which is why I think her portfolio stands out from the rest.
However, there are so many other things about the other illustrator portfolios that I looked at that are equally as successful. For example there are 3 other websites that come in very close second place: *in no particular order*
- Lorna Scobie - The thing I love about her website is how her work is presented, and how the bright colours that she uses in her work are carried throughout the site. Also she gives you more in depth information about each piece when it is clicked on, which is very informative and useful. The images are all excellent quality and well presented, so the details of her work can be appreciated. All of her social media outlets are also linked on the site, which allows for her to spread the following of people across all platforms. This website was made using Cargo Collective.
- Gemma Corell - The thing that stood out to me was her 'mouse responsive' front page, which was really effective & also echoed the theme of her work. I do think her site is also successful in the way that it is jam packed with loads of information about her, and her practice. Although her site was made professionally, I think the way that her work itself is presented is less successful than the ones made on Cargo. I feel like the images could have been presented bigger, and perhaps with some more context.
- Sandra Dieckmann - Her site has a really personal feel to it, as you are instantly greeted with a picture of the artist, adorned with text about her, and her work. Dieckmann's illustrations are on a slide bar on the top, which automatically plays on loop, allowing for viewers to preview some of her work while browsing her site. Although I think some of the pages are a bit unfinished, I would argue that it is maybe more successful than Gemma Corell's, as her illustrations can be viewed up close, and are written about in full. I also love her different tabs which categorise the nature of her work, which also link to her other social media accounts. This site looks like it was also made professionally.
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