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25 Incredibly Artistic Websites - Part II

A few months ago I published a collection of incredibly artistic websites that featured illustrations, creative headers, and detailed backgrounds (Update - 25 Incredibly Artistic Websites - Part 3 has now been published as well). Since then I’ve been bookmarking a number of sites for the same reasons, so I decided to post a follow up for your design inspiration.

For more design inspiration, see:

Basmati Tree

Basmati Tree

The Ernest Hemingway Collection

Ernest Hemingway Collection

Toucouleur

Toucouleur

Ma.tt

Matt Mullenweg

Pointless Ramblings

Pointless Ramblings

Richard Stelmach

Richard Stelmach

Mitxel

Mitxel

Photoshop Lady

Photoshop Lady

The Seen

The Seen

Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

Josh Tilton

Josh Tilton

NJ Rebel

NJ Rebel

Tennessee Education

Tennessee Education

Catalyst Studios

Catalyst Studios

Studio Racket

Studio Racket

Chris Burrows

Chris Burrows

Narfstuff

Narfstuff

Simply Creative

Simply Creative

TopTut.com

TopTut

Klinkov Valeriy

Klinkov Valeriy

Hicksdesign

Hicksdesign

Raggz

Raggz

Ganato Design

Ganato Design

Sean Johnson

Sean Johnson

Dean Whittaker Creative

Dean Whittaker Creative

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Originally Published June 30th, 2008

49 Responses

  1. adelle
    June 30th, 2008

    Nice choices, I really enjoyed “The Seen” & NJ Rebel. You have a great eye!

  2. Vandelay Design
    June 30th, 2008

    Thanks Adelle.

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  4. Drupal Museum
    July 1st, 2008

    More beautiful sites. Thanks for another great post!

  5. Kiran voleti
    July 1st, 2008

    Wonderful website.Very Unique.

    Thanks
    http://www.dotndot.com

  6. Glen Allsopp
    July 1st, 2008

    Another great list. A friend of mine recently showed me his latest creation and I think you might want to use it for one of these in the future, it’s awesome:

    http://craigabbott.co.uk/

  7. web pixy
    July 1st, 2008

    Wow, these are truly awesome web designs! I loved all of them but my favourite is Josh Tilton’s :)

  8. Marcel
    July 1st, 2008

    Nice designs but most of this sites fails at one point: the interface design is more important than the content, sometimes that’s not a big trouble but a lot of times it is!
    Of course, clients love eyecatching layouts!

  9. Lucinda Thompson
    July 1st, 2008

    What a great list of sites! I don’t think I could pick a favourite, thanks for bringing them to my attention!

  10. Kelly
    July 1st, 2008

    Steven,

    My favorite by far is the Basmati Tree site, as far as looks go. My sentimental fave is Tennessee Education, because that education sites are usually horrid. It is really well-done. Good for them!

    Regards,

    Kelly

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  12. Amy Irwin
    July 1st, 2008

    Wow! Thank you so much for featuring my site. I am honored to be included among these designers. You totally made my day!!

  13. Welcome to Paradise
    July 1st, 2008

    I had a chance to visit “Basmati Tree” few days ago, it is great. You’ve got a nice compilation of artistic website.

    Btw, I found you on del.icio.us

    Great going.

  14. Patrick
    July 1st, 2008

    great showcase; do you like to view my new web site:)?
    thank you!

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  16. Vandelay Design
    July 1st, 2008

    Glen,
    Thanks for the suggestion. I like it.

    Marcel,
    I agree that there are other factors more important than design. Still, I find these types of sites to bring out a bit more creativity when I’m working on ideas for a site.

  17. Shanna
    July 1st, 2008

    another nice set Steven! There are some a-m-a-z-i-n-g sites here!!

    shanna

  18. Mihen
    July 1st, 2008

    every freaking website is notepaper, stick-it notes, tape, pencil, grunge, stickers, sketch, labels, random stuff. Hah.

  19. Mihen
    July 1st, 2008

    oh and paperclips, industrial paper clips, pens, highlighters, torn paper, paper pieces, paper, paper and more paper!

    Is anyone original anymore?

  20. Mia
    July 1st, 2008

    Love it. Thanks for the inspiration. I’m needing to redesign my blog and this is a fabulous post.

  21. VandelayDesign
    July 2nd, 2008

    Mihen,
    You forgot about coffee cups, they’re everywhere too. There’s always going to be some trends that a lot of people are using in their design. That doesn’t mean they can’t display some creativity. I think it’s ironic that you didn’t leave a link to your own site with your comments - that’s usually how it is with people that rip on the work of others.

  22. Dubai Travel Guide
    July 2nd, 2008

    NJ Rebel seems to be the best…nice selection of sites

  23. Business Valuation
    July 2nd, 2008

    Those are great sites that really show of artistic value. Thank you for sharing.

  24. Mothership
    July 2nd, 2008

    Thank you for the list - another one for the bookmark folder.

    toucouleur.fr has an incredible depth of field in the header - brilliant. I normally dislike busy designs but when designed and executed to this level, it’s a different story.

  25. Yossarian
    July 2nd, 2008

    That Toucouleur one is crazy, I love it.

  26. Mothership
    July 2nd, 2008

    It is. It appears crazy and carefree, but the attention to detail is astounding; even extending to the tabs at the top.

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  28. Liza
    July 3rd, 2008

    Thank you so much for including toptut.com in your list, I am so flattered to be in your top 25 together with truly spectacular top notch designs!

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  30. liam
    July 3rd, 2008

    Amazing collection, I think I like Dean Whittaker Creative best.

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    July 4th, 2008

    This is probably one of the best listings i’ve seen of artistic websites. i’ve been doing web design for a while so i’m always looking for off the wall/eccentric stuff to get the geers of my mind turning. thanks for the post. i bookmarked it!
    -jared b.

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  34. Nick Barrett
    July 11th, 2008

    Thanks for posting my site!

  35. Erika
    August 10th, 2008

    The Tennessee series of websites is easily one of my favorites… hands down. I don’t think that any other state puts that type of effort into online marketing like they do.

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    December 15th, 2008

    i was looking at a few of those websites,
    simply amazing that that can be accomplished.
    they all look incredible.

    great post and findings.

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  43. Mitxel
    March 27th, 2009

    Hi! Many thanks for include my website in this post,
    I’m very proud. Have a nice day!

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    April 8th, 2009

    Exactly what I was looking for! These are great!

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    April 18th, 2009

    Good collection! some of designs are really incredibly artistic!

  47. angkasuwan
    June 9th, 2009

    artistic indeed. thanks for sharing.

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