As designers we work hard to produce work with unparalleled uniqueness, and sometimes we need a place to upload, store, and share our work. Anything further than that, of course, is a plus. The only thing that can be somewhat as hard as producing quality work, is actually finding a place where you can upload your work with ease and one that gives you the option to share with others for great exposure. Below we’ve outlined over 10 websites that allow designers to upload and host their work for free.

We tried to focus on sites that are geared towards designers, and steered clear of massive sites like Photobucket and Flickr. We then ranked them for each websites quality and ease of use. The sites aren’t in any particular order. If you’d like to share any sites or thoughts, let us know in the form of a comment below!

CarbonMade

CarbonMade is a place where you can display and show off your portfolio. You’ll be able to easily manage every image that you upload with the use of a simple and clean interface. You can fill your portfolio with images, flash, videos and more! You’re also allowed to organize your projects however you’d like, style the visual properties of your portfolio, keep track of visitors, share with everyone in the Carbonmade community and anyone else. You can sign-up for the free plan (Meh) that comes with 5 projects and 35 images, or you can sign-up for Whoo pro-plan allowing you to upload over 50 projects, 500 hi-resolution images, and 10 high-quality videos to your profile.

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James White is one of the most amazing digital artists out there, with a retro style that carries on through the years and bring shine to old eyes that are not only used to this retro style but feel like it’s getting hard to see this kind of stuff in this new era.

For over a decade James white has brought tons of artworks and the style never changes, but it doesn’t mean that he is doing the same thing over and over. It shows how creative he is to stay within the same style for so long and still impress everyone every time a new piece comes out.

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If you are a freelance web designer, a unique killer design is the first thing you should focus on to attract new or existing clients. Designing a portfolio is quite a difficult task, but a unique design is one of the ways to stand out from the crowd.

I think all web designers are aware of color theories, alignments, typography, etc. and probably haave seen countless portfolios but new inspiration is always helpful.

So this post is dedicated to all dark design lovers. Today we present c 20 killer dark portfolio designs created by freelance web designers and design studios. If you have something great to show case in the inspirational list, please mention in comments. Thanks!

1. Ruan Deyzel

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I’ve picked these five fonts as my most used fonts over time. Most likely you will disagree, everyone has their own tastes. I’ve looked over hundreds upon hundreds of fonts picking the perfect script for my logos or designs. These are the five fonts I have used the most. If you haven’t noticed some of them before, it’s worth giving them a look.

Trajan

I know, I know, Trajan is horribly overused but I keep using it in my designs time and time again. Trajan was designed by Carol Twombly, a well known font designer and Adobe employee since 1988 (also created Adobe Caslon). Created in 1989, Trajan is a timeless classic great for poster use as well as elegant and corporate designs. Although not a free font, it is shipped with Adobe products such as their Creative Suite.

Geo Sans Light

Geo Sans Light is created by font designer Manfred Klein. Manfred was born in 1932 and worked in a variety of advertising agencies until a serious accident caused him to turn to making fonts. Geo Sans Light is just one of the free fonts he has invented. It has a very modern look and unique design that is a great touch to logos, websites and other design projects. Download it for free here: http://www.dafont.com/geo-sans-light.font

Arial

Arial is one of the most common fonts in the world. Although use is widespread, this font is timeless. It was created in 1990 and has shipped with Windows since 1992. Arial is for large blocks of text, but isn’t much of a title or logo font. I use Arial in one way or another in the majority of my design projects. Arial is not available for free download.

Birth of a Hero

Birth of a Hero is a great grunge font from Last Soundtrack. Not for use in any project, it looks great on a dirty / grungy themed site. Behind the grunge design is a well designed font. Smooth lines, rotated letters and uniform circles make Birth of a Hero a definite keeper. Download it for free here: http://www.dafont.com/birth-of-a-hero.font

Metroscript

Metroscript happens to be one of MyFonts.com’s best sellers in the last year. Designed by Michael Doret, this script mimics hand-lettering and has a decidedly older feel to it. It reminds me of a Coca Cola or athletic uniform font, and is great in antique style designs. Metroscript is free download.

Looking to make your blog original? Check out these examples for inspiration. These uniquely designed blogs are far from your standard WordPress blog. Having a unique, well designed blog is an important way to separate you from the vast array of blogs already out there.

1) 10000 Birds

2) emotionslive

3) deputyblog

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