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38 Impressive Graphic Designer Portfolios – Wanna have an Ideal Portfolio??

Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009

To succeed in the world of Graphic Design, always exhibit you creativity skills in a tempting and presentable manner. If you are a fresh graduate and looking for a job as a graphic designer, the first tip to success is to create a “smashing portfolio” Here I would suggest that it’s better to have an online portfolio, for various reasons. An updated website portfolio is an ideal option for freelance graphic designers.

As there is an old cliché “A picture is worth thousand words” and nothing better than an impressive portfolio can promote you as a brand. Without proper web presence, no one is ever going to know about the hidden potential inside you.

5 Must Ingredients for a Perfect Portfolio:

It’s always GDB’s top priority to bring helpful tips and resources for aspiring Graphic Designers. Therefore, before you start getting inspired with “38 Impressive Designer Portfolios” from net, I would like you all to know “5 must-have” features of an ideal portfolio.

  • Logo: An exclusive portfolio helps us to promote our self as a brand, therefore it is important to have a dependable logo. First thing a visitor checks on your portfolio is a logo and it should be catchy to tempt the user to check your complete portfolio.
  • Tagline: Your tagline should well define your services and creative abilities. It should be short, snappy and summarize about your goals. Your tagline should be catchy enough, to change an ordinary user into a potential customer.
  • Services: This feature of your portfolio should be detailed and well explained. This is the feature where you get to explain your area of expertise like web design, development, video, copywriting, branding, etc.
  • Blog: We all know blog is always a casual and successful way of sharing your creative thoughts with your visitors. It helps to promote you and prevent your website from lying static. It allows people to search you on different social networks and drop comments about your portfolio.
  • About Me: To cut the long story short, a portfolio is all “About Me” Share your family background, education and interests with people. The more details you give, the better a bond of trust is created between you and your users.

Apart all these listed features, just remember that an online design portfolio should be easy to use, should be clearly sectioned and simple in design to allow your design artwork to shine.

Anyways, now without squandering any more time, let’s start with the tour… 38 examples of most exclusive portfolios have been put together here for your inspiration.
 
 
Alexarts
 
 
Greydient
 
 
Form Troopers
 
 
Digital Mash
 
 
Joe Nyaggah
 
 
Jeff Sarmiento
 
 
Serial Cut
 
 
Alastaire Allday
 
 
M1 Design
 
 
Dreamer Lines
 
 
Taufiq Ridha
 
 
Hello Monday
 
 
Emotions Live
 
 
Kulturbanause
 
 
Alex Buga
 
 
Freshivore
 
 
Jwhanif
 
 
Super Lover
 
 
LogoSam
 
 
Adaptd
 
 
Jay Hafling
 
 
Foxie
 
 
Mcjdj
 
 
magneticNorth
 
 
IE Studio
 
 
Pikaboo
 
 
Hutch House
 
 
Kevin Lucius
 
 
Bcandullo
 
 
Contrast
 
 
Gareth Dickey
 
 
Simple.Art
 
 
Gummisig
 
 
LP – Creative Designer
 
 
Colourpixel
 
 
Daniele Volpin
 
 
Cerity
 
 
Popmatik
 
 
 
Designer dudes,  don’t forget to write in, telling which of these portfolios tempted you to revamp your present portfolio and if you think yours is also creative enough to be on the list, don’t hesitate…send in your link.
 
 

  1. Philippe Gauthier On August 17th, 2009 at 11:22 am
    1

    Impressive list!! A lot of amazing work and designers!

  1. Luis Ahmed On August 17th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
    2

    impressive list, thanks for sharing

  1. Richard On August 17th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
    3

    This hasn’t been updated in a while, but here is mine:

    http://www.hanleysdesign.com

  1. ramin On August 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
    4

    so useful,thanks,

  1. Daniele Volpin On August 18th, 2009 at 4:46 am
    5

    Thanks a lot. :)

  1. Vishal Goyal On August 18th, 2009 at 5:37 am
    6

    Good Post

    Kindly visit my portfolio also….

    http://www.vishalgoyal.co.in

  1. Steffen On August 19th, 2009 at 4:32 am
    7

    Awesome! They are all great and very inspiring, thanks for sharing.

  1. Andrei Tulai On August 19th, 2009 at 9:11 am
    8

    Nice article! Very good list of designers. Saves us some work in trying to find them. :D

  1. Thom On August 20th, 2009 at 5:01 am
    9

    Nice collection!

