http://www.thebrightagency.com/

http://blog.brightgroupinternational.com/

The Bright Agency now has over 10,000 images from over 180 artists

Illustration Web

http://www.illustrationweb.com

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https://crevado.com/

What is Crevado?

Crevado is an online tool which makes it easy for Artists, Illustrators, Photographers and other creatives to create an online portfolio so they can showcase their work online. With Crevado, it's also possible to sell your work online - our paypal integration makes it a cinch to receive payments online.

Portfolio

Carbon Made

"In December 2005, Dave was grumping about how painful and/or expensive it was to put his illustration work online. His code wizard cohort Jason wondered, How hard could it be to make an online portfolio site ourselves? Flush with the thrill of an experiment, they put their noggins together over Christmas week and feverishly whipped up the very first iteration of the site you’re on now. Whoo!

Even though Carbonmade was originally meant as a tool to make life easier for Dave and fellow designer pals, its popularity grew by leaps and bounds. Rather than keep it to themselves, they opened it up for everyone and their mothers to love. (Talented ladies. The lot of ‘em.)

In 2007, things were trucking along well enough for the boys to drop all remaining client work and put their brainstuffs behind Carbonmade full time. Not a bad idea because it’s now home to nearly 400,000 nifty portfolios and an ever-growing team of talented doofuses who love making neat things."

http://carbonmade.com/

hello@carbonmade.com

Portfolio websites

Even though it may seem like there are loads of websites online that you can build your portfolio on, you need to be careful on which ones you use, all the examples below are the first ones that come up when typing it into google. However, they are all american websites and when theres a fee you have to pay in $.

http://portfoliowebsites.com/

http://www.squarespace.com/signup2?channel=sem&subchannel=go&source=uk_s&campaign=uk_nbr_po&subchannel=44

http://carbonmade.com/

http://foliohd.com/

Portfolios

The AOI

AOI portfolios have been developed by The Association of Illustrators (AOI) to promote the creative industries.

Launched in 2003, they currently feature around 15,000 illustrations by over 600 artists. The portfolios are managed by the individual artists themselves so the content is regularly changing.

http://www.theaoi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=123

Main Features

• Simple, easy to use facility allowing illustrators to manage their own online portfolio
  
• Upload, replace or edit up to 20 images - any time - in your own portfolio
  
• Automatic resizing of main (large) images
  
• Automatic creation of thumbnails
  
• Large main image display (up to 600 pixels high or 792 pixels wide)
• Animators - feature your own Flash or Quicktime movies!
  
• Write your own captions with as much information as you wish. Headings include your own/agents contact details, image description, client list and biographical information
  
• Personal web address. A direct link to your Portfolio for immediate access
  
• Personalised domain name option, ideal for promotional use
  
• Customised option omitting AOI branding and external links - ideal for personalised promotional use!
  
• Add new projects to the Blog section - AOI Portfolio News.
• Ongoing tech support if needed

Portfolios are paid for on an annual subscription basis and are competitively priced. To see all pricing options please go to aoiportfolios.com/prices/

Commissions to do

Wayne:

On the top of my back iv got tribal but I dnt really like it anymore so wanted something big on my back to cover it. Wouldn't mind something colourful. I've always liked the idea of getting a dragon tattoo only problem is whether it would go their.

I want the ying yang on my shoulder, so i could poss get it extended at a later stage to chest/ shoulder. now this is were i become a bit of a pain (again) cos i dnt want all one side of my arm the heaven part and the other hell i want it to twist round my arm, so at the top under the ying/yang thats were the dark side starts but then by the time its down to my elbow want it to go down the forearm. and vice versa for my heavenly/ angelic side, want it start the inside of my bicep then run over onto the top of my arm and go down onto the back of my hand stopping on my knuckles. for something this big tho its gonna be too difficult explaining things over the comp so id have to come down and visit a few times just so we're on the same page. now on to things i do & dnt want i dont want skulls, flames or anything gothic, i want the good/bad blended together by rays of light and i would also like a cross to go over my elbow. theirs quite a bit their for you to digest.. and its a massive assignment so its fine if it takes a year to design cos i know the finished article will be worth it.

Ash:

• The great wave as like a background/linking image

• A camera (old style film one)

• A cross

  Something about design, but i dont really know what

  • I was thinking quote but i change my mind too often about what quite i like

  • A date will need to go near the cross

  • Some music notes or something

    The date is 16.08.2010

    Stars maybe, even though they are a cliche

    The infinite symbol
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Martin:
    1. In my head I have it as lyrics spiraling down my arm but its just the gaps I need filling in with music notes and stars and many things music related!
    
    
    2. A gun shooting and music notes and stars coming out? All colourful? I would like a desert eagle and I want the whole design to fit from under my ARM to my hip and I wouldn't mind a bullet with the music notes and stars wrapped around, and I want the gun to be black with a lot of detail.