What should be in an animation portfolio

She allows us a glimpse into her work process by including storyboards, sketches, and early style frames of her work. On each of her project pages are added goodies to compliment her animated shorts, such as a brief textual background, credits and links to any press coverage, plus a few gifs and behind-the-scenes materials.

Operating from Tokyo, Oono Taro is an illustrator, character designer, and gif animator. The animation on the homepage design is balanced out with inanimate color strips, illustrations, and patterns. These two running, grinning characters help tie the page together. Her project pages display an array of gifs and stills with subtle parallax scrolling effects, creating a diversified browsing experience. The top fold of his website features a large, fast-paced reel of his works, leaving no room for confusion as to his line of work.

The menu here is split up into four icons and buttons that are spread across all corners of the screen. The navigation between the different projects is also intriguing.

The three friends collaborate in making computer animated shorts hence the name. Their strong emphasis on character animation shines through in their filmmaking, as well as their website design, with character sheets and other materials from their work process. Created using the Grace theme , artist Michael C. A left hand sidebar makes it easy to explore by specific project, including campaigns for Holt Renfrew, Variety Magazine pictured here , branding for products, and custom wedding invitations.

Illustrator Nayeon Lee mixes still and animated images in her homepage grid, though all are united through a shared pastel color palette.

The large header menu enabled by her use of the Sierra theme separates branding work from editorial and personal illustration projects, allowing the viewer to experience both sides of her work individually.

The large header menu enabled by her use of the Amazon theme branding work from editorial and personal illustration projects, allowing the viewer to experience both sides of her work individually.

Using the Slate theme , Deng shows each type of work in a separate grid-based gallery. Vibrant colors and text work create the illusion of posters on a virtual wall, a nod to his background in advertising. Check out the InFrame episode featuring Paul Pateman here.

London illustrator Cressida Djambov has a distinctive graphic style. Her painting, drawing, molding, and animation works are appropriately displayed using the Horizon theme that keeps you scrolling until you disappointingly get to the end. Godbout uses the Amazon theme to showcase her illustration and design work in separate grid-based galleries.

She uses the Peak theme to display her work on the main page grid, providing an easy click to zoom on images and view descriptions. Check out all the details in the single image view. English illustrator Nick Grant uses the horizontally-scrolling Sierra theme to showcase his work, which ranges from linocut designs to more pop art-inspired graphics.

Gizem Vural uses a neatly organized sidebar menu and grid-based galleries to showcase her portfolio with the Order theme. With galleries for editorial and personal illustration work, as well as paintings, patterns, and comics, Vural makes viewing her large portfolio easy.

Clean and stylized, her watercolor, ink, and charcoal designs focus on people, places and fashion. Brooklyn illustrator Vicky Leta uses gestural lines and easy humour in her comic-style illustrations. Her main page reads as a graphic novel, inviting the viewer into her colorful world. It should also let them know the type of services or products you are offering as well. Kaya Horiya Emilie Voisin, Jacob Rodella, Christine Fitzgerald, Miranda Li, Drawing by Ken Wong. Jessica Lu.

Irmak Karasinir Dani Elizondo Theodor Colin Annie Chun Student Work. Emilie Voisin Student Work. Christine Fitzgerald Student Work. Jacob Rodella Student Work. Nami Helgason Student Work. Michelle Chen Student Work. Alison Sider Student Work. Miranda Li Student Work. Mat Alexiou Student Work. Irmak Karasinir Student Work. Renee McPherson Student Work. Ruby Saysanasy Student Work. Theodor Colin Student Work. Jessica Lu Student Work. Alisen Montoya Student Work.

Cherri Gao Student Work. Autumn DeOliveira Student Work. Liz Eaton Student Work. Avril Cheng Student Work. Tien Nguyen Student Work. Aja Lomovic Student Work. JaYoung Min Student Work. Patrick Macadat Student Work. Dani Elizondo Student Work. Nashila Addetia Student Work. Sophie Alberdingk Thijm Student Work. Simona Baranovicova Student Work. Lisa Wang Student Work. Sonia Furier Student Work. Faisal Raja Student Work.

Ayako Ishibashi Student Work.