Expanding Skillset: Inspirations: Projects: Portfolio 2: Squarespace

• How do I describe my own Art?

What am I making?

• A Squarespace portfolio (example site, password is cat) showcasing images and videos you created in DMA class in Quarters 1 & 2

• This will be visible to classmates and those on the Internet invited to view it

• Connect your Art to Principles of Design and Photo Composition Strategies

How do I make it?

• Squarespace Portfolio Video Tutorial on YouTube

  1. Get Started, Sign Up, Log in with student Google email account,

  2. Select a template,

  3. Edit the home page,

  4. Replace the existing images with yours,

     • add any text you want to describe the story of your artwork

  5. Duplicate the home page,

  6. Title it, bring it into the "published" section, add more of your images

  7. Do as many themed pages as you like featuring your content

  8. And also, Edit the Header, customize social media link there (Instagram),

  9. Edit the Footer, customize social media links there (email, Instagram)

  10. Finally, get the link of the published Home Page and turn that in!

      • Go to Settings

      • Click Site Availability

      • Make it Password Protected (password cat) and push Save

      • click on the upper right arrow (in the upper right part of the screen)

      • Copy the address you see at the top of the window, turn that in Google Classroom (skip Google Site)

• Principles of Design & Typography apply to your blog posts and sites

Steps

1. Choose images and videos you have created in class. You can also select artwork created outside of class.

   • Open https://sites.google.com, open your site, then click Publish > View published site to see your work

   • Right-click or hold down the control-key and click Save Image to "Downloads" or Save Image As... and save your image to your computer so you can upload it to Squarespace

   • For Videos you will need a link or embed code from https://vimeo.com

   • You can also get embed codes from sites such as https://bandlab.com and https://soundcloud.com

2. Follow the steps above for How do I make it with the Video Tutorial above.

3. Copy the link for your published site, and turn that in for your Google Classroom assignment!

Career Connections

• Presenting your work and showing understanding of it is good for getting jobs, contracts, and reflecting on your own art.

Resources

• Principles of Design and Typography