A guided 4-week class to help you update your portfolio alongside other creatives!

Hi, my name is Lauren, and I need to update my portfolio. What about you?

I’m finally ready to buckle down and do it, and I’m turning it into a live, 4-week class that’ll help other portfolio procrastinators get it done alongside me in the new year!

As creative freelancers, we all know how important our online portfolios are to our businesses.

Your portfolio acts as the digital storefront for your small business.
Your portfolio communicates (and dictates) the type of work you’re available for.
Your portfolio sells potential clients on your work and gives them a way to contact you.

…but even knowing all of that, many of us continue to kick the ‘update portfolio’ task further and further down our to-do lists ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Portfolio Procrastinator was made for you if:

Your Instagram contains way more current work than your actual website (oops!)
You're tired of telling people how outdated your portfolio is before sending them the link.
Your current website isn't an accurate representation of the work you'd like to be known for.
You want to apply to new jobs but an outdated portfolio is getting in your way.
Procrastination is one of your core personality traits, so external deadlines are gold to you.
Updating your portfolio in a group sounds more enjoyable than doing it alone.

"Eep! So I finally finished my design portfolio. This has been YEARS in the making, but I finally feel like I’m at a place to be able to show it off. It’s never perfect, and I’m my own worst critic, but I’m so excited to apply for jobs and finally say “I have a website!”.

I think every designer gripes about their own portfolio or hasn’t updated it in years. Portfolio Procrastinator really helped me organize things to finish the damn thing."

- CHRISTINE CHUNG

Class begins on January 17th, 2025. Here's what to expect:

Every Friday morning, you’ll receive an email with a video lesson (aka a recording of me working on my portfolio and walking you through my process) and links to any additional resources.
Every following Wednesday from 11am to 12pm ET, I’ll be available for live office hours where you can ask me questions about that week’s lesson, get feedback on your progress, or simply use the time as a work session. Replays will be uploaded immediately after streaming.

Week 1 · PORTFOLIO AUDIT

As much as I hate planning, it’s a necessary first step whenever I update my portfolio! We’ll assess our current, outdated portfolios and make a plan for what we want to add (and what we want to delete). We’ll identify our main goals for our websites, which will inform the design and curation choices we’ll make moving forward.

Link to lesson emailed on January 17th + Office Hours hosted at 11 AM ET on January 22nd

Week 2 · PREPARING THE WORK

After we make a plan, we’ll gather and create all of the best work we want to add to our portfolios. I’ll be doing a mix of mocking up my work digitally, taking photos manually, and honestly just using JPEGS of artwork (and I’ll walk you through how I make those decisions). This week also includes writing descriptions of each project, complete with basic templates to help things go faster.

Link to lesson emailed on January 24th + Office Hours hosted at 11 AM ET on January 29th

Week 3 · PREPARING THE OTHER STUFF

If only updating a portfolio was as simple as uploading new work, right?! This week, we’ll be talking ALL THE OTHER THINGS: copywriting for the rest of your website (hello ‘About Me’), updating your artist headshot, revising your client list, and curating your homepage. I’ll provide copywriting templates for your Homepage, About Me, and Contact pages for those who are stuck.

Link to lesson emailed on January 31st + Office Hours hosted at 11 AM ET on February 5th

Week 4 · UPLOAD & GO LIVE

This week, we’ll upload all of our shiny new assets to our portfolios and put the finishing touches on our sites. I’ll show you how to promote your updated portfolio to your current online audience, and we’ll finish strong by making a game plan for the future. We’ll identify goals and gaps in our updated portfolios that will inform the kind of personal work we do moving forward (aka getting you closer to landing your dream projects and aligned clients).

Link to lesson emailed on February 7th + Office Hours hosted at 11 AM ET on February 12th

Access to all course materials will expire on February 17th, 2025 at 11:59pm ET to mimic the experience of an in-person class. I find that real-life deadlines like these are helpful for procrastinators like us 😉

"Hooray! I've updated my website after months of telling myself I should do it but never making the time for it. This course was EXACTLY what I needed, and I didn't think twice about signing up. I'd taken Lauren's Passion To Paid course before (also excellent if you ask me), and I knew it was going to be good. But I'm also biased: I love Lauren's work, her teaching style, and her vibe.⁠

Anyways, she delivered once again! Updating my portfolio has honestly never flowed so easily. And the thing I dreaded turned into something I actually enjoyed doing and got excited about.⁠ There are still a few things I'd like to tweak and add, but this is good enough for now, and now I have a system for planning the work.⁠"

- CAMILLE MEDINA, camillemedina.com

FAQs

The live class starts on Friday, January 17th, 2025 with an email containing your first video lesson and ends Wednesday, February 12th with our last Office Hours/Q&A call.
Access to all course materials will expire on February 17th, 2025 at 11:59pm ET to mimic the experience of an in-person class. I find that real-life deadlines like these are helpful for inspiring action in procrastinators like us ;)
If you're unhappy, then I'm unhappy. Contact me at hello@homsweethom.com within 30 days of your purchase if the class isn't the right fit for you, and I'd be happy to issue you a refund.
While it's not a requirement, you'll get the most out of this class if you have a URL and basic website set up already. This class won't cover how to technically set up a website, purchase domains, etc. You may sign up for this class without having an existing website, but you will want to get one set up as soon as class begins. I'd recommend a drag-and-drop website builder like Squarespace, Adobe Portfolio, Cargo Collective, etc.
I designed this program for any visual creatives who are trying to curate a body of work that will attract paid clients (freelance, F/T employers, commissions)! I’m a commercial designer & lettering artist, so that’s where my core expertise is, but this class would be applicable to photographers, painters, illustrators, animators + more. The area I definitely ~don’t~ have expertise in is online shops that sell merch/products.

“It’s amazing how much I got done over the last month because of this class!”

- Angelika Piwowarczyk, floraillustration.com

Updating your portfolio site can seem like an overwhelming and daunting task...because it is!

Especially if it's been months (or even years!) since you last worked on it 😬

Especially when you're so close to the creative work you're supposed to curate.

That's where joining a class like Portfolio Procrastinator can make all the difference:

Gain momentum from working alongside other creatives with similar goals.
Avoid getting stuck in your own head by receiving real-time feedback from your peers and me.
Be accountable to class deadlines due to expiring access to lessons.

If you're finally ready to check the ‘update portfolio’ task off your to-do list in 2025, I'd love to have you in this upcoming class!