Irish Website Design Ireland

New Online Portfolio Website For Kerry Illustrator Dómhnal Ó Bric

Dómhnal Ó Bric is a leading illustrator based in Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, County Kerry. Dómhnal wanted to present his stunning illustrations online with an online portfolio management website. The gallery had to be easy for Dómhnal to manage and easy for visitors to navigate. Check out Dómhnals gallery now at http://DomhnalOBric.com.

Easy To Use Gallery Features

With just a few clicks Dómhnal can create gallery albums and upload images. Each album and image can have a title and description added and this can be edited easily and at any time. No HTML or programming knowledge is required to manage the gallery, making it easy for anyone to manage.

There is also an option in the gallery to link to other pages. Dómhnal links back to a static web page that has his contact details so that publishers can contact him direct. We could just as easily linked this his Twitter account profile, LinkedIn, Facebook and so on. This link can be changed at any time via the admin control panel.

The online portfolio is built using the free open-source ”Gallery“, and set-up, customised and hosted with Starter Websites. This means clients get a highly sophisticated, tested and proven online portfolio gallery solution at the fraction of the cost of building one from scratch!

Validated Gallery

“Gallery” galleries are valid XHTML and CSS. This means it looks good in all major browsers and will continue to do so for future browsers.

Another High Value Web Package From Starter Websites

Having been and illustrator for some years I can relate to how difficult and frustrating it can be trying to get an online portfolio. Either the price is way too much, or the so called ‘easy to mange instant gallery’ really is not that easy or that instant.

This gallery website package is the sort of gallery I wanted back in the day. And it’s not just suitable for illustrators only, but for artists, photographers and models who want to be able to display and manage images online.

* * *

Are You Looking For Real Value?

What difference would having your portfolio online make to your business? Starter Websites provide high value, affordable online portfolio galleries from only €200 including a .com for 12 months and 6 months Free web hosting. You will be pleasantly surprised at just how easy it is to get your portfolio online.

Promote your portfolio online this year. Give me a call to discuss your project at Peter – 087 9767812.

.

.

.

When it comes to painting, illustration or photography or modelling galleries, you know exactly what you’re looking for. But for many creatives it can be difficult to know what to include in your gallery websites.

The three tips below will help you present your online portfolio in the best way:

1. Keep your gallery simple and uncluttered. Most artist end up opting for a mainly black or white gallery website layout. These colours help frame your images allowing them to be the main focus of the website. I recommend against gaudy colour schemes, flashing images and background looped sound effects that compete with your image for the visitor’s attention.
2. Now the second point is very important. In order for your online art gallery to be useful and successful, it must be easy for you to manage. Adding, editing or deleting images, albums and text descriptions should take only a couple of clicks.

   If your gallery is too complex to use, you will neglect to update it as often as you should. Publishers and potential clients might visit your site regularly and if the images never change they may think you couldn’t be bothered to update your work. This can have a very negative impact on you potential to get work from them. So ensure your gallery website is easy to manage and update it regularly!

3. Yep, I’ve seen it a thousand times; a gallery with beautiful artwork but it’s just a nightmare to navigate the site. Keep your artwork grouped in relevant albums and make sure it’s easy to navigate from one image to the next, and from one album to the next.

   Again, if publishers or potential customers get frustrated trying to view your portfolio gallery they will leave your website and they probably will not come back.

I hope you can see how important these three elements are for the success of your website and ultimately your chances for generating more interest in your work and more orders.

Now you know the secrets to managing a successful online portfolio website, it’s time to get your work online.

Gallery Folio provide affordable, easy to manage and easy to navigate online galleries perfect for illustrators, photographers, painters and models. To find out more check out http://GalleryFolio.com.

.

.

.