Showcasing your work is an art (pardon the pun) and in this article I am showcasing 50 of the most stunning portfolio websites out there. These designers are all class acts and well worth being hired for any type of work you may have.
If you’re a designer as well (which I’m going to assume a lot of you are), these portfolio layouts should inspire you to (re)work your portfolio layout. We’d love to know what you think of these portfolios, so don’t forget to let us know in the comments section which is your favorite and why. (and if you have a portfolio you’d like people to see, drop a comment and let us know)
eAnka ↓
Albert Lo ↓
Giancarlo Fajardo ↓
nYq Design Group ↓
Accent Creative ↓
No Sleep For Sheep ↓
Dreamer Lines ↓
Chris K. Jennings ↓
Electric Pulp ↓
OH! Media ↓
Fred Maya ↓
Juan Diego Velasco ↓
MetaLab ↓
PSD Layout Design ↓
Mark McGall ↓
Gummisig ↓
The Design Hippy ↓
Paul Berkey ↓
Senso Studios ↓
Clickfarm Interactive ↓
Toby Powell ↓
Two24Studios ↓
MAD Interactive Creativity ↓
Design Junction ↓
FT Designer ↓
Daniel Gutiérrez ↓
Very Creative ↓
Mike Precious ↓
Kinetic Kreations ↓
Studio 7 Designs ↓
Idealist Consulting ↓
Design Genius ↓
Kosh Creative ↓
Studio Bennett ↓
Joe Longstreet ↓
Sawyer Hollenshead ↓
Brad Colbow ↓
Spoon Graphics ↓
Anderbose ↓
Weightshift ↓
Webgrapes ↓
Rick Davidson ↓
Ximena Ruiz ↓
Twenty 3 Design ↓
I Love 2 Design ↓
Two December ↓
Tim Potter ↓
AdaptD ↓
Leigh Taylor ↓
Branded 07 ↓
Blog Theme Machine (bonus) ↓
I couldn’t let this post go without adding in my own portfolio layout :)
I did however make it a bonus item (#51) so there are still 50 other awesome portfolio layouts from some amazing designers!
Your Turn To Talk
We hope you enjoyed this post and that you found some portfolio sites you haven’t seen before! See you in the comment section! :)
Author: Mike Smith
Mike Smith writes a freelance blog on a regular basis and is also a blog designer at Guerrilla.
Alin Ivana says
June 12, 2009 at 3:33 pmWe are so glad for being mentioned in your post.
Thank you
Jerlyn says
June 12, 2009 at 4:36 pmIncredible list! I’m very inspired!
simone says
June 12, 2009 at 4:50 pmWhy there’s not mine? http://www.designmonitor.com :D
ahahah really cool and inspiring guys
John says
June 12, 2009 at 8:28 pmThanks for featuring me ;)
Josh at Cubicle Ninjas says
June 12, 2009 at 9:53 pmAmazing list!
You might enjoy our portfolio as well. :D
http://cubicleninjas.com
DS says
June 12, 2009 at 10:04 pmThanks so much for featuring us :)
All of these sites are just fantastic, very inspiring.
Zoltan Sebestyen says
June 13, 2009 at 3:57 amThank you for mentioning psdLayout.com!
Toby Powell says
June 13, 2009 at 8:42 amThanks very much for featuring me. Love your site btw
gaus surahman says
June 13, 2009 at 1:29 pmWait a mo, I am holding my breath :) Geez, how awesome you found up there. Thanks
Syd Lawrence says
June 13, 2009 at 2:37 pmThats a really great collection of sites. I am not sure about Idealist Consulting, it looks too much like some kind of web app site in my opinion.
Check out ours: http://www.marmaladeontoast.co.uk
Brett Nyquist says
June 13, 2009 at 3:02 pmThanks for giving nYq a shout out. We are honored to be included in such an amazing list. Thanks again!
Derek says
June 13, 2009 at 4:42 pm“I Love 2 Design” was a psd template from ThemeForest created by Collis Ta’eed. How did a template make the list?
jlbraaten says
June 13, 2009 at 5:11 pmI am so amazed by people like this. A person can learn SEO and internet marketing in general, but I think you have to be born with it to create sites that look like this.
Sam says
June 14, 2009 at 9:27 amBe sure to check out http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5295/visualsolutionshomepage.png
Rob says
June 14, 2009 at 11:41 amThanks so much for the mention!
frank katzer | 1klang.de internetagentur petersberg / fulda says
June 14, 2009 at 11:45 amvery nice collection. thank you!
Jason Walker says
June 14, 2009 at 1:21 pmThanks for featuring my site!
tuck says
June 14, 2009 at 3:00 pm@Derek I noticed that right away as well.
dave_krakow says
June 14, 2009 at 3:20 pmthose are beautiful. thanx for the great list.
Daniel says
June 14, 2009 at 5:35 pmI couldn’t find the stunning portfolio websites…
Si says
June 14, 2009 at 6:01 pmHey, cool post, is this blog new? It’s nice to see a list of amazing portfolio sites which acutally are that good!
