Entries Tagged as 'Galleries'
21 Awesome Bright and Colorful Websites
Published May 15th, 2012 in Galleries - 4 Comments
Finding the right color scheme for a website design can often be a real challenge. Bright colors are sometimes not favored by designers, but in the right situation they can be very effective.
In this post we’ll showcase examples of 21 different bright and colorful websites. Hopfully, seeing these examples will give you some inspiration when you’re considering color schemes in your own work. By seeing what other designers are doing and how they are able to make colorful web designs work, you may get some ideas of your own.
35 Navigation Menus for Your Design Inspiration
Published May 8th, 2012 in Galleries - 8 Comments
Navigation menus are an important part of any web design for usability purposes, but they can also serve to improve the look and feel of the website. When designing navigation menus there are any number of different approaches that you can take, and in this post we’ll show 35 examples of sites with attractive menus. These examples sites can serve as an excellent source of inspiration for your own projects, as every website needs a good navigation menu.
50 Awesome Portfolio Websites
Published May 1st, 2012 in Galleries - 8 Comments
Portfolio websites are often excellent sources of design inspiration because every designer and agency wants to create a great impression with a quality design. Portfolio sites frequently show creativity and innovation that might not be as common yet with other types of sites.
While browsing through the portfolio sites of other designers can provide inspiration for your own portfolio site, it also provides inspiration that can be used on all different types of projects. It’s helpful that there are so many high-quality portfolio sites out there that can be sources of design inspiration.
In this post we’ll showcase 50 excellent portfolio sites so you don’t even have to go out and find these great designs on your own. There are a lot of different approaches that you can take with a portfolio site design, and the examples shown here represent a wide variety of types and styles.
35 Amazing Examples of Splatter Effects
Published April 23rd, 2012 in Galleries - 7 Comments
Splatter effects can be used effectively in all types of graphic design. There are a number of Photoshop brush sets and vector sets available for adding splatter effects to your work, or you could create your own custom splatters.
In this post we’ll showcase 35 examples of designs that make use of splatter effects. They should certainly provide some inspiration for ways to use splatters in your own work.
25 Websites with Outstanding Illustrations
Published April 17th, 2012 in Galleries - 5 Comments
Quality illustrations can make a web design memorable, interesting, and fun. Character illustrations and nature-inspired illustrations are especially popular in web design right now. In this post we’ll showcase 25 examples for your own inspiration.
As you will see from the selection of sites below, there are plenty of different ways to use illustration in web design. Most of the designs shown here are colorful and inviting to visitors.
25 Beautiful Flower Photographs
Published April 16th, 2012 in Galleries - 1 Comment
It’s that time of year where the weather has warmed up and flowers are blooming. For photographers flowers can be an excellent subject, and for designers they can provide plenty of inspiration. One of my favorite ways to use photos of flowers is for developing a color scheme. It’s simple to use a photo of flowers to identify great colors to use in your own designs.
Here are 25 photos for your inspiration.
Photo credit: Rosemary
25 Type-Based Logos for Inspiration
Published April 10th, 2012 in Galleries - 6 Comments
Some of the most effective logos use text and typography as the primary design element. These types of logos, when done effectively, can be excellent for branding and building name recognition. In addition, type-based logos typically work very well when printed as opposed to being designed primarily for the screen.
In this post we’ll showcase 25 examples of type-based logos. To see more about the logo or to see more work from the designer please click on the links to be led to the source.
Showcase of Amazing Websites with Attention to Detail
Published April 9th, 2012 in Galleries - 11 Comments
Often times what really puts a website’s design over the top is the subtle details. Creating a beautiful website requires a great deal of attention to detail. Many visitors will barely notice subtle details, but the overall result is that they pull the design together and give it a completed look that visitors love.
In this post we’ll showcase 20 websites from various designers that show incredible attention to detail. This can be a great source of inspiration when you are working on your own designs.
El Passion
El Passion makes excellent use of a subtle texture on the background, interesting drop shadows on text and other design elements, a cool hover effect on the logo, and more.
33 Logo Designs from the Music Industry
Published April 3rd, 2012 in Galleries - 5 Comments
An effective logo design can have a positive impact on a business or organization in any industry. And if you’re a designer, browsing through well-designed and creative logos can prove to be an excellent source of inspiration for your own work. In this post we’ll showcase 33 different logos from the music industry. These logos have been created by various designers. Click on the images or the text links to be led to the source where you can get more information and, in most cases, see more work from the designer.
25 Beautiful Non-Profit Websites
Published April 2nd, 2012 in Galleries - 1 Comment
For non-profit organizations a website is one of the best ways to provide information to those who are interested in getting involved or receiving services. Effective websites help non-profits to reach more people and to communicate what the organization is all about. In this post we’ll look at 25 non-profit organizations that have recognized the importance of their website. These examples will hopefully provide some inspiration for your own design or for your organization.
Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York
