WP Ninja has a fun ninja theme that is carried out well in illustrations throughout the site. The homepage has a ton of content but it is organized quite well and flows in a logical fashion. Not an easy task but pulled off nicely here.
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This site has a minimalist feel with lots of typography and a dramatic black background. The layout with the photo is nice and the large headline question effectively draws you in.
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This illustration-centric site has some awesome graphics, colors and even