10 Inspiring Squarespace Portfolio Examples

Thinking of creating a Squarespace portfolio?

That is a very good decision, considering that Squarespace is possibly the most well-known website builder in the world right now. The tool works just as well for creating an online portfolio website.

But no matter how many features you get, ideas for a good portfolio don't come out of nowhere. Unless you aced your web design and graphic design classes, you could probably use some inspiration to start with.

In this article, I'll showcase 10 especially stunning Squarespace portfolio examples. I'll also show you a way in which you can add a professionally designed, self-updating widget that displays your latest work samples automatically on your gorgeous portfolio.

10 Creative Squarespace Portfolio Examples

Mathias Ball — a stunning graphic design portfolio

Needless to say, Mathias' portfolio page is a glorious riot of color and intense creativity. The Squarespace portfolio template they chose is able to highlight the charm and nuance of every single piece of art.

Mathias Ball is a trans-identified illustrator whose work is inspired by animals, emotions, and warm, bright colors. They have graduated from the Illustration program at Sheridan College. Their art is instantly unique, weaving a world of adorable characters, especially dogs.

They also dabble in photography and run Sulkypup.

Some of Mathias' clients, as seen on their website, are Reader’s Digest, The Walrus, The Washington Post, Scholastic, Annick Press, Marble Press, The New York Times, Nature Conservancy Canada, Cottage Life,  Chirp Magazine, ByUs Box,  OWL Magazine and SMG Studio.

Livia Fălcaru — the template for good art

I'm sure that by now you've noticed how Livia's work combines raucous irreverence with intimately human scenes.

Livia Fălcaru is an illustrator and visual artist in Romania. She draws inspiration from her experience as a woman living in the current world. According to her website,

The Romanian artist often finds herself fascinated by daily life and the emotions we might all feel but never care to mention. Although her illustrations are immersed in cheerful colors, the subjects approached are usually an in-depth view of raw emotions and realities, that ultimately serve as a medium for real and honest communication.

Livia plays with traditional and digital artistic techniques, while also engaging with different media such as ceramics, objects, murals, and AR/VR.

Some of Livia's clients, as seen on her website, are Vans, Meta, Vogue & Teen Vogue, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Bon Appétit, Refinery29, Fanta, Lay’s, WhatsApp, Apartment Therapy, Rae Wellness, Samsung, Logitech, Avon, EMAG, Always, Society6, Absolut Vodka, WWF, and Wacom.

Mindy Nguyen — Art Director & Design Portfolio

Mindy Nguyen doesn't say much about herself, whether on her Squarespace website or her LinkedIn. But I still wanted to include her portfolio website because of the unbelievably charming header text.

Mindy is a visual and interactive designer who is,  according to her illustration portfolio, the current creative director at ilovecreatives Studio.

Owen Gent — artful graphic design portfolio

Owen Gent is an artist and illustrator based in Bristol, England. Like Mindy, he doesn't say much on his portfolio site, but one look at his list of clients and it becomes obvious that he runs amongst the highest circles.

His clients include The New York Times, IMAX, TED, The New Yorker, The Oprah Magazine, The Economist, Amnesty International, The Washington Post, BBC, HarperCollins, Al Jazeera and more.

Eleonora Arosio — a portfolio website for joyful visuals

Eleonora Arosio is an Italian freelance illustrator who graduated from NABA Milan. Her work emphasizes bold colors, simple shapes and naive characters.

Eleonora has won multiple awards — 2015 Winner of Talenthouse Artwork for Airbnb “One Less Stranger,” 2016 Staedtler Yen Female Awards Finalist, 2022 AiMCO Award Finalist “Influence for Good.” She has also hosted exhibitions of her work in multiple cities across the world.

Rachel Sanson — Squarespace portfolio template for a children's illustrator

Rachel Sanson is an illustrator of children’s books based in the UK. She graduated from the University of Lincoln with a degree in illustration after "3 years in a little studio perched on the top of a very steep hill.”

Her work focuses on illustrating creative, quirky, and weird characters within children's fiction. Don’t miss the interesting use of white space.

She has worked on the Topsea middle-grade novel series and the Tails from History educational book series. Among these, A Sea Otter to the Rescue received the Gold Standard Selection Award from the Junior Library Guild in 2019.

She published her first picture book, The Lady of the Library in 2021.

Rachel has also worked with Disney Hyperion, Simon & Schuster, Hodder, Randomhouse, Scholastic, and Little Tiger Press.

Benjamin Hardman — Squarespace website for fine art and editing

Benjamin Hardman is a landscape photographer and natural history cinematographer based in Iceland.