PinkPetrol.com says
June 14, 2009 at 7:26 pmA bit annoying a template site got in there when there is so many great ones out there!! oh well :)
http://www.pinkpetrol.com for anyone who wants to see my site :)
Designs Genius says
June 15, 2009 at 3:45 amProud to be in your list. Thanx for the top.
gummisig says
June 15, 2009 at 9:03 amThank you so much for featuring my site, I´m incredibly flattered to be amongst these masterpieces.
Vikas says
June 15, 2009 at 10:55 amgr8 collection.
Benjamin David says
June 16, 2009 at 7:25 pmThank you !
Abounding says
June 16, 2009 at 7:51 pmThis is a terrific list, likely the best I’ve seen. There are lots of great ideas here for those of us hoping to build a great portfolio and a great way to display it. Thanks.
Chris Jennings says
June 17, 2009 at 11:44 amWow! I’m definitely honored to be a part of this list. Thank you!
Tim Potter says
June 18, 2009 at 10:02 amGreat list! Thanks for featuring my portfolio in this collection.
webmasterdubai says
June 18, 2009 at 4:53 pmnice work guys great job.
Justin says
June 19, 2009 at 9:37 amI thought my portfolio/site looked nice until I really went through some of these and I think now it’s time for an update!
desarrollo web says
June 19, 2009 at 6:26 pmExcelent article, very cool themes.
A greeting.
xime says
June 21, 2009 at 8:32 pmthank you for put my portfolio on the list !!!
Alex Abramov says
June 25, 2009 at 4:15 amThanks for great inspiring works!
Maybe it’ll be intersting for you to check my work: http://www.alexarts.ru/en
Luci says
June 25, 2009 at 11:56 amso many beautiful portfolios, so little time! so have picked my very best favourites of my favourites -Juan Diego Velasco, Giancarlo Fajardo, the Design Hippy and Ximena Ruiz -beautiful, just beautiful! I especially like the notepad style of Ruiz’s. This is a particular trend that i’m also in love with, and can’t wait to find some time to re-work my own site to have a related sort of them (though I may go with a journal scan feel).
well done!
Theresa Maynard says
June 27, 2009 at 8:56 pmNice grouping! Some were so “cluttered” that I did not know where to look, or what the main focus was. My fav’s are Daniel Gutiérrez, Branded 07, Studio Bennett, Studio 7 Designs. Nice work.
brian fidler says
June 29, 2009 at 2:28 pmGreat collection of sites! very bookmark worthy. Now I just need to find the time to go through them all in-depth. And then I need to rework my own site so that it’s a more web 2.0 friendly.
Jeevan says
June 30, 2009 at 2:47 pmCreative talents stretched to the max. Great theme design collection.
ajay says
July 6, 2009 at 1:57 amwow this is awesome collection.
jose pacheco says
July 6, 2009 at 11:37 amDam…fantastic collection :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Najam Amin Butt says
July 8, 2009 at 7:34 ami hope you can add my portfolio in the creative website list :)
Nikita says
July 8, 2009 at 10:43 amThanks very much for featuring our Web Design Agency Design Junction from downunder Melbourne, Australia!
Anne Dorko says
July 9, 2009 at 12:54 pmHopefully my site will one day be as good as these guys. Simply amazing!
Clayton Shumway says
July 9, 2009 at 6:18 pmGreat and inspiring collection! It’s refreshing to see websites that aren’t template based (you can usually tell). This is one of my favorite flash websites – http://www.checklandkindleysides.com/
Psicologos Valencia says
July 16, 2009 at 2:57 amVery good. THX
Shurandy Thode says
July 20, 2009 at 12:12 amVery inspiring. Thnx for sharing.
Greetz
Website Design Services says
July 22, 2009 at 2:20 pmAmazing portfolio websites! My favorite was Accent Creative. Very minimalistic, but unique!
Mantenimiento informático says
July 30, 2009 at 4:30 amWOW Incredible
those are beautiful. thanx for the great list.
Sanjana Sharma says
August 26, 2009 at 8:24 amYour portfolio is awesome.The collection is really great but some were lacking in one or two points. i like Albert Lo the most. iam a flowery person.
Finsofts Design says
August 26, 2009 at 2:00 pmThese are the result of dedication and creativity in designing we appreciate all of the designers who contributed their efforts towards this great designs… these are designs which will make tomorrows designs trends..
Thanks a lot for sharing..
Diseño de paginas web cusco says
August 30, 2009 at 3:47 pmvery nice designs, I think now the most attractive designs are contrasting colors and diffused type aurora, congratulations for all this work to collect the best designs…
yhordano says
September 15, 2009 at 12:57 ambien interesante este post pero bueno aca les dejo el mio encontraras referente al diseño grafico
yhordanorejas.blogspot.com/
Web Design Gallery says
September 25, 2009 at 7:34 amThanks a lot for sharing all these nice portfolio sites. I like the Kinetic Kreations and Rick Davidson, more unique among all. Already bookmark it!