    Here is my new one: http://www.thomaselfrink.com

  1. Yanne On August 20th, 2009 at 7:07 am
    10

    Really nice portfolios! I think I’m gonna redesign my site. For now, here it is…
    http://yanneyanen.co.cc/

  1. joyologo On August 20th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
    11

    Really nice portfolios! thanks for inspire..

  1. printedproof On August 21st, 2009 at 7:15 am
    12

    just fantastic. great work. I could spend all day looking through these portfolios.

  1. Kostandinos On August 21st, 2009 at 11:32 am
    13

    Nice mix of old and new sites… a few good ones that I haven’t seen before. :)

  1. Grata steware On August 21st, 2009 at 12:24 pm
    14

    Awesome jobs.. I feel like I have so much to learn!

  1. ignazio Lacitignola On August 21st, 2009 at 12:25 pm
    15

    Wow! very impressive portfolios!

    Do you wanna leave a feedback at mine? : )

    Grazie!

  1. Thomas On August 24th, 2009 at 9:42 am
    16

    Nice post, Stumble !

  1. Andrei studio On August 27th, 2009 at 11:23 am
    17

    Quite an impressive list of portfolios
    5 Must Ingredients for a Perfect Portfolio:
    How that have you forgeted the contact page :-? ?

  1. arenacreative.com On August 28th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
    18

    Great examples here. I mainly sell stock photos now, and have little time for graphic design freelancing. So, all I have set up for my old graphic design portfolio are some samples in a simpleviewer gallery. I guess it’s better than nothing. Feel free to check it out if you’re bored, at http://arenacreative.com

  1. olivia On August 31st, 2009 at 1:31 am
    19

    Very nice indeed. Ive got a new one myself at http://www.olivija.net
    Keep up a good work. Thanks.

  1. Roberto Blake On September 3rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
    20

    A nice collection of portfolios from talented Designers, I’m really interested in checking all of these out.

  1. ELANA RUDICK On September 14th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
    21

    Cool examples!

    I’m redesigning, but here’s my current site: http://www.designisyummy.com

  1. rhaj_n On September 23rd, 2009 at 7:53 am
    22

    nice and neat designs.

  1. Clippingimages On October 9th, 2009 at 4:46 am
    23

    Great Post … Would be a great help for every one :)

  1. babumon On October 13th, 2009 at 7:10 am
    24

    good..

  1. tyas On October 13th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
    25

    wow…gud stuff!!!!

  1. Quicky On October 15th, 2009 at 2:20 am
    26

    Nice portfolios

  1. Brad On October 17th, 2009 at 12:56 am
    27

    Some great sites here. Thanks for the feature and a dose of inspiration.

    B

  1. Patrick O'Donoghue On November 29th, 2009 at 10:43 am
    28

    A great collection. And well presented here.

    For anyone who just can’t get enough of these fantastic sites, heres another

    odonodesign

  1. Ayanim Design Studios NYC On December 6th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
    29

    Great job. take a look at mine and let me know what you think?

  1. Jose On December 16th, 2009 at 6:33 am
    30

    Great sites!
    I’m working on my portfolio, I would like to criticize to improve.

    http://www.joseacreative.com/

  1. maureen On December 23rd, 2009 at 4:27 am
    31

    Gud stuff. Very inspiring…

  1. jenny On January 15th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
    32

    I’m sorry, but that Daniele Volpin guy is just creepy.

  1. Simon On February 3rd, 2010 at 5:41 am
    33

    Ahah, you forgot mine !!

    http://www.freshfisheveryday.com

    Cheers !!

  1. dene mchuda On February 4th, 2010 at 4:10 am
    34

    there are some great designers out there!

  1. randu On February 8th, 2010 at 2:44 am
    35

    I love it!

  1. Attitude Graphic Design On February 19th, 2010 at 9:51 am
    36

    Hi – great post. We have one to add:

    http://www.attitudedesign.co.uk
    *unashamed promotion of our own wears ;-) !

  1. mohsina On February 22nd, 2010 at 8:37 am
    37

    nice…………

  1. Large Format Print Expert On March 9th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
    38

    These are great, especially the foxie one.
    Thanks for the tips!

