Website research

I am going to be making my own website next year, so I have been looking at a few illustrators websites to get some ideas to help me.
So I have been looking at Jill Calder's, which I think is really well put together. You immediately get a glimpse of her style on the opening page, it's very easy on the eye with no distractions of things moving and flashing etc. There are no complications, it's very simple and straight forward and when you pass the opening page it is easy to navigate your way around the website with no problem.
http://www.jillcalder.com

I looked at Sam Wilson's website, which again is really simple and to easy to navigate your way around. This one however opens up straight away to her portfolio work, with no opening page before hand and that is what I really like about this website. It's definitely something I would consider doing for my own website. This is because if someone was interested in seeing more work, it's convenient for them to be able to have it already there for them to flick through. It's also useful if someone accidentally came across your website, because they may be interested in what they see.
http://www.samwilsonillustration.com

David Shrigley's website is easy to navigate your way around too and he also gives a taster of his work on his opening page. I think this is quite clear to see that the best way of promoting yourself to people is by keeping it simple and have it in a style that represents your work and style etc. On Davids website compared to the other two, he doesn't immediately show his work when you click to see his drawings, you instead see a list of the titles of his artwork, which I realised is done purposely, because the title of the artwork is what adds to the humour or comment of what he is portraying.

http://www.davidshrigley.com/index.html