Opening page
 

what would be a good first page for visitors to see on an online portfolio site? a news page? artist intro? 3d gallery? resume?

I'd probably say gallery. Yeah, I know mine shows a news page, but I'm thinking of changing it. :)

mine is the update page so people quickly know what new content has been added recently

I agree with darkware. Maybe have the gallery with a small section about recently updated areas with a timeframe. I hate when i get to a site that says "Gallery updated" and it was done 2 years ago...