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Artists-Theme — Jekyll Portfolio Template

By jsantana2418

Artists-Theme is a Jekyll-based artist portfolio website template derived from the DevTips YouTube series, released under the Unlicense and free to use for commercial or personal projects.

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Jekyll-based static portfolio template suitable for showcasing art and design projects

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Derived from the DevTips YouTube series, developed week by week with the full process preserved

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Released under the Unlicense, permitting free copying, modification, publication, and commercial use

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Sample portfolio assets come from multiple Behance creators, with contributors listed in the README

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Provides a GitHub Pages demo site to view the actual result directly

Template Details

Artists-Theme is a static website template built with Jekyll, aimed primarily at artists, designers, and others who need to showcase a portfolio. The template originated as a companion project for the DevTips YouTube channel series "How to build a professional website from start to finish," developed week by week, and the repository preserves a complete record of the development process.

The template includes a portfolio display area, with sample project assets from multiple Behance creators; the README lists these contributors. The repository uses the Unlicense, permitting free copying, modification, publication, and distribution of the code, including for commercial purposes.

Before use, Ruby and Jekyll must be installed locally. After cloning the repository with git clone, run jekyll serve --watch to preview locally. The template's demo site is hosted on GitHub Pages. Note that the repository was last updated in 2016 and provides no dependency version locking, so adjustments may be needed for the current Jekyll version. Licenses for third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be verified separately.

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Is it right for your project?

Use Cases

  • Artists or designers building a personal portfolio website
  • An introductory practice project for learning the Jekyll static site generator
  • As companion code reference for the DevTips tutorial series
  • Cloning locally to modify styles and content for personal or commercial projects

Suitable For

  • Artists and designers who need a free portfolio template
  • Developers learning Jekyll who want to reference a complete project structure
  • Beginners who want to follow video tutorials to build a website step by step

Getting started & customization

Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.

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    Install Ruby locally first, then run gem install jekyll to install Jekyll

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    Obtain the repository via git clone https://github.com/DevTips/Artists-Theme.git

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    After entering the project directory, run jekyll serve --watch to start a local preview

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    The repository was last updated in 2016 and does not lock dependency versions, so adaptation to the current Jekyll version may be required

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    Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate verification of their respective licenses

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Usage conditions & limitations

Free to use · keep license notice

This entry covers the free version in the public repository under the Unlicense; the free scope applies to that version's code and does not mean external services or third-party assets are free.

Must comply with when using

  • Permits free copying, modification, publication, use, compilation, sale, and distribution of that version's code, including for commercial purposes.
  • The author waives related copyright through a public domain dedication; the legal effect of that dedication depends on the applicable jurisdiction.
  • The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.

Additional costs & items to verify

  • The template is a free Jekyll theme but was still being developed week by week, so features may be incomplete or subject to ongoing change.
  • Ruby must be installed locally before use; otherwise Jekyll cannot build or preview.
  • Jekyll dependencies must be installed via gem, and the corresponding development environment must be configured before use.
  • Sample project assets in the portfolio display area come from multiple Behance creators; their licenses must be verified separately and are not granted along with the code license.
  • Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked under their respective licenses and cannot be judged solely by the code's Unlicense.
  • External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur separate charges.
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for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means

Original License Text

This is a free Jekyll Theme that is currently being developed in weekly episodes

Original README

If you haven't got ruby installed on your computer, install it.

Original README

Then run in your terminal `$ gem install jekyll`

Original README

_A big thank you to these creators for contributing sample projects for the "work" section:_

Original README
https://github.com/jsantana2418/Artists-Theme/blob/gh-pages/LICENSEhttps://github.com/jsantana2418/Artists-Theme/blob/gh-pages/README.md

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Template Information

Source platforms
GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score
Partly documented · 65 / 100
Technologies
Jekyll
Website type
Portfolio
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Repository update recorded
2016-07-07
Screenshot last checked
2026-10-02

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# Artists Theme

This site is being built on YouTube, one week at a time. See all the videos up to date here: [How to build a professional website from start to finish](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqGj3iMvMa4KQZUkRjfwMmTq_f1fbxerI)

Subscribe to [the channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/DevTipsForDesigners) to follow along as we develop this project step by step from the beginning.

## How to install/use

In order to get this super fantastic [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com) powered template for Artists follow this simple step:

* If you haven't got ruby installed on your computer, install it.
* Then run in your terminal `$ gem install jekyll`
* Move/`cd` to a folder, always in your terminal, in which you want to insert the *Artists-Theme*
* Run `git clone https://github.com/DevTips/Artists-Theme.git`
* Then `cd Artists-Theme`
* `jekyll serve --watch`
* **DONE**

Isn't it fantastic?

Learn how to [use Jekyll on windows](http://jekyll-windows.juthilo.com/) (if that's your thing :)



## Credits

_Code contributions via pull request:_
- [Riccardo Pasianotto](http://rkpasia.github.io)
- [cust0dian](https://github.com/cust0dian)
- [Dylan Spicker](https://github.com/ZDesign)
- [arielsafari](https://github.com/arielsafari)
- [bzerangue](https://github.com/bzerangue)
- [Brian Guerrero](https://github.com/brian-guerrero)
- [Vipul Bansal](https://github.com/vipsyvipul)
- [iiSa3](https://github.com/iiSa3)
- [Killua13](https://github.com/Killua13)
- [iMoritz](https://github.com/iMoritz)
- [jgrimshaw](https://github.com/jgrimshaw)
- [boodaah](https://github.com/boodaah)
- [Vadzim](https://github.com/meecrobe)
- [Eric Ellenbrook](https://github.com/ellenbrook)
- [rodrigofuentes](https://github.com/rodrigofuentes)
- [Jonathan](https://github.com/foohyfooh)
- [George](https://github.com/g3org3)
- [Anders Thuesen](https://github.com/ande765a)
- [beRoberto](https://github.com/beRoberto)
- [Sven Kube](https://github.com/SvenKube)

_A big thank you to these creators for contributing sample projects for the "work" section:_
- [Micael Butial](https://www.behance.net/gallery/14751131/-TYPO-International-Design-Talks)
- [Petras Nargėla](https://www.behance.net/gallery/16750837/Free-80-Crispy-Icons-in-PSD-AI-SVG-Webfont)
- [Sergey Valiukh](https://www.behance.net/gallery/13745729/Timeline-Page)
- [Ayoub Elred](https://www.behance.net/gallery/15812143/Flat-Mobile-UIUX-Concept-download)
- [Anton Skvortsov](https://www.behance.net/gallery/16483395/City-IN-website-concept)
- [Nick Zoutendijk](https://www.behance.net/gallery/13870569/Stripes-Co-Free-icon-Set)
- [Jonathan Quintin](https://www.behance.net/gallery/12748107/Weather-Dashboard-Global-Outlook-UIUX)
- [Jieyu Xiong](https://www.behance.net/gallery/15063575/Fresh-It-Up-App-Design)


![The Design](/assets/img/the_design.jpg)


_Artist Themes in the wild:_
- [limestudios](http://limestudios.net/)


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This is a free Jekyll Theme that is currently being developed in weekly episodes on the [DevTips YouTube channel](http://youtube.com/devtipsfordesigners).
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