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Some of them manage to do something really special. Here are 10 examples of the best and most creative portfolios online.

1. Jan Ploch

This excellent portfolio design from German designer Jan Ploch shows a great deal of ingenuity. The whole thing is based on the idea that the creative process is like a bottle, and he proposes the means of filling it. Even the website itself has a bottle design with an old fashioned touch, and everything is done in beige and brown shades. Despite this, it is extremely dynamic.

2. Tiny Big Studios

A fun and interactive portfolio design, there are plenty of little features to discover in this quirky design. If you touch the cursor to the logo in the corner the ant spins, and there is an arrow to the ant itself stating that it was not responsible for the creation of the site design. This leads to a link that takes you down to another section of the same page to introduce the branding company that did build it. You get a look at what they do, who they are and what they have done in the past, all on one page that manages to present a ton of information without looking messy or cluttered.

3. iLussori

This sleek website shows us what can be done with a fast-paced design aimed at providing an immediate look at the company’s capabilities. As a multimedia business, they gave us plenty to look at. There is a slideshow in the background that has been subdued with black and white and slight blurring. Then, you get a choice of a few examples on the front page, along with a link to a wide portfolio. Simple flash at its best.

4. Lois Jeans

You start off being brought to a home page that gives you three language options. When you select your own, you are then given two other options: Utopic or Dystopic, meaning your vision of the future. Each one gives you a series of bubbles with both images and videos, creating a marketing campaign based on either a perfect world of harmony, or one of miserable living conditions and dangers. Very cool, very modern and it taps into the current trend of expanding on both of these ideals in fiction.

5. FS Designs

A beautiful woman and an animated car on fire make up the logo design for this company. The overall website is dark and trendy, with a simple thumbnail look at some choice projects. It shows how you can make simple portfolio design look extremely complex and cool.

6. Scotch & Soda

Not technically a portfolio design site, this is a shop that shows off a lot of their work so I figure it applies. They have regularly changing ideas, and they are all pretty cool. Right now you can watch a slideshow, or play with the moving snowflakes that switch direction when you move your cursor.

7. Dan123

Meet Dan. He is a very friendly-seeming front end developer who has created this website to show us all the things he can do. His website is fun and cartoonish, with a kind of retro sci fi look. He even has a postcard motif for the contact page, which is a nice touch. He has a collection of thumbnails to see his work in the center, and they are nice and evenly space without a lot of frill.

8. Indubitablee

Formerly operating under the name Cornerd, they used a unique and interesting grid design for their site. They put an emphasis on communication, with a large portion of the home page dedicated to the contact link, their RSS feed and their Twitter profile. That is something unique that you will probably begin to see more often as freelancers and small business owners continue to see the link between their portfolio and social networking.

9. Otterball

When you first go to this link you will see an animation of a bunch of messed up thumbnails. They move in a circle pattern and then slide onto one side, aligning on the left hand of the page. This is a simple thumbnail presentation of their past work. They also have an About Us and Contact page, but everything is very simply made.

10. TauaDesign

This site is even better when you say the name out loud and hear the "tada!" sound it makes. They went completely minimalist, with nothing but a white page with a couple of gray sections on the side that takes you to different parts of the site. This includes a portfolio page, which is brought up with a flash animation of black boxes that turn into thumbnails.

Conclusion

If these portfolio design don’t inspire you, nothing will. What are some of your own favorites? Show us in the comments.

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We’ve selected a showcase of some beautifully redesigned movie posters, recreated by extraordinarily talented artists, to inspire you.

Up

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High Fidelity

Source: brickhut.wordpress

The Lost Boys

Source: reworkingtitles.tumblr

Ghostbusters

Source: brikhut.wordpress

Memento

Source: reworkingtitles.tumblr

Vertigo

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Source: brickhut.wordpress

Jurassic Park

Source: dontparty

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Man on Wire

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Tron

Source: brickhut.wordpress

The Avengers

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Captain America

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Source: reworkingtitles.tumblr

The Departed

Source: brikhut.wordpress

Are there any interesting, re-imagined movie posters that you think deserve a mention? Let us know in the comments. You can also check the glossy poster printing.

