I know that one of the most important things you can do for yourself as a professional artist is build a stand-alone portfolio site. Your artist portfolio site is the last true location you can have absolute creative control over what goes up, stays up, and how it’s presented.
But there’s a lot of questions regarding the professional artist portfolio sphere. How can you have something that’s easy to maintain, looks beautiful, helps your art rather than hinders it, is responsive on all device screen sizes, and can help you be found by searchers but not by AI crawlers?
How I Build Your Art Portfolio
As a professional artist and also freelance web designer/developer, I’m right there with you. I have my own portfolio site that I frequently update and experiment with new technologies on. I’ve also created plenty of portfolio sites for others. My goal is simple: something that can do everything you want it to do (Ask me about making you a link hub page or connecting your print-on-demand services!) and that’s really easy to maintain or update. This ensures that you don’t need to always pay someone else to update your artist portfolio website and puts the power into your hands.
I know every dollar counts when you’re an artist, and that’s why I work on building portfolio sites you can take with you. Using self-hosted WordPress, you can ensure that your hosting bill is as cheap as it can possibly be. It also means if you don’t like your hoster, you can pick up your artist portfolio site and move it anywhere you want!
Why WordPress?
As an artist, it’s difficult constantly battling against people trying to take the little money you do earn through fees, and being seen by even the audience you have worked hard to earn on your own. A self-hosted WordPress installation allows you the maximum amount of customization possible, meaning the only barrier becomes yourself. A lot better than relying on Squarespace or Wix to implement special SEO tools, AI crawler blocking scripts, or otherwise. If you can dream it, chances are there’s already a (free!) plugin available for it. Over 42% of the websites on the internet can’t be wrong, can they?
How I Manage Your Art Portfolio
Maybe you have an art portfolio site already, but you just don’t know where to start when it comes to updating it. Maybe you don’t know how to update it at all! That’s where I can help. I can take the pressure off of you as a single-handed marketing agency (because, let’s be honest, that’s what we are as artists) and offer you some help. Tell me what you need, and let’s work together! I can do hands-on work with your artist portfolio website (“Aimee, can you update this for me?”), or offer you help when you get stuck (“Aimee, how do I connect my RSS feed to Mailchimp?”) – the sky’s the limit! I don’t just manage WordPress sites either; I can help you with your Square, Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, or other platformed website.
How It Works
I’m just like anyone else working on hourly projects – let me know what you need, and I can give you an estimate of how long it will take to do. For larger projects, I will request a deposit, but you’ll pay per hour on work conducted. After work is completed, you pay, and that’s it! No contractual obligation for extended periods of time. I’m here when you need me.
Artist Portfolio Sites I’ve Made
With almost ten years experience working professionally building websites and marketing them (and even more prior to that as a hobbyist web developer!) your portfolio is in the right hands. This is just a small sampling of some artist portfolio sites I’ve built in the past. My goal is to build you a portfolio site that’s as unique as your artwork – not just some template you can get anywhere. Let’s work together to build a beautiful home for your artwork that you’ll love.
My Experience Makes All The Difference
Finding someone that will take your money and build you a portfolio site is easy enough. Just about anyone will do it. However, someone who isn’t an artist themselves isn’t familiar with the difficulties we artists face daily regarding our artwork and our portfolios. Existing and selling my own illustrative services in this market helps me make great decisions user experience and design-wise for others looking to have a modern and responsive artist portfolio made for them. Don’t just take it from me, though. Read what these other artists have to say:
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