Case Study · Painted Desires
A custom client gallery and studio portal for a boudoir & fine-art studio.
Painted Desires needed more than a brochure site. They needed a private, trust-focused space where clients could view artwork securely, approve commissions, and receive finished images and paintings without ever feeling like “just another gallery link.”
Private client gallery & studio portal
Custom workflow, no themes, fully tailored to the artist.
Project overview.
Painted Desires is a boudoir and fine-art studio that offers intimate photography and hand-painted artwork. The existing tools for galleries and delivery felt transactional and generic—the opposite of the experience they wanted clients to remember.
Forge & Ember Studios designed a custom platform that brings together private client galleries, artwork previews, and secure delivery into a single experience that still feels like the artist's studio—just online.
Project details
- Studio
- Painted Desires · Art & Boudoir
- Services
- Custom website & gallery platform, client portal, delivery system
- Built for
- Long-term gallery & artwork delivery, future Ember integration
- Status
- Live & evolving
What Forge & Ember built.
Rather than bolt together existing tools, we built a single, cohesive system that reflects the way the artist actually works— from first inquiry through to final gallery and artwork delivery.
01 · Client gallery
Private viewing experience
- Secure, invite-only client galleries
- Mobile-friendly viewing for couples & partners
- Clear separation between in-progress and final artwork
02 · Studio portal
Tools that match the artist's workflow
- Session-centric organization (not just folders)
- Room to manage paintings, reference images, and finals
- Designed around sensitive, trust-based work
03 · Future-ready
Ember-ready foundation
- Built with Ember integration in mind
- Hooks for automated notifications & reminders
- Structure that can grow with the studio's offerings
Experience highlights.
For clients
- Links that feel like an extension of the studio, not a generic host.
- Clean, distraction-free viewing on both desktop and mobile.
- Trust-focused language and design from first click onward.
- Simple paths to view, choose, and receive finished work.
For the studio
- One place to manage sessions, galleries, and artwork delivery.
- Structure that respects the emotional weight of boudoir work.
- Less time wrangling tools, more time creating.
- A platform that can evolve alongside the artist's vision.
Under the hood.
Modern tooling, without unnecessary complexity. Everything is built to be maintainable, extendable, and ready to plug into Ember as she grows.
Stack
- Next.js + React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Supabase (auth & data)
Infrastructure
- Cloud-hosted deployment
- Optimized for media-heavy content
- Room to integrate R2 / object storage
Future Ember hooks
- Notification & messaging endpoints
- Room for automated client updates
- Scaffolding for assistant-driven workflows
Want a platform like this for your studio?
Whether you're a photographer, maker, or multi-disciplinary studio, we can design a system around how you actually work—not just another theme.