Have all the good jobs dried up?

[ter-o]

You don't need to build up a website from scratch, like people used to do back in the day. Either start a blog at http://wordpress.org/ or http://www.blogspot.com or put up some gallery page with http://gallery.menalto.com/ or http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/

You'll get your site up and running in no time and no need to know html / javascript etc.

[sonic_reaper]

Hm, that seems easy, but not particularly professional.  Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the links, but I had the impression that companies/individuals won't take you seriously if you're work is uploaded to a blog site.  And it always looks better when your web page is named after yourself.  It lets people know who you are.

[Gil]

A blog is actually fine if you plan on writing stuff about particular art pieces. If it's just a portfolio, then no, it isn't professional at all.

[Lawrence]

A blog is actually fine if you plan on writing stuff about particular art pieces. If it's just a portfolio, then no, it isn't professional at all.

Loads of highly skilled artists in the industry use blogs, gallery-sites etc. as a portfolio. I don't know why you'd think it's unprofessional.

[Gil]

For every one of those you can provide I'd be able to provide a website of an artist who chose for a professionally designed portfolio. If it is within one's capabilities to create one, there's no advantages to a generic blog that just holds a single post with art.

[junkboy]

Recession + niche & outdated graphical style probably doesn't equal a lot of job opportunities. I'm honestly surprised people still can make a living on this stuff.