Canada Website Design says
October 12, 2009 at 9:42 amBeautiful designs really nice collection thanks. Anyway great website you have..I found lot of information here…
Davor says
October 12, 2009 at 7:08 pmGreat site’s, eyecandy for sure !
wdct says
October 18, 2009 at 8:36 amJust from a graphic design standpoint, most of the web sites are just amazing. To create those designs in XHTML/CSS is more of a reason to admire the creator’s creativity and work.
arnel says
October 18, 2009 at 11:10 pmthese designs are amazing i wish my maya tutorial web site looks as good as some of these
Thomas says
November 9, 2009 at 3:57 pmAmazing list. Thanks.
Nik says
November 16, 2009 at 10:06 amVery nice list!! I just finished my site and want to redesign it after seeing this compilation… Oh dear!!
Factopo says
November 17, 2009 at 6:51 amWow, these are some cool designs. I think I saw some cooler ones over on factopo though.
Manal Assaad says
November 22, 2009 at 2:58 pmSome of those designs are really awesome. It’s amazing to see what creative people can come up with. However, most of those websites are for graphic and web designers, so it is only natural that they would have impressive designs to showcase their portfolio especially if they were professional. What I’m wondering is how can a person in marketing (like me), who is not involved in designing, showcase a portfolio that doesn’t even have pictures, videos or anything that entertaining!
8207h32 says
December 16, 2009 at 4:39 amHuge inspiration list. Thanks.
Xander says
February 15, 2010 at 9:16 pmSweet collection
Alex says
February 18, 2010 at 5:02 amThe showcase is really amazing and inspiring!
I wish I could create something like this using FlashMoto flash cms:
http://www.flashmoto.com
rbrill says
April 12, 2010 at 7:02 amIts all good! I’ve always been especially fond of Studio 7’s homepage with their little ‘polar bear’ logo
James Colgan says
May 30, 2010 at 2:12 amTruly inspirational! Thank you for sharing!
Mark Petherbridge says
July 1, 2010 at 1:19 pmHey, This is a pretty awesome list, thanks for sharing and researching these.
next time include mine lol :-p
@mgpwr
Frank says
July 12, 2010 at 4:55 amIt’s really inspiring to see web designers who share their collection of designs. This would really inspire us to create our own web designs, and this is really great. Thanks for sharing.
Sherwin says
September 2, 2010 at 8:56 amWow! These website designs are superb. They are so awesome. Keep up!
Era Belle says
September 11, 2010 at 4:44 amWow, what a great collection. This really inspires me to create superb designs. I wanna see my designs to be part of collections like this in the near future. Thanks for sharing!
tomascz says
October 8, 2010 at 2:32 amNice clean portfolio http://www.grafik-webdesigner.cz
venkat says
October 18, 2010 at 9:10 amcool collection…
Aby says
November 19, 2010 at 8:14 pmexcelente coleccion, tiene muy buenos sitios y mucha inspiracion. Gracias.
ohmedia says
December 21, 2010 at 7:05 pmThanks for the mention! Appreciate that you included us in your list.
Cheers.
Chris Donnelly says
February 2, 2011 at 3:16 pmHi Manal,
You don’t need a “gallery” portfolio to have a stunning website.
The easy answer to your query is this: Hire a graphic designer. A great designer can make your website sing and your marketing service shine. A creative designer can make any service visually stunning. Best of luck!
Toddsia says
February 5, 2011 at 2:12 amVery nice collection of website designs! Each one is an excellent example of Graphic Design work.
Aallan10 says
March 25, 2011 at 2:45 amHey this is a great collection of portfolios! I’m 14 years old and i just designed my first portfolio for myself…check it out: http://auxilium.comoj.com/index.html
Sorry for the weird URL…I don’t have a permanent domain yet.
Jack Davis says
June 3, 2011 at 10:12 amQuality list! Need some fresh ideas for my site…
Alex says
June 6, 2011 at 3:54 amopresume.com provides a free career website you can post your resume and portfolio online. Don’t need any programming knowledge for it.
Thuso says
June 19, 2011 at 2:02 amNice beautiful collection! After the 9 months that I have put into it, I do hope that you may include http://www.goldtree.co.za
Otherwise, excellent work! :D
Andrew says
June 21, 2011 at 12:38 pmCheck out http://whiteloupe.com. We make beautiful portfolio sites for photographers, designers & artists.
Håkon Diep says
July 4, 2011 at 7:48 amNorwegian webdesigner should check http://www.hkon.no/
Great list anyway!
Will Hull, MPA says
July 7, 2011 at 2:40 pmI have a portfolio site myself that I built from scratch utilizing the 960 Grid System. http://willhull.com Hope you can take a look.
joe says
July 30, 2011 at 8:56 amI just designed my first portfolio site…check it out at: http://www.jddesigner.ie/ It is still in development.
Tom says
March 10, 2016 at 6:05 amNice collection, thanks Mike.