# Drawfolio

> Drawfolio is a Valencia-based SaaS platform that lets illustrators and graphic artists build a professional portfolio website in about five minutes, with no coding, a custom domain, and an optional store for selling prints and originals. Founded around 2014 by Luis Roig and Fernando Casquel, it has stayed deliberately small - a two-person operation on a freemium model, charging roughly €54 a year for its PRO plan - and has kept serving working artists for more than a decade without chasing venture scale.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Valencia, Spain
- **Founders:** Luis Roig (CEO and Founder - a telecom engineer who built the tool for the artists he envies), Fernando Casquel (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~2 employees
- **Products:** Portfolio Website Builder, Custom Domain & Hosting, Drawfolio Store, Galleries & Analytics, Add-ons: SSL & Email
- **Notable:** Operating for more than a decade (founded around 2014) as a bootstrapped, two-person company, Built a focused product used by illustrators and designers across Spain, Latin America and beyond, Sustained a freemium SaaS business without meaningful outside funding

## Products & services

- **Portfolio Website Builder** — A no-code builder that gets an artist's portfolio live in about five minutes, with 12+ templates named after famous artists (Leonardo, Pollock, Hokusai, Escher and more), color/font/logo customization and responsive layouts.
- **Custom Domain & Hosting** — Custom .com domain registration plus hosting and cloud storage on the PRO plan (1GB), with SEO-friendly image URLs and mobile-optimized delivery.
- **Drawfolio Store** — An optional e-commerce add-on (about €4.50/month) that lets artists sell prints, originals and products directly from their portfolio with PayPal and product management.
- **Galleries & Analytics** — Password-protected galleries, contact forms, social-media integration and built-in visitor/traffic analytics.
- **Add-ons: SSL & Email** — SSL certificate (about €20/year) and a branded email account (about €24/year) as optional extras on top of PRO.

## Achievements

- Operating for more than a decade (founded around 2014) as a bootstrapped, two-person company
- Built a focused product used by illustrators and designers across Spain, Latin America and beyond
- Sustained a freemium SaaS business without meaningful outside funding
- Maintains an active product and blog with regular feature updates and community contests (e.g. Drawtober)

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Summer promotion: 20% off the first year of the PRO plan (about €43.20 instead of €54).
- **2026-01** — January sale: 20% off the first year of PRO.
- **2025-12** — Shipped better, SEO-friendly image URLs with descriptive slugs auto-generated from image titles.
- **2025-11** — Black Friday promotion (up to 50% off).
- **2025-10** — Ran the #Drawtober2025 community challenge with a free annual PRO subscription as a prize.

## Links

- Website: https://drawfolio.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/drawfolio
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/drawfolio
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Drawfolio
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drawfolio
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Drawfolio

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Last updated: 2026-08-19