If I were to create a website, I would create a well functioning and independent art portfolio. As an artist a digital portfolio is a necessity for getting my work out there, and is ussually required by an employer to see your skill level in consideration for future assignments. If I were to create an online art portfolio I would put different variations of my best work, showing how I'm versatile in different types of work from photography to painting, as well as work that I feel best represents me. I think that having a digital portfolio would be a good investment if I could make one successfully that in a site itself would display my knowledge in design.

         Some examples of online portfolios are Marisapassos.com, Kenart.net, and Raingate.net. 

       Marisapassos.com shows the author, Marisa Passos has a masters in Graphic Design from the University of Porto, and has experience in all adobe programs, as well as Sony Vegas Pro, Cinema 4D studio, and Dreamweaver. The site is organized well through a sidebar that links to all parts of her site, from her actual gallery to her accolades and services. The design is also amazing as when you first link tom the site you get a awesome looking moving graphic of a purple could falling from the top, which shows both Marisa's ability as a web designer for how she was able to program this, and as an artist for how aesthetically it looks great.

     Kenart.net is a portfolio that shows that Ken Wong, the artist is an Australian digital artist and designer who is actually in the field, having been the art director for the game Alice:Madness Returns, which is a critically acclaimed game, and his being featured in different animation and computer gaming fests and conventions. The site itself is simple when you first get into it, but by clicking the different images and links shows more of his work in the different fields he's worked on. Organization wise, it could be better, and the design is less stellar than I would have hoped. But his work itself is what makes the site as he is a very good artist.

   Raingate.net is a portfolio that shows the work of Michelle Hoefener, who has a bachelors or Fine Arts in Game Art and Design from The Illinois Institute of Art, has worked as a concept artist for Midway Amusement Games, and as a graphic artist for Custom Screen Printing & Embroidery, aside from her freelance works for different clients. She is a very popular artist also on DeviantArt, where she's won two Daily Deviation Awards and has been features in "Invite Exotique 3 by Ballistic Publishing. The site itself is simple and easy to maneuver, and the design features her own work even int he background which is a plus.

    From seeing these other websites from these artists, some of the things that I really liked were some of the features in designs, such as moving graphics, and the backgrounds chosen; most of them are easy to get around, and the work featured in all of them art very nice. I also like how all of the artist make sure to tell how they are experienced in the art fields, and it was cool to learn that one of them was a part of a game that I really enjoyed. What I would do differently is make sure not to put too many things on one page like these artists have a habit of doing, but also keeping the deisgns engaging for the viewer.