Thursday, 23 January 2014

What are the advantages and disadvantages of online portfolio?

 There are both good and bad reasons to do a portfolio. On one hand it will begood as nyou dont have to carryit around and if anyone asks you to see your work you can just give them the website. On the other hand then you dotn always get to express yourself as you would in person.
 
The Advantages
1. It can be free to set-up.
2. Easy to manage
3. Dont have to carry it around with you
4. Able to market from that platform to social media.
5. The web host promotes their site to attract visitors so more people will see your work.
The Disadvantages
1. Part of a community of other artists.
2. Difficult to find your website/art portfolio.
3. You will have ads on your page that could distract visitors.
4. In most cases Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is not possible.
5. Being free usually means that there are limitations on design and size.
6. Doesnt able you to express yourself as much as a paper one
6. Some universitys dont look at them  
 
 

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