Showing posts with label illustration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illustration. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The 25 Most Interesting Websites in 2012

As more and more graphic designers and illustrators gain web design skills, illustrations can increasingly be found on the web. UK designer Mike Kus showcases his 10 favourite examples of websites using illustration to enhance the user experience. 

I'm Practicing graphic/web designer and illustrator. For me, understanding how to design and build the front end of a website is part of a modern graphic designer's skill set. The web is just another canvas to design on. There are different considerations when designing for the web compared with designing a magazine layout, for example, but the crossover between the two disciplines is significant.

As more and more graphic designers/illustrators gain web design skills, we’re seeing a growth in the number of websites that use illustration.
I want to showcase a few websites that have caught my eye over the last year or so that use illustration to enhance the user experience.

Today I present you with some amazing looking websites. In the ongoing struggle to build powerful online brands, people are becoming more creative every day. New artistic styles are emerging and web design as we know it is being transformed. The interesting websites listed in this post are the perfect example of this concept.

Take your time as you browse through these websites. Notice the structure, the creativity, and the outside-the-box approach to their designs. These websites exemplify the true meaning of creativity.

"Nothing is more frustrating than landing on the home page of a beautiful website with no idea what is going on or how to navigate it. Don’t let this happen to your free website. Learn from some very creative and beautiful websites that just don’t work. It is a shame because the ideas are there and the creativity is evident but, like most things in life, a tool is no good unless you can figure out how to use it. Here now are 25 beautiful websites that are, in one way or another, unusable. "

The 20 Most AmazingWebsites in 2012

If you operate a website or a blog then pay attention. These amazing websites are doing what it takes to grab people’s attention. Are you? If not, then learn from the following examples. Draw inspiration from the most beautiful websites on the internet and then improve yourselves and your websites with what you learn.

1. CXXVI Clothing Co



2. Polecat



3. Gerren Lamson



4. The Many Faces Of... Leonoardo DiCaprio



5. Zaggy



6. Girl Effect



7. Studio Ten and a Half



8. BountyBev



9. Flight of the Conchords



10. Voltage: Fashion Amplified 2011



11.Old Loft

beautiful websites

12.Nine Lion

Beautiful Websites

13.Squared Eye

Beautiful Websites

14.Bouladier

Beautiful Websites

15.Dara’s Garden

Beautiful Websites

16.Jeff Sarmiento

Beautiful Websites

17.Freelenz

Beautiful Websites

18.Level 2 Design

Beautiful Websites

19.Sensisoft

Beautiful Websites

20.Vimeo

Beautiful Websites

21.Dean Oakley

Beautiful Websites

22.Stoodeo

Beautiful Websites

23.Jiri Tvrdek

Beautiful Websites

24.Osvaldas

Beautiful Websites

25.Matt Dempsey

Beautiful Websites

Do you know any other great examples of illustration on the web? Let us know what you would add to the list in the comments!