  1. simon c On March 15th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
    39

    I see nice portfolio : http://grafiki.info

  1. narendra Kumar Nainiwal On March 23rd, 2010 at 1:15 am
    40

    The portfolios are realy nice…I liked them a lot.

  1. DelightfulGoodness On March 25th, 2010 at 5:57 am
    41

    Wicked list yo. Plenty of inspiration to be found here!

  1. Sonam Surana On April 8th, 2010 at 7:01 am
    42

    oh….When i will make this kind of Portfolio..damn fantastic. “One day I will also get listed among these Great Designers”

  1. Faraz Khan On April 12th, 2010 at 8:25 am
    43

    The portfolios are realy nice…I liked them a lot.Gud stuff. Very inspiring…

  1. dijappe On April 12th, 2010 at 8:25 am
    44

    Hi, iam just an highschool student that tryin to do stuff like those above :D
    i just wanna say: they are all soo awesome! *i hope i could be as good as them someday xD

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  1. Brad On April 26th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
    46

    Thanks for the feature.

  1. mabel islas morris On April 29th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
    47

    i will like to hire a good graphic designer to build marketing campaings about transportation. we can work online. please send me your resume to mimrodriguez@grupoado.com.mx

  1. Mladen Gutovic On May 10th, 2010 at 12:00 am
    48

    Great stuff. Heaps of ideas for everyone.. im about to do a design course myself, so thanks for the inspiration!

  1. Wade On May 14th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
    49

    Overall. I’d say er okay.

  1. Sophiee. On July 10th, 2010 at 8:36 am
    52

    I for one, am very impressed and do realise how much effort and skill it takes to come up with such grand designs. A lot of talent and work has gone into these designs!!

    Good work!

  1. salome On August 3rd, 2010 at 7:00 am
    53

    I want to become graphic designer too, but when I saw the entire list I think I give up. I’m a same now with my portfolio.
    Amazing ! Portfolios :)
    Great Stuff.

  1. logo design On August 5th, 2010 at 8:55 am
    54

    I really liked formtroopers and the digital mash concepts.

    The alexarts balloon concept also stands apart.

  1. Web Design Portfolio On August 10th, 2010 at 5:53 am
    55

    these are great!

  1. satish patel On August 25th, 2010 at 2:26 am
    57

    nice design.

  1. Omar Diaz On August 31st, 2010 at 9:54 pm
    58

    There ara few website Portfolios out of business.

  1. Attitude Graphic Design On September 12th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
    59

    Thanks for sharing! Great list every one is inspiring,,,,

  1. Gee On September 14th, 2010 at 9:52 am
    60

    Awesome creativity. Thanks for sharing.

  1. Johnnyboy On September 20th, 2010 at 12:46 am
    61

    You guys and gals rock your work is impecable and thorough, very impressed!!!

  1. Ces On October 4th, 2010 at 9:54 am
    62

    Thanx for this, i’ve been looking for a boost, its really hard to get started as an amateur GD, .This is great in showing how good design should look :0) .

  1. Steve Williams On October 8th, 2010 at 5:31 am
    63

    Brilliant set of designs – given me some great ideas.

    I stumbled across http://andykinsey.co.uk the other morning on the recommendation of a friend – I really like his design work, both on that site and the clients he lists

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    64

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  1. NTESANG VICTOR MOREWAPELO On October 11th, 2010 at 8:40 am
    65

    I AM A GRAPHIC DESIGNER WITH ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND CAN SEE VERY GOOD DESIGNS AND WANT TO FIND MY WORK AS GOOD AS YOURS OR BETTER

  1. Mandy On October 12th, 2010 at 11:07 am
    66

    Maybe one day I can be as good or better than the artist above. Until then I bow to them and their work.

  1. Nandlaal On November 3rd, 2010 at 6:48 am
    67

    Good Work !!!!

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  1. Adham Dannaway On November 16th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
    69

    Wow, some great designs here. I still like the old Digital Mash site. That’s a classic. :-)

  1. Zeth On November 22nd, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    70

    Haha!! I laughed out loud when I say the design called Foxie – that’s amazing! It takes a while loading, though. Would it set the loading-time down to put all those images into one document and make it all sprites?

    Good blog!