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1. Jan Pivonka

2. Luxuscreations

3. Brad Colbow

4. Hotelparadiso

5. thatgamecompany

6. Get Ballpark

7. Guifx

8. Barack Obama

9. Mooty Graphic Design

10. Serj

11. Dizzain

12. Carbonmade

13. Iceberg

14. HelpWith

15. Frisk Design

16. BountyBev

17. Established 1986

18. Critical Zero

19. Piipe

20. Iceous

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2. Full Fat Studios

3. Jaxe Studios

4. Sw Graphic

5. Alexandre Prado

6. GoodBytes

7. Ronnie Morales

8. Adam McPeake

9. Forside

10. Henry Hoffman

11. Love Being Woman

12. Synergia

13. Newism

14. Corporate Image

15. Kent Covenant

16. Bjango

17. Feels

18. Diseno de paginas

19. Appear

20. Designheartsme

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2. Concentrate

3. Panelfly

4. Whataburger

5. Happycom

6. Saturized

7. Colourpixel

8. Clique Studios

9. Cubicle Ninjas

10. Grunt

11. Zipper CMS

12. Solo

13. Sticker Mule

14. Joshua Giblette

15. Big Lux Design

16. Funky Art

17. Senso

18. SethSaid

19. WPActive

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2. Made To Kill

3. Gozz

4. Pirata London

5. Vyniknite

6. Anderbose

7. Kineda

8. Lubuski Hip Hop

9. Cobra Creative

10. Cron Studio

11. 1 Minus 1

12. EyeMagine

13. ne-web

14. VisualBox

15. Jasper Aarts

16. Carbon Ads

17. Rune Werner

18. Adam Hoganson

19. BlissfullyAware

20. The Old State

21. Sofasurfer

22. Palazzodallay

23. Lewebdefi

24. Siebennull

25. Creactiva

1. Jubilee

2. Twitterrific

3. Synotes Slate

4. Comic Zeal

5. Paper Touch

6. Layers

7. Studio Track

8. iDraw

9. June Cloud

10. Tab Toolkit

11. Tweet Deck

12. Ego

13. Game Table

14. Globe Converter

15. Taska

16. Jumbalaya

17. Tweframe

18. Sous Chef

19. The Early Edition

20. Wired

21. Bjango

22. Granimator

23. Converter Plus

24. The Photo Cookbook

25. Osfoora

26. Baby Decks

27. Yahoo Entertainment

28. Gusto

29. Howcast

30. Free Form

31. iTeleport

32. Dribbblr

33. Domino Box

34. River of News

35. Things

36. iStudiez

37. Sonos

38. Fuze

39. Heritage

40. Slide Reader

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1. Markez Models

2. SimCity

3. Real Casual

4. Mauricio Studio

5. New Work City

6. Erguvan Platin

7. Digital Science

8. Ripe Studio

9. Rez Multimedia

10. PlayMedia

11. Get the Glass

12. Orang Edan

13. PrismGirl

14. Laser Lines

15. Doctor Stones

16. 2 Advanced

17. Agency Net

18. Ecodazoo

19. Mind Smack

20. Campari

21. Vb2

22. Mew Tube

23. Meintru 3D

24. Nike

25. Transformers Game

26. Scion Xpressionism

27. Marik Art

28. Strasserauf

29. White Void

30. Fifa Street3

31. Hatica

32. Plantate

33. The Egg Republic

34. Premiyum

35. Twist and Drink

36. Dasai

37. Modular Web

38. Philter Design

39. 13 Flo

40. Cortex Design

41. Chuyue

42. Ferrari

43. Bandit3

44. Syfy

45. Optus Whale Song

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2. Hugs For Monsters

3. Taylor Andrews

4. Martin Vreugde

5. Marco De Liso

6. Spafax

7. Think Brilliant

8. Kaicon

9. Studio Magnolia

10. Tom Schick

11. Egypt Sharm Trips

12. Ned Leary photography

13. Crowd Favourite

14. Tromsweb

15. Signum Works

16. Amy Herndon

17. Ink Mutt Interactive

18. One Chapter A Day

19. NSXTREME

20. Geng Gao

21. Grzegorz Kozak

22. We Are Pixel8

23. Cindy Sutton

24. Kid Koala

25. Creature

26. Hotellove

27. Hip And Trendy

28. Dreams Media

29. Paper Dreams

30. Voy Contigo

Each game is full of exceptional performances by the top footballers in the World. When putting together such talented and dedicated sportsman, the photography options are unlimited. Capturing these moments fall on the men and women on the front line of the field. They didn’t disappoint.

Here are photographs of the most thrilling moments and top 10 goals in the Soccer World Cup 2010.

Most Thrilling Moments of World Cup Football 2010

I can’t see

Up and over

Daring dirk

Hot Potato

Insurance policy

Saving grace

What ever it takes

To the far post!

Laying out

South Africa v France

Branislav Ivanovic

Kick up some dust

Under surveillance

Head case

Bait and tackle

Just breathe

Rocket ship

Man down

Ground battle

Argentina v Korea Republic

Brazil v Chile

Brazil v Portugal

Bowled over

Close call

Wild finish

Brave display

10 Best goals of the World Cup

10. Not easy being Green

The “hand of clod” goal came when Clint Dempsey tapped in a seemingly weak shot to the England keeper that Robert Green failed to get his body behind.

9. Look out!

Diego Forlan uncorks a 30-yard shot that sees the normally mezzanine-bound Jabulani ball finally dip into goal. Forlan’s shot was precise, but he had some help: his strike grazes Aaron Mokoena to totally foil goalie Itumeleng Khune.

