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10 Favorite Portfolio Links:

1. Book Covers
2. Si Scott Studio
   Si Scott's portfolio is one of my favorites. And it's not just because his work is breathtaking, but also specfically of how his portfolio is made. It is simple yet very effective and appropriate for his work. Like Shaun Lind's website, Scott also makes use of the horizontal scrollbar. But rather than putting every image at a much smaller thumbnail size, they are at much larger and perfect size. Another nice feature is how everything grays out besides the mouseovered image. And what's even better is how once clicked, his work blows up and uses the whole browser. I think that is very smart of him to do so because it gives the viewer a chance to closely look at his work- something people miss out on when they're looking at something on screen vs. on print.
3. Karen Hanmer
   Karen's portfolio website is very well organized and simplistic. Although she clearly uses the grid system as do most of my listed favorite sites, it stands a bit more out. Rather than being flashy and colorful, she addes a hint of color with the use of smaller grey grids. Another reason why I enjoy her site is because within each grid, she places an even smaller grid within each one, and this is how she is able to clearly organize her content. I found this to be very effective for her line of work because she is able to show viewers almost every page in her books without having to cause more scrollbars and do-das to appear on her page.
4. Alejandro Chavetta
5. Chopped Liver
6. ISO50 Portfolio
   Scott Hansen's portfolio is especially entertaining not only because of his phenomenal work, but how cohesive everything is designed. Because of the cohesiveness in his website, the viewers should instantly see Hansen's style. Besides having everything go together, Hansen also allows audio music. Although some may find that annoying, the viewers are given the choice to turn it off which is a plus. In addition to the music however, are the little sound effects his mouseovers make. I found them fun and they somehow also match his audio music. And although Hansen doesn't have the typical white simple background for his portfolio, it is still well organized and easy to browse through.
7. Chad Hagen
   Hagen's portfolio is simple but at the same time, feels a little unfinished to me. It is very empty in a sense and appears to be lacking a lot more information although I don't think he really is. His portfolio seems to be lacking a lot because of how everything is categorized. Starting from the top left corner and down, everything seems to be labeled and organized. However, for the links in "Prints" one would think it would show his work but instead it takes you to another website where you're allowed to buy his prints. Then further down the leftsided navigation on his page is a whole bunch of links that are actually part of his portfolio website. Seems like he got lazy and simply placed them all on there? Another thing that bothers me is when you click on the blog link, the view ends up with 2 vertical scroll bars which seems unneccessary to me. Despite all this, his work is wonderful!
8. MCQ
9. Shaun Lind
   I find Shaun Lind's website to be fun and entertaining. Although there's really no use of "fancy" flash, there is a lot of "color" throughout his portfolio. And by color I mean, although everything is clearly laid out in a grid form, his little key on the bottom left corner I thought was fun idea and how he puts those labels are placed in a grid that's not as obviously. Another thing I appreciate about his layout is how he makes use of the horizontal scroll which reflects the layout of a typical book.
10. MyORB