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  1. david On February 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 am
    72

    there portfolios are great, i gotta get mine made, do you have to have your own domain or does it matter? i dont wanna pay for hosting right now

  1. Photography website On February 16th, 2011 at 9:24 am
    73

    Beautiful portfolios presented.Thanks for sharing

  1. hoda On March 24th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
    74

    omg i really want to be like you . your work is adorable . Love it

  1. suresh soni On April 13th, 2011 at 8:20 am
    75

    good combination and awesome design portfolio, i like above and want to become a professional designer like these.

  1. faten Riachy On May 2nd, 2011 at 5:17 am
    76

    Wonderful creative portfolios and projects. What a talented designers !

  1. Gerardo Arias On May 12th, 2011 at 5:47 am
    77

    http://oswaldoarias.com/

    regards! guys!

  1. Omar Ghuzlan On May 18th, 2011 at 7:36 am
    78

    Really impressive, and really great source .. i like it.

  1. Katrina On June 1st, 2011 at 11:15 pm
    79

    nice selection :)

  1. Umi On June 9th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
    80

    Im really a lot of things needed to learn…. Thanks for sharing this!

  1. PRASANTH On June 17th, 2011 at 3:08 am
    81

    PORTFOLIOS R REALLY AWESOME……..ONE DAY I TOO WILL MAKE MYSELF A PORTOLIO FOR ME….

    HMMM

  1. Emily Genevish On June 21st, 2011 at 12:54 pm
    82

    Here’s mine – Just redesigned the portfolio pages~

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  1. learnarabic On July 20th, 2011 at 4:54 pm
    84

    cool designs !
    http://www.studyarabic.eu
    learning.arabic@live.com

  1. Tariq Aziz On July 26th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
    85

    I’m graphic designer/Artist too. very glad to see really impressive, creative and really great graphic work .. i like it…nice job man…keep it up.

  1. Clipping Path On October 2nd, 2011 at 11:54 pm
    86

    A great collection of mind blowing portfolios. I already shared it with my friends at facebook. Like to see more recently. Thanks for sharing.

  1. Jennifer On October 4th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
    87

    I love that you’ve included Serial Cut on here – I used to work for a magazine that did an interview with him (the owner) and he’s so cool! Their whole studio is just amazing. Awesome!

  1. Matthew On October 17th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
    88

    Great selection!
    I would offer to add to this selection http://www.moontroops.com we just discussed that it’s really inspiring portfolio.

  1. priyanka On October 20th, 2011 at 2:54 am
    89

    hii!! very nice stuff.. useful for fresh designer …. :)

  1. MsVeronicaLeon On November 9th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
    90

    Truly inspiring! I’m getting ideas to build my own.

  1. dhanesh mane On January 6th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
    91

    checkout mine at http://www.dhaneshmane,.com. Its not that beautiful but I am going to redesign it.

  1. Web Design Huddersfield On January 22nd, 2012 at 6:13 am
    92

    Thanks for sharing, some of them are really cool designs.

  1. Brianne Rankosky On February 6th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
    93

    I love looking at everyone’s portfolios! I j ust finished mine! it’s: http://bredesigns.com
    Thanks!

  1. Vanguard Printing LLC On February 10th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
    94

    Very cool portfolios. Thank you for posting!

  1. J Seven On February 23rd, 2012 at 10:19 am
    95

    Presentation, presentation, presentation is what I always say—these examples get it.
    Very nice, thank you!

  1. Djerro On March 23rd, 2012 at 3:58 am
    96

    Really cool and inspirational. Please also check my portfolio on http://www.vybez.nl. Let me know what you think.

  1. Expert Web World On March 26th, 2012 at 3:40 am
    97

    nice design ! I’m getting ideas to build my own.

  1. Sophie Fairbank On April 13th, 2012 at 4:59 pm
    98

    Oustanding designs!! :)

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    100

    There is a lot to think about when deciding which website or graphics design business to deal with if you want a business logo. I for one have been down this path and picked Rouge Media, and I suggest they might be worth a look?

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  1. Pamela On November 21st, 2012 at 12:16 am
    102

    I was trying to decide which one I like best, clearly see these are all very good.

  1. Anand Rk On April 19th, 2013 at 2:20 am
    103

    Oustanding designs!!
    Thanks for sharing

  1. Corinne Guilmain On April 22nd, 2013 at 2:43 pm
    104

    Wow, I am impressed! I wonder if I’ll ever be able to compete! These designs are awesome! My website is under construction and I can’t wait to get it online. I see so many possibilities! I’m foaming at the bit and stomping the earth. Let’s go!

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