8. False hope

Diego Forlan uncorks a 30-yard shot that sees the normally mezzanine-bound Jabulani ball finally dip into goal. Forlan’s shot was precise, but he had some help: his strike grazes Aaron Mokoena to totally foil goalie Itumeleng Khune.

7. Distance formula

Xabi Alonso plays a long ball out of the back up to Fernando Torres, and with the Liverpool striker streaking toward his net.

6. Dance party

Valter Birsa caught the USA napping with a 30-yard left-footed strike that sizzled into Tim Howard’s net to open the scoring in its first round matchup. Three Americans were caught ball-watching on the play but there’s no questioning the quality of the finish.

5. Long distance

Carlos Tevez pulled a goal out of nothing after he ran into two Mexican defenders and saw the ball rebound favorably off of Ricardo Osorio, allowing him to uncork a 25-yard shot that smashes into the top corner. Keeper Oscar Perez couldn’t even move on it.

4. On the mark

Wesley Sneijder sends a long ball out to the right flank, where Arjen Robben collects and drifts in toward the center. He beats three Slovakian defenders, and sends a left-footed thunderbolt past Jan Mucha to the lower right corner of the net. It was the goal of the game and should have been the game-winner.

3. Tight angle

Landon Donovan collects and races to the endline, taking goalkeeper Samir Handanovic on one-on-one. Donovan’s right footed blast from an acute angle blows past the Slovene netminder.

2. Rocket ship

Arugably the best goal of the tournament, Dutch defender Giovanni Van Bronckhorst collected the ball on the left and sent a 40-yard left-footed rocket into the far top corner, and he did it in the semifinals no less.

1. For starters

Kagiso Dikgacoi sent a ball from the center circle through the Mexico defense, allowing Siphiwe Tshabalala to touch it on, then uncork a left-footed rocket that blazed past keeper Oscar Perez and into the top left corner of the net. It was the first goal of the World Cup and gave South Africa hope that as hosts they could escape the group stages.

[Top Goals via FoxSports]

1. Show Your App in Action

If there is one important thing in common with almost every iPhone app website I have seen, it’s that they all show how their application looks inside an actual iPhone. There are plenty of free mockups of iPhones out there that you can use for free to save you the trouble of shooting a picture of an actual iPhone.

This will make it clear what your site is about, so don’t be afraid to have the iPhone mockup large and in charge on your home page. Just make sure it’s as close to how your app will look as possible.

2. Create a Killer Headline

Arguably the most important part of any site trying to sell something is the headline. A large headline is usually the first thing a viewer reads and it often decides whether or not they will hit the back button. A killer headline can skyrocket your sales and keep people on your site for much longer.

It should accurately describe what your app is about, what it can do for the user and why it’s better than the competition in just one great sentence. Try writing a few dozen versions and testing which work best. Its one of the few elements of a site you can change easily and see big improvements as a result.

3. List Features and Benefits

Features and benefits are your best friend. They are the most important copy next to your headline and should also be in a prominent location above the fold of your website, which means you should see them without scrolling. Separate features and benefits into two sections and use bullets to draw attention to them.

This works great for a lot of people who like to scan sites quickly for information. Don’t exaggerate your features and benefits. Be honest about what your app can do and why the user should buy it.

4. Have a Large Call to Action

Your end goal is going to be to get people to buy and download your app so you need a big download button! Make it clear and easy for users to download your app. If some one comes to your site they should be able to spot the download button within 3 seconds without any trouble.

Create a couple different variations and remember bold is better. Also be sure to use action phrases for the button text such as “download now”. Again, you should test the button and a simple way to do so is to have some friends view the site while you are in the room with them and tell them to point out the download button as soon as they can and record how long it takes them to find it.

5. Add Some Video

Nowadays video is king and sometimes it’s a lot easier to get your point across to a viewer by actually showing them your iPhone app in action. If you don’t want to be on camera find some one who is a natural on camera and a very good speaker.

While you can write a script for the person, a way to make it more natural and fun is to find some one who really loves your apps and knows it backwards and forward. Just remind them of a few key points to touch on and then just ask them to talk about your iPhone app and show what it can do live.

6. Go Social

If you want your app to be HUGE you need to play into how viral the web can be. Try out different viral marketing methods such as videos, images, content and always have lots of ways for people to share your website and content across social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon and so on.

7. Keep it Simple

In the end, you are just selling an iPhone app! There is no reason to have a very complicated website with dozens of pages and all kinds of fancy features. Include the key stuff mentioned above in a simple layout and let your app do the rest of the work.

Take a look at other Iphone app sites to see what they are doing and then make yours better! Study what works and apply it to your site if you want to increase your chances of success.

Showcase of iPhone App Websites