Portfolio research

Today we started researching portfolio's online and I found a good website (http://carbonmade.com) where you can see loads of online portfolio's. I found some really good examples of good and bad portfolio's, most had a white background with clearly labelled buttons for different sections of their work like this http://aitch.carbonmade.com/, this gives your portfolio a nice professional look while also making the page easy to navigate, you can also see a consistent style throughout their portfolio although they have also showcased their various skills, also they have contact information so if your interested you can get in contact.Another good point of this portfolio is the fact they have their own logo in the top left which acts like a home button as well. An example of a bad portfolio comes from http://julldiaz.carbonmade.com, the dark background really doesn't work and the way the one section is in the upper left corner emphasizes the fact that there's only one. It also looks like the artist was too lazy to make any more, a simple thing like having it centred would make the whole think look better as it would look like it belonged there on it's own. Also the about me section is all in Mexican which isn't helpful to any foreign potential employers, also she only has one image in her gallery which isn't very inspiring as you have no idea how she draws other things. The best blog I found was http://cakeandkingdom.carbonmade.com/, a very cool looking portfolio where he doesn't just add a caption to an existing image for his buttons, the text is made part of the art which really draws attention to him and makes his page stand out, even his logo for the homepage is in his artstyle and it stands out a lot. Also his info area has his real name and some background info on him as well as his contact info ect. which helps give his portfolio life and a realistic feel as instead of just a bunch of images on a webpage it's the work of this one guy with a quirky art-style and personality.