Nubbytwiglet.com Web Portfolio

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Nubbytwiglet.com Web Portfolio, 2011


One of my big goals for 2011 was to launch a web portfolio. I’ve had many web portfolios in the past but I wanted this one to be different and to stand in as a design retrospective of sorts. Instead of limiting the work I showed to the standard 10 to 15 pieces my print portfolio has, I wanted a place to show everything.


nubby web portfolio


Now you can view nearly every project that I’ve worked on in the five years I’ve been designing professionally. My overarching goal was to share a sense of progression with each project being arranged in chronological order. It’s like a timeline of my design, unfolding and telling a story. Instead of bits and pieces, you can see every step along the way. Also, I sized each image at a generous 850 px wide because there’s a lot of detail that goes into some of these projects that you’ve never been able to see at the smaller sizes they were originally posted in.


nubby web portfolio


I graduated from a community college graphic design program in 2008 but I started designing professionally early on during my time there. Five years ago, things quickly changed for me when I designed CD packaging for Virgin Records during my second semester. This gave me a jump-start and one internship, five agencies and a whole lot of personal freelance later, this is my life.

Next week, I’ll be sharing the print version of my portfolio and some tips for building your own as well. Also, some more projects will be trickling into the web portfolio mix; there are a lot of hard drives and dark corners to still dig through! Design really is a never-ending journey, thanks for coming along for the ride!


25 Responses to Nubbytwiglet.com Web Portfolio

    • Nubby says:

      kat: Your projects were too good to mash together! They deserved to be showcased as the individual projects that they were – it’s been an honor to work with you over these last few years!

  1. Lizzy says:

    I’m a daily admirer of this wonderful blog and last nite I noticed the upper tab went from “graphic design” to “portfolio”. The best was when I clicked on it and there’s your gorgeous portfolio!!!!!! A very nice accomplishment!! I have seen only the best on Cargo Collective and a year end goal is to get some web presence.
    Cheers and thank you agin for sharing your design journey with us!!
    xo

  2. Lola says:

    I. LOVE. IT. Thank you for going with a Cargo website. Looks amazing. I’m going to drool over it after I get off work today. Yay! Something to look forward to! xoxo!

    • Nubby says:

      Lola: Cargo is AWESOME. I started noticing the trend of big time designers migrating to Cargo about a year ago and the number of themes, low cost and ease of updating completely sold me.

    • Nubby says:

      Jessica: Yes, I did pay for the one year subscription to Cargo which is $66.00 I think. You can post unlimited projects, customize your URL (as Caroline mentioned) and have more themes to choose from. $66.00 is so much cheaper than just the web hosting for a normal website…such a great value for designers that don’t have the time or budget to build out a custom site.

    • Nubby says:

      Marie: I’m a total perfectionist and constantly spotting ‘mistakes’ in my own work that I go back and fix…it’s a never ending battle but my goal is to always keep the quality of my output high, even if it means a lot of extra effort behind the scenes.

  3. Julie says:

    I’ve been enjoying your blog for a long time. I must say, you are one talented designer. I’ve been kicking around the graphic design and print biz myself for 35 years, but your work and how you present it never fails to inspire me. Your portfolio is superb. “Rock N Roll Bride” magazine takes my breath away. That is a gorgeous piece, and HAD to be so much fun to create. Thank you, Nubby, and congratulations.

  4. Daisy says:

    Wow, You are a true inspiration! I found your site not to long ago and love that your in the Northwest also, Just putting Washington on the map! Thanks for sharing your amazing work & talent!!

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