14 Quick and Slick Portfolio Templates (via ThemeForest)

Dec 5th in Web Roundups by Collis

Having an online portfolio is pretty much a no-brainer these days. But all too often it's the old story of the cobbler's children who have no shoes - or in our case the designer who has no time for their own portfolio. Whether it's because there's too much work on, or because you can't settle on a design, or because you're somewhere in the middle of building the "perfect" portfolio, sometimes you just need to get something together, and fast.

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Author: Collis

Hello! I started Psdtuts+ because years ago reading Photoshop tutorials was how I got into design. You can find me on Twitter or on my blog theNetsetter.

If that's the case, you'll be interested to see the fourteen neat portfolio templates listed below - some for WordPress, some just HTML - that with a pinch of customization, and filled with your own work will have you up and running in no time.

So I should point out that in case you hadn't noticed with all this Web Design Week stuff - that ThemeForest is owned by PSDTUTS, or PSDTUTS is owned by ThemeForest ... whichever ... so yes this is Collis cross-marketing shamelessly!

Excellent Portfolio Articles to Read

Before we get to the templates, you might also like to check out these great articles about portfolios (that by a weird coincidence are all written by PSDTUTS staff):

  1. Creating the Perfect Portfolio via Digital-Web
  2. Creating a Successful Online Portfolio via SmashingMagazine
  3. Build a Killer Online Portfolio in 9 Easy Steps via FreelanceSwitch
  4. The Secret to Getting a Lot of Web Design Work via FreelanceSwitch

WordPress Portfolio Themes

WordPress is not a bad option for a portfolio, because it means keeping it up to date won't be such a chore. If you're used to the interface you'll know how easy it is, and if you're not, check out this Getting Started with WordPress article. There's also lots of web hosts that provide 1-click installs of WordPress - check out WordPress's list (that way the affiliate payments go to the open source project).

So here are some of the best ThemeForest WordPress portfolios, they all go for about $25.

Folio Theme

A mixture of blog and portfolio, showcases your most recent work, includes five colour variants.

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Sleek Slide Portfolio

Some seriously nice AJAX sliding effects, featured projects, blog posts, four variants

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Your Folio

Big featured project with AJAX slider, five colour variants, pulls in Flickr feed and blog posts

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W-PhotoStudio

Slideshow, multiple galleries, lightboxed images

View a Demo and Purchase via ThemeForest

Briefcase Theme

A mixture of blog and portfolio, showcases your most recent work, includes five colour variants.

View a Demo and Purchase via ThemeForest

 

HTML Portfolio Templates

If straight HTML templates are more your thing ...

Design Portfolio

A simple Javascript-y portfolio theme that slides out to reveal more info on a project.

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CleanFolio

A simple, neat and tidy place to present your work.

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Premium Photography Template

A neat jQuery photography portfolio

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Your Portfolio

Clean, grid based design with a Javascript contact form slider.

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Easy Portfolio

Simplicity at it's best, javascript slider combined with a nice clean, white layout.

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Grunge Design Company

A lot more personality than some of the other templates, but if you like grungy design ...

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Scrolling Portfolio Template

A nice blank work holder that scrolls across with jQuery.

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Vintage Theme

A very full featured template married with a sweet layout!

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Creative Portfolio

Awesome template that mixes in a bit of style and colour, from uber-author Joefrey

View a Demo and Purchase via ThemeForest

 

Part of Web Design Week

This week our sister site ThemeForest launched a whole new category of items to sell that are particularly relevant to PSDTUTS readers - namely Photoshop Templates. The new category means you can now design and sell Photoshop designs, as well as regular Web Templates and WordPress themes to earn a side or even full income. And on the flip side if you're coming up short on inspiration, you can get a kickstart by grabbing a PSD design from ThemeForest. So to give the new category the launch it deserves, all this week I'll be bringing you articles and tutorials on web design as part of our PSDTUTS Web Design Week.


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    Hasanga December 5th

    Fantastic!!!!

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    John December 5th

    Nice List, thank you guys.

