What better place to get vicious eye-candy bursting with creativity than a graphic designer’s portfolio? In this first installment of our Coolest Graphic Designer Portfolio feature, we list artists and designers boasting of talent in illustrations, fine art, graphic design for flyers, posters and brochures for print, advertising, web design and photography.

We hope you enjoy browsing through their inspiring portfolios as we have! If you know of any graphic designer’s portfolio you find we should include in our list, feel free to let us know!

There are so many options available when it comes to choosing a resource for your design needs. Thanks to the internet, independent designers have been able to not only improve their vast amount of knowledge but connect with people willing to give them an opportunity to shine. Unfortunately, the mass majority of good freelance designers are so buried by the larger companies that their names may never even make it to your list of potential solutions.

With so many larger design companies available at your fingertips why would you chose an independent, freelance designer over a secure, well established company? I have not just one reason but a list of 8 reasons on why you should hire a freelance designer.