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Stickman · 14-04-2003, 09:42

Anyone know of any?
A client wants a site to exhibit and sell art (not his own - he's a collector). Does anyone have a favourite online art/photo gallery to help me gather ideas and styles in my head?

andrewparker · 14-04-2003, 10:13

Craig Grannell has a pretty nice was of cataloguing and displaying photos here. Nicely avoids the pop-up dilema and could be adapted for your needs.....

14-04-2003, 14:51

www.daprints.com

Can seel ur stuff there :X

dorian · 14-04-2003, 15:20

I would use grey or white as the main theme... i've said it before... neutral colours are the best for exhibiting stuff - they don't interfear with the colours of the exhibited works.
guess that's not much help, eh?

14-04-2003, 15:27

Ive been to iceland :P - tad offtopic but its in reffrence with the link! - it was rather marshy!

oli · 15-04-2003, 05:47

There was a really good one that was posted on cre@te a while ago - it was basically done in flash with the nav in the middle on a semi-see through bit and when you clicked the photo thumbnails the photo loaded as the background - someone from cre@te remind me what the ur was pls!
I remember it was someones portfolio.

andrewparker · 15-04-2003, 06:08

I posted that - it was for a photographer called Rui Camilo.

http://www.rui-camilo.de/main.html

Well remembered Oli!

oli · 15-04-2003, 06:53

thats the bugger , cheers andrew

Stunning site, gone in my bookmarks so I dont lose it again!

andrewparker · 15-04-2003, 07:52

http://www.mariolalich.com is another good one......

dorian · 15-04-2003, 07:52

yeah, had it in my bookmarks once and lost it - but now I have it again. Thanks

Stickman · 15-04-2003, 07:59

Thanks very much everyone

I really like the photography on www.mariolalich.com, but I think I'll do something more like the Rui Camilo photography site (very nice).

First thoughts:
xhtml/css
needs a nice font
maybe make thumbnails act as previews
an off-white colour scheme is definitely the way to go

Hopefully this will result in a clean and subtle design which will draw the eye to the artwork.

Cheers for the help so far, keep it coming.

Stickman · 26-04-2003, 16:05

Just seen this on styleboost and its lurvely:

http://www.tomter.net

Bill Posters · 27-04-2003, 04:32

www.BritArt.com

It's possibly a big more 'complete' than you had in mind, but there are some nice ideas that could be incorporated into your site such as the handy reference illustration comparing the size of the painting to a six foot person.

I'm not sure if they handle the 'selling on' of art or if they only deal directly with the artists, but it's worth checking out.
Given the site title, they may also require that the artist be British.

(I plan/hope to be showing/selling some of my own paintings there when I finally get my arse in gear and read the bumph on the site.)

14-04-2003, 09:42	#1 (permalink)
Stickman Dr. Lucien Sanchez Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 5,628	Online galleries Anyone know of any? A client wants a site to exhibit and sell art (not his own - he's a collector). Does anyone have a favourite online art/photo gallery to help me gather ideas and styles in my head?

14-04-2003, 10:13	#2 (permalink)
andrewparker Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 991	Craig Grannell has a pretty nice was of cataloguing and displaying photos here. Nicely avoids the pop-up dilema and could be adapted for your needs..... __________________ Andrew Parker --------------------- (Apple PowerBook G4 1.67GHz / 1Gb RAM / OS X / Safari )

14-04-2003, 15:20	#4 (permalink)
dorian i do lines Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Poland/Denmark Posts: 3,233	I would use grey or white as the main theme... i've said it before... neutral colours are the best for exhibiting stuff - they don't interfear with the colours of the exhibited works. guess that's not much help, eh? __________________ ...

15-04-2003, 05:47	#6 (permalink)
oli Free Ring Ding™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 9,519	There was a really good one that was posted on cre@te a while ago - it was basically done in flash with the nav in the middle on a semi-see through bit and when you clicked the photo thumbnails the photo loaded as the background - someone from cre@te remind me what the ur was pls! I remember it was someones portfolio. __________________ ..................

15-04-2003, 06:08	#7 (permalink)
andrewparker Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 991	I posted that - it was for a photographer called Rui Camilo. http://www.rui-camilo.de/main.html Well remembered Oli! __________________ Andrew Parker --------------------- (Apple PowerBook G4 1.67GHz / 1Gb RAM / OS X / Safari )

14-04-2003, 14:51	#3 (permalink)
Marko1888 Posts: n/a	www.daprints.com Can seel ur stuff there :X

14-04-2003, 15:27	#5 (permalink)
Marko1888 Posts: n/a	Ive been to iceland :P - tad offtopic but its in reffrence with the link! - it was rather marshy!

15-04-2003, 06:53	#8 (permalink)
oli Free Ring Ding™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 9,519	thats the bugger , cheers andrew Stunning site, gone in my bookmarks so I dont lose it again! __________________ ..................

15-04-2003, 07:52	#9 (permalink)
andrewparker Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 991	http://www.mariolalich.com is another good one...... __________________ Andrew Parker --------------------- (Apple PowerBook G4 1.67GHz / 1Gb RAM / OS X / Safari )

15-04-2003, 07:52	#10 (permalink)
dorian i do lines Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Poland/Denmark Posts: 3,233	yeah, had it in my bookmarks once and lost it - but now I have it again. Thanks __________________ ...

15-04-2003, 07:59	#11 (permalink)
Stickman Dr. Lucien Sanchez Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 5,628	Thanks Thanks very much everyone I really like the photography on www.mariolalich.com, but I think I'll do something more like the Rui Camilo photography site (very nice). First thoughts: xhtml/css needs a nice font maybe make thumbnails act as previews an off-white colour scheme is definitely the way to go Hopefully this will result in a clean and subtle design which will draw the eye to the artwork. Cheers for the help so far, keep it coming.

26-04-2003, 16:05	#12 (permalink)
Stickman Dr. Lucien Sanchez Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 5,628	Just seen this on styleboost and its lurvely: http://www.tomter.net

27-04-2003, 04:32	#13 (permalink)
Bill Posters trouble free and loverlee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: YooKay Posts: 2,878	www.BritArt.com It's possibly a big more 'complete' than you had in mind, but there are some nice ideas that could be incorporated into your site such as the handy reference illustration comparing the size of the painting to a six foot person. I'm not sure if they handle the 'selling on' of art or if they only deal directly with the artists, but it's worth checking out. Given the site title, they may also require that the artist be British. (I plan/hope to be showing/selling some of my own paintings there when I finally get my arse in gear and read the bumph on the site.)

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