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    OpenSourceHunter December 5th

    Good stuff :D A portfolio is very important.

    greetz
    http://www.opensourcehunter.com

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    Nick December 5th

    A lot of those are really beautiful.

    It’s just so ironic to be a web designer and use a template for your very own portfolio.

    But I suppose they could be used for photographers, graphic artists, etc.

    I’ll be submitting some of my own stuff soon :)

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    neko December 5th

    I am with Nick on this one…..I better not see any web designers using these templates…tisk tisk

    ya digg!

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    tonyc December 5th

    What a bad luck.. this comes couple of days before I release my portfolio theme for sale on themeforest..

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    Mastergreed December 5th

    Umm, aren’t these all portfolio templates from ThemeForest? Bad for me I didn’t make it with my new theme lol…

    Anyway, it’s a good thing the hard work of ThemeForest designers is appreciated here on PSDTuts.com

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    Bryan Grajales December 5th

    They’re aweeesome!

    I love themforest …….

    I am A Big Fan Of “Envato” =(when i say envato Im trying to say PSDTUTS, NETTUTS, AUDIOTUTS, VECTORTUTS, Etc…

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    xQlusive December 5th

    Looking good these layouts!

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    EdpeppeRs December 5th

    i loved it! one more time, thx, man! ^^

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    sc December 5th

    i like them. thank you.

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    b00m December 5th

    beautiful layout designs!

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    Alex Hughes December 5th

    I’m also with nick, however they can come in use I guess.

    For example.
    You may be developing your portfolio for the first time, but simply are to busy to focus on that at this time. These templates could be the answers to your prayers! ;) So basically could be used temporarily while it’s not on top of the to-do list.

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    ss December 5th

    thw whole Envato network just plain rules…

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    Leventhan December 5th

    Still, it’s rather ironic if we website designers use another’s website templates…

    Great job though!

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    AFRIX December 5th

    i like only one of dem :)
    http://afrix99.deviantart.com/

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    Saro December 5th

    Great list, thanks

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    Fumin December 6th

    Yes these are great designs. But if you are a designer, it’s kind of lame to use a portfolio template… Building your own portfolio is always a good way to learn new stuff.

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    Javid K. December 6th

    Nick your right but….
    What if some web designers don’t know how to do web coding?
    Isn’t that a good reason to use a template?

    Since I know there’s a huge possibility that I am wrong, correct me if I am wrong.

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    jc December 7th

    I think Collis uses the term grunge way too much :)

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    Lubes December 8th

    A web designer that can’t code = unemployed or peanut wages.

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    Takumi86 December 9th

    Holy shit! i wish there is a template like this on Blogspot

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    Peter Schaefer December 10th

    Great Work!

    Thanks,
    Peter
    Lautus Design

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    grrrrrr8 December 13th

    cool stuff

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    Keane January 14th

    Some of these are quite busy. Don’t forget that portfolios for creative professionals should be about the work (and possibly some blog posts). When a site is cluttered with a complex UI, it can detract from how a prospective employer experience your personal brand and what you can bring to the table.

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    Dave January 14th

    http://demo.monofactor.com/fusion/ is an excellent folio template available also via ThemeForest.

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    Wordpress Hosting March 12th

    Wordpress has become the most popular used platform in its category. A recent search i conducted on Alexa found wordpress.com to be number 22 in the top most visited websites “globally”.

    Wordpress not only makes it easy to create a blog but it has also been used to develop websites, simply because it makes it so easy to update.

    Regards,
    Richard

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    Perseo March 19th

    Hi, anyone using the scrolling portfolio? I wouldlike to see an example with pics loaded.

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    Arcadian July 4th

    Very nice!

    Here is my WordPress portfolio template.

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    Jay July 17th

    I need a portfolio template for my landscape design business. I’m thinking of making one myself, but if there’s an easier way than I’m up for suggestions.
    Cost is always and issue.

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    Latest Tech News August 31st

    Thanks for sharing these awesome templates :) Keep up the good work.

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    Sumeet Chawla September 4th

    Some awesome templates are listed here thanks.. I just love the Sleek slider one ;)

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    Web 2.0 October 26th

    Great templates… Thanks!

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