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I'm an illustrator with a colourful and energetic style. I would love some feedback on my portfolio website.

idahenrich.com
Ida Henrich
Ida Henrich
Illustrator

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  • Ida Henrich
    Ida Henrich
    Illustrator
    @John Hogan Hi John,

    Thank you very much for taking the time to check out my website and sending my your feedback. I really appreciate it. :-)
  • John hogan
    John hogan
    Art Director
    Hi Ida, Ive had a good look, and here is my constructive advice.

    1. Anything moving (like your text) is not very usuer friendly to look at, its not neccesssary and is visually confusing, If i was you I would make it static and reduce its size.

    2. Pick 3 -4 of your best peices and place them on your front page. (and rebew them now and again)

    3. Choose your work carefully. Some of your work doesn't need to be on your site. Do you really want those small editorial illustrations. They are not as strong as your other work,, maybe consider taking them out.published pieces are good but make sure they are setup for the web correctly as some of them appear unsharp, this is probably down to your sizing. I would also remove the research tab. Lastly, you need at least 20 + images on your site.

    I hope this helps.

    Regards,
    John

  • Ida Henrich
    Ida Henrich
    Illustrator
    @laura jewell Thank you so much for being nosy and for sending me your kind words. It means a lot to! :-)
  • Ida Henrich
    Ida Henrich
    Illustrator
    @Lisa Hassell Hi Lisa,

    Thank you for your message and sending me your courses. They indeed look very interesting. I'm actually comfortable with some of the topics you cover. However, I find your portfolio review intreguing. I'm looking to find out how current trends/ demand overlaps with my style and in this vain, how to best showcase my work. Would you cover something like that?
  • Lisa Hassell
    Lisa Hassell
    Founder at Inkygoodness + Inkygoodness Collective
    H Ida,

    We spoke a little while ago - I run portfolio crits for illustrators every Wednesday. I'm fully booked for August but here's a link to grab a space in September:

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/portfolio-crit-for-illustrators-tickets-102412763332

    Thanks!

    DM me if you have any questions. I have also linked you up to a post I published earlier in the month about our group coaching programme, which will delve into getting hired, pricing and self promotion. We start on August 17th :)

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