25 Incredibly Artistic Websites
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If you spend much time browsing through web design galleries you’ll notice certain trends in design that vary from time-to-time. Right now, there are a number of sites that effectively utilize illustration and other types of very artistic design. Hopefully this collection will be a good source of design inspiration for you. Feel free to mention your favorites in the comments.
Update - The following sequels to this post have also been published:
New Era Cap
Singularity Concepts
Octwelve
Art Geex
Pain is Good
Intuitive Designs
Meomi
Cult Foo
Sully’s Design Studio
Laura Alter
Web Designer Wall
We Heart Stuff
Spoon Graphics Blog
Dark Light Art
Bear Skin Rug
Daily Candy
Free People
Frank Was Here
Biola
Digital Devotion
Lucy Blackmore
Sitesquared
Eanka
Miss Potter
Jesus Rodriguez Velasco
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Originally Published April 14th, 2008
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April 14th, 2008
Great list of fantastically creative web sites, nice list for future inspiration.
April 14th, 2008
Thanks Dustin, I’m glad you liked it.
April 14th, 2008
WOW! I am totally floored that you would include my site in this list. These sites are all AMAZING. thanks so much guys.. you totally made my day!
April 14th, 2008
Shanna,
You’re welcome. I like your design. I hope it sends some traffic your way.
April 14th, 2008
These are some nice looking / creative website designs you have listed here. I am always amazed by people who can create such stunning pieces. Thanks for the compilation.
April 15th, 2008
Meomi is hilarious, the hover and click effects are awesome.
April 15th, 2008
Great collection! Some even don’t look like a website anymore!
April 15th, 2008
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April 15th, 2008
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April 15th, 2008
Thank you so much for featuring our work here!!!!!!!
Naomi and I are truly flattered to see our work displayed amongst many other great works in web design and illustration that we’ve been admiring ourselves for a long time. You have a wonderful selection here.
If you found our site interesting you may also like to see my new illustration web site, which design is 100% oriented to art and illustration: http://www.koldobarroso.com/
I posted about this in our blogs.
You made our day
April 15th, 2008
List of Incredibly Artistic Websites by vandelaydesign.com…
New Era Cap
Singularity Concepts
Octwelve
Art Geex
Pain is Good
Intuitive Designs
Meomi
Cult Foo
Sully’s Design Studio
Laura Alter
Web Designer Wall
We Heart Stuff
Spoon Graphics Blog
Dark Light Art
Bear Skin R…
April 15th, 2008
Nice features, some a bit overexposed already, but nontheless nice ones.
April 15th, 2008
Great collection of work, which makes it really humbling that my site is included! Many thanks!
There’s also a few sites I had not come across before, I’ll be sure to check them out.
Chris
April 15th, 2008
Another awesome design is at A.viary.com or Google’s new IG page (forgot the URL)
April 15th, 2008
hey guys, plz check my website and let me know how it is…….tks
http://www.redesignyourbiz.com/
April 15th, 2008
Check out brennanbarney.com, single page portfolio that I stumbled upon the other day. Huge contrast to this list but equally creative.
April 15th, 2008
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If you spend much time browsing through web design galleries you’ll notice certain trends in design that vary from time-to-time. Right now, there are a number of sites that effectively utilize illustration and other types of very artistic design. Hope…
April 15th, 2008
STUMBLED!
I wish I had the talent to create websites like that.
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April 15th, 2008
They’re definitely artistic.
However, in my opinion, the majority (with a few exceptions) of the layouts are just way too busy. They’re simply overwhelming.
April 15th, 2008
Why didn’t I see tokdoki.it here?
April 15th, 2008
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April 15th, 2008
wow… nice designs, great collections!
April 15th, 2008
Great collection - thanks!
April 15th, 2008
Koldo and Chris,
You’re welcome and thank you for taking a moment to stop by and comment.
Kontur,
I agree. Some of them have been around more than others.
Chet,
I’m getting an error page there.
April 16th, 2008
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April 16th, 2008
I’m really flattered that you appreciate my design. Thanks!
April 16th, 2008
Good list, I’ve linked to it on my blog. I think I like Lucy Blackmore the best.
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April 18th, 2008
Beautiful selection!
April 21st, 2008
Great list of sites, some more over the top than others but in all they are good.
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May 3rd, 2008
Love it.
May 7th, 2008
Nice collection, quite a few of these I haven’t come across before, thanks for the share!!
May 12th, 2008
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May 27th, 2008
Beautiful selection!! I am so bookmarking some of this sites!!!
Thanks for a wonderful post
May 29th, 2008
Most amazing collection of web design… just superb.. Thanks for this
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June 18th, 2008
Wow it’s very beautiful selection
Thanks
June 18th, 2008
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June 30th, 2008
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July 2nd, 2008
George, what are you doin’? First you wanted to be an architect now you’re doing websites. You’re not going to get chicks until you get a real job and move out of your parents house.
Jerry
July 2nd, 2008
Jerry,
Thanks for noticing. What about latex manufacturing?
July 2nd, 2008
lol.
You’re not going to start with that mansiere again are you?
July 2nd, 2008
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July 14th, 2008
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July 20th, 2008
These are really artistic. Thank you!
July 25th, 2008
Very nice collections. I hope you continue to showcase more beautiful and creative websites. It really inspire people by just looking at them.Thanks again
August 15th, 2008
Sully’s and Web designer wall are virtually the same design; in fact they look like they were done by the same person. That being said, they are very attractive. I happen to like “busy” florals with lots of color. Looking at sites like that makes me happy.
August 26th, 2008
Just great..these are Most amazing collection of web design…
Thanks for sharing them
August 31st, 2008
Beautifully designed websites indeed. The lay-out and everything is fabulous. It makes me strive for more. It motivates me to improve my skills more and hopefully make designs like those.
September 1st, 2008
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September 2nd, 2008
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September 3rd, 2008
These are excellent designs, I look forward to more showcase selections.
September 3rd, 2008
I am sure you would add http://www.mohitaneja.com to your list.
I designed this website and people appreciate my work.
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September 9th, 2008
very cool collections. I am trying to make my own design too and hopefully be one of those listed. Thank you for giving us all inspiration.
September 15th, 2008
It keeps getting better and better. I like how I receive updates to the posts here, and on the other pages. I think you made great choices when you put this list together. Many of the sites I truly admire.
Keep up the great work you’re doing here, because there are designers out there that do like your lists!
Michele
September 17th, 2008
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October 11th, 2008
Cool overview… cool Designs.
November 10th, 2008
Beautiful selection. Just curious about something. how are those drawings on the header/banner made on the Spoon Graphics blog. what are they called? any ideas? email me please (h3ktor@hotmail.co.uk) or reply here.
thanks. and well done to all the designers. very inspirational.
November 11th, 2008
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November 12th, 2008
good list:)
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December 24th, 2008
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January 7th, 2009
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January 7th, 2009
Hey nice collection of really artistic website, I also came across this website check it out http://nadir.nawadarat.com I hope it would be of your interest!
PS: Keep up the good work!
January 7th, 2009
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February 1st, 2009
simply amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 5th, 2009
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March 12th, 2009
wonderful collection
I like it and favoriate this website
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March 26th, 2009
Those are really neat designs, thanks for the posts compiling them into one place.
March 26th, 2009
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March 26th, 2009
Graphically quite nice. Technically not good. Fixed width design. Looks bad on wide-screen (see Screenshots at http://www.rorkvell.de/news/2009/Webdesign_Trends.html.de ). And i think on small screens (iPhone, Netbook) it will look bad, too.
March 26th, 2009
Siegfried,
I don’t agree that fixed width is a sign of bad design. There are different factors that go into the decision of whether or not to use fixed width and ultimately a very high number of websites use a fixed width.
March 26th, 2009
Well, i think, thre is only 1 acceptable argument pro fixed width: Limiting the text line length. Shorter lines are better readable. But then the width should not be fixed in px but in em or ex.
Any other argument is simply not having understood the media independence of the web. And the indeed high number of web sites using fixed width is not a quality point either. Web design is much more than making beautiful pictures.
March 30th, 2009
Nice Collection of design websites…..
April 18th, 2009
WoW, WOW, Wow,.. The list is amazing!!! Great work,.. Designs are really incredible!!
April 27th, 2009
Nice Collection of design websites….!
Color scheme very nice..!!
April 27th, 2009
This list always offers great inspiration to the visitors. It is nice to see people taking the chance to try something new. Like I said the inspiration here is incredible and a great resource especially for our new young designers. They see great designs like these, and head on out and start searching for tutorials, ideas, and they find this page. If you already have one of the programs that so many of us like to use to make out designs such as Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, and more why not try to see what you can come up with. Keep the list growing as it is one list I visit to see the updates. BRAVO Designers!
June 1st, 2009
Good site, thanks for articles..
June 2nd, 2009
Quite a feast for your eyes and your senses. Thanks for the list…. I think it’s very well compiled. Some of the designs are truly inspired and inspiring.
June 24th, 2009
here is incredible and a great resource especially for our new young designers. They see great designs like these, and head on out and start searching for tutorials, ideas, and they find this page. If you already have one of the programs that so many of us like to use to make out designs such as Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, and more why
June 30th, 2009
As a graphic designer for most of my life, jumping to web design was a natural move for me. Trying to design my own online portfolio was so frustrating. Looking at the sites that are displayed here made it so much more exciting and inspiring.