Artist
A website for artists, with your own work on it
Your name set large, photos of your own work in a gallery, and a way to ask you for a commission.
Choose this design, type your details and see your own site before you pay anything. First year €67.76 with hosting and a domain name (a new one or your own), then €43.56 a year, incl. VAT.
Example person · name and details made up
Next to the other designs: personal and portfolio website example
The portfolio design, here with a made-up illustrator who hasn’t uploaded any work yet. Your site carries your name and photos of your own work.
What people look for on an artist’s website
Someone who looks you up wants to see the work first: paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, whatever you make. Then they want to know who you are and how to ask you for a piece. Your site shows photos or scans of your own work, each with the caption you type, and at the bottom anyone can send you a message about a commission. A stock image or anyone else’s work never goes on it.
- Can I see your work?
- Photos or scans of your own work in the gallery, from 2 up to 24 pieces. Under each one goes what you type: the title, the medium, the size or the year. One piece can also hang large at the top beside your name.
- What do you make?
- What you do, one line per subject: paintings, murals, book illustration, workshops. A price only appears where you type one.
- Who is the artist?
- A part about you in the first person: where you work and what you work with. Exhibitions, galleries or prizes you don’t name are never written in.
- Can I ask for a commission?
- A message form at the bottom, or your email address set large if you’d rather turn the form off. People write what they’re after, and the message lands in your email. Price, timing and payment you agree with them yourself.
Questions from artists
How does my work get on the site?
You photograph or scan it and upload the files yourself: while you build the site, under "Add your own photos" (you sign in with your email address for that), or later in your account under Photos. A file needs at least 800 pixels on its long side, and your account holds up to 30 photos at a time. When you upload, you confirm the rights are yours.
Can I sell my work or prints through the site?
No. There is no shop and no print sales, and nobody pays through your site. Someone who wants to buy a piece or commission one sends you a message through the form; you sort out the price and the payment with them yourself.
Is my work shown in high resolution?
No. Each file becomes web versions up to 1600 pixels wide, and we don’t keep the original. Data inside the file, such as a copyright line, is removed, and we add no watermark. If you want your name in the image, put it there before you upload. Anything on the web can be saved by someone.
I’m an illustrator. Does this design suit me too?
Yes. The example on this page is a made-up illustrator. List what you draw, such as book covers or cards, and show your drawings in the gallery.
Art is my living. Do I order as a business?
You choose that at checkout, where a business sees the prices without VAT as well. The design stays the same: your site talks about you and your work, never like a shop.
One price a year. Domain and hosting included.
First year €67.76 incl. VAT (€56 excl. VAT), then €43.56 a year (€36 excl. VAT). You only pay once you’ve seen your website and approved it. Want to stop? Your domain name stays yours and you can download your website as a zip. The domain name: a new one (.eu, .com, .nl, .be, .fr or .at) registered in your name, or one you already own.
Why it costs less
No agency hours and no surprises. This is where the price difference comes from, and what you can check yourself.
Designs made in advance
Each design is built once, for a wedding, a club or a portfolio. You fill in your details instead of paying for a designer’s hours.
AI writes, I check
AI drafts the text from what you tell it. I check every new website myself, within one working day after it goes online.
You pay after you’ve seen it
You see your own website first and only pay once you approve it.
Nothing locked in
Your domain name is registered in your name, and you can download your whole website as a zip file at any time.
Tegnest is a Dutch company, Chamber of Commerce number 42167593, Vlierstraat 196, 7544 GJ Enschede. I don’t show reviews yet: judge by the example sites.