He was, for a decade, working in photography and film for major companies like Netflix and BBC. He has also been on more than 30 assignments as a polar expedition photography specialist. On his website, he says:

Benjamin has developed a deep connection and passion for documenting the lands of Iceland, Greenland, Svalbard, and Antarctica.

Benjamin has worked with companies like Silverback Films, Netflix, BBC, 66 North, DJI, Icelandair, Olympus, Goretex, Land Rover, Suzuki, and National Geographic. He has also worked with the tourism boards of Visit Svalbard, Visit Faroe Islands, Visit Greenland, Travel Alberta, and Inspired by Iceland.

Alani Vargas — a favorite Squarespace template for writers

Alani Vargas is a queer, Latina journalist who went to Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and has been an entertainment journalist ever since graduation. She’s been writing professionally since junior year.

Her work includes pop culture writing, reviewing TV shows like ‘Batwoman’ for The A.V. Club, and ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ and ‘You.’

You'll find her op-ed on Vogue.com, POPSUGAR Bitch Media, and more. On her website, she says, "She loves a good rom-com just as much as she adores 'Star Wars' and queer cartoons (lookin' at you 'Harley Quinn' and 'She-Ra and the Princesses of Power').

Alani has actually integrated the Authory-Squarespace widget on her portfolio. That means she has a stunning Squarespace site that builds her brand as a journalist. It shows her personality, has a landing page, an about page, case studies, and more. At the same time, the Authory integration quickly shows her body of work. It’s clean, organized, and always up-to-date.

RyuCreative — a graphic design portfolio to remember

RyuCreative is a social branding, PR, and marketing boutique that supports early-stage as well as established clients. It’s a female-run agency that prioritizes creativity and leverages digital marketing and PR to drive brand-level success.

Some of RyuCreative's clients are ECOS, JUREVE, rare global, Just Black Denim, Fanimal, Chiyo, Earthkind, and more.

La Playa — Visual Design & Web Development Portfolio

La Playa is owned by Nayade, who runs,

Playa Studio from as close to the sea as it gets while making digital things that help people create a life they don’t need to escape from.

This is a beautiful description, and Nayade clearly prefers to let her work do the talking, as she doesn't specifically list her clients. But you can see that many of her pieces are done in collaboration with Mindy Nguyen (whose portfolio we've already showcased in this article.

Get a self-updating portfolio on your Squarespace website

Why bother with adding work samples to your website or keeping them updated? The simple answer is that clients need to see that you’re actually good at what you claim to do. The quality of your work samples tells them they can trust you to do great work.

But, just tossing out a few work samples isn’t enough. The design of your website inadvertently shows clients how seriously you take your business. A disorganized site says that a freelancer may be inexperienced or not have made enough money to create a proper site.

You also need to keep your samples updated and often.

This is because most jobs in the digital age require a higher volume of content publication. So, if a client is looking for someone to write articles for their blog, they probably want someone who is a great writer and delivers finished articles twice to thrice a week.

Showcasing five to six published samples will not convey that you can handle high workloads like this. Clients want to see recent publications so they can get a sense of how you’re doing now.

How Authory helps you keep automatically updated work samples on your Squarespace portfolio website

Authory eliminates the painful process of constantly updating your portfolio. It updates your portfolio for you while looking great and perfectly aligned with your Squarespace site’s unique design.

Authory is fundamentally designed to display work samples in a clean and aesthetic format within a portfolio. It comes with in-built features that let you showcase your work perfectly… and you have to do very little to get this industry-best display within your kicka** Squarespace site.

Integrating Authory into my Squarespace site lets me have my cake and eat it too. I highlight some of my strongest writing samples at the top of my writing services page, and then I share my main Authory collection below them so clients can look at my most recent work. I get full control over what I share with clients without having to worry about constantly updating my portfolio.

— Melissa King

It also finds and automatically imports all your bylined work into a single digital repository. You don’t have to find published articles, ask clients if they are published, and save links. You simply enter the URL of the website(s) where your content is published, and Authory gets it for you.

Essentially, the tool builds a comprehensive portfolio for you. You get that properly updated portfolio without doing any of the heavy lifting. And then, you can add this portfolio to any Squarespace site with a couple of clicks.

A Squarespace integration with your Authory portfolio completely takes away the need to manually upload anything. After signing up for Authory, creating a portfolio, and integrating it with Squarespace, you can sit back and watch the Authory portfolio update itself as soon as a new piece of yours is published. You only need to put in the one-time effort of sign and integration. Authory manages the rest by itself.

So, why not give it a go? Sign up for Authory (Free), take the 14-day trial, place the Authory widget on your Squarespace site, and make the call. Your opinion is the only one that counts.