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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

New Era

Singularity Concepts

Singuarity

Octwelve

Octwelve

Art Geex

Art Geek

Pain is Good

Pain is Good

Intuitive Designs

Intuitive Designs

Meomi

Meomi

Cult Foo

Cult Foo

Sully’s Design Studio

Sully

Laura Alter

Laura Alter

Web Designer Wall

Web Designer Wall

We Heart Stuff

We Heart Stuff

Spoon Graphics Blog

Spoon Graphics

Dark Light Art

Dark Light Art

Bear Skin Rug

Bear Skin Rug

Daily Candy

Daily Candy

Free People

Free People Clothing

Frank Was Here

Frank Was Here

Biola

Biola

Digital Devotion

Digital Devotion

Lucy Blackmore

Lucy Blackmore

Sitesquared

Site Squared

Eanka

Eanka

Miss Potter

Miss Potter

Jesus Rodriguez Velasco

JRVelasco

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Originally Published April 14th, 2008

111 Responses

  1. Dustin Brewer
    April 14th, 2008

    Great list of fantastically creative web sites, nice list for future inspiration.

  2. Vandelay Design
    April 14th, 2008

    Thanks Dustin, I’m glad you liked it.

  3. Shanna Cote
    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!

  4. Vandelay Design
    April 14th, 2008

    Shanna,
    You’re welcome. I like your design. I hope it sends some traffic your way.

  5. Anna Vester
    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. :)

  6. milo
    April 15th, 2008

    Meomi is hilarious, the hover and click effects are awesome.

  7. Edwin
    April 15th, 2008

    Great collection! Some even don’t look like a website anymore! :)

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    April 15th, 2008

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  10. Koldo Barroso
    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 :)

  11. Cyber Space in One Hand
    April 15th, 2008

    List of Incredibly Artistic Websites by vandelaydesign.com…

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  12. kontur
    April 15th, 2008

    Nice features, some a bit overexposed already, but nontheless nice ones.

  13. Chris
    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

  14. Jason Yarblo
    April 15th, 2008

    Another awesome design is at A.viary.com or Google’s new IG page (forgot the URL)

  15. Designer
    April 15th, 2008

    hey guys, plz check my website and let me know how it is…….tks
    http://www.redesignyourbiz.com/

  16. Tim
    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.

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  18. Geoserv
    April 15th, 2008

    STUMBLED!

    I wish I had the talent to create websites like that.

    VOTED for you at:
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  19. ArmyOfAardvarks
    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.

  20. chet
    April 15th, 2008

    Why didn’t I see tokdoki.it here?

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  22. Biodun
    April 15th, 2008

    wow… nice designs, great collections!

  23. Nantucket-Art
    April 15th, 2008

    Great collection - thanks!

  24. Vandelay Design
    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.

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  26. Luc
    April 16th, 2008

    I’m really flattered that you appreciate my design. Thanks! :)

  27. Ryan
    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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  34. Fubiz
    April 18th, 2008

    Beautiful selection!

  35. Jason Marsh - Website Designer
    April 21st, 2008

    Great list of sites, some more over the top than others but in all they are good.

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  38. Kurt
    May 3rd, 2008

    Love it.

  39. Brand Design
    May 7th, 2008

    Nice collection, quite a few of these I haven’t come across before, thanks for the share!!

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  43. Gis
    May 27th, 2008

    Beautiful selection!! I am so bookmarking some of this sites!!!
    Thanks for a wonderful post :D

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    May 29th, 2008

    Most amazing collection of web design… just superb.. Thanks for this

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  47. gNcWebmaster
    June 18th, 2008

    Wow it’s very beautiful selection :) Thanks

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  52. jerry
    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

  53. Vandelay Design
    July 2nd, 2008

    Jerry,
    Thanks for noticing. What about latex manufacturing?

  54. jerry
    July 2nd, 2008

    lol.
    You’re not going to start with that mansiere again are you?

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  59. interAnaliz
    July 20th, 2008

    These are really artistic. Thank you!

  60. Vhic Hufana
    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

  61. Debbie
    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.

  62. Passion from StuffHeaven
    August 26th, 2008

    Just great..these are Most amazing collection of web design…

    Thanks for sharing them

  63. Graphic Art
    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.

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  69. science fiction and fantasy
    September 3rd, 2008

    These are excellent designs, I look forward to more showcase selections.

  70. CSS:Jockey
    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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  73. Web Site Design and SEO
    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.

  74. Micheles Paint Shop
    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

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  78. Alanya
    October 11th, 2008

    Cool overview… cool Designs.

  79. Hektor
    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.

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  91. Abdulwasay
    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!

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  94. gigsy
    February 1st, 2009

    simply amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    March 12th, 2009

    wonderful collection
    I like it and favoriate this website

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  101. Siegfried
    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.

  102. Vandelay Design
    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.

  103. Siegfried
    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.

  104. Chetana Sharma
    March 30th, 2009

    Nice Collection of design websites…..

  105. Creamy CSS
    April 18th, 2009

    WoW, WOW, Wow,.. The list is amazing!!! Great work,.. Designs are really incredible!!

  106. YesKayArt
    April 27th, 2009

    Nice Collection of design websites….!
    Color scheme very nice..!!

  107. MichelesPaintShop
    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!

  108. web tasarımı
    June 1st, 2009

    Good site, thanks for articles..

  109. Ashely Adams : Sticker Printing
    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.

  110. Antalya Evden Eve Nakliyat
    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

  111. Doug Swinson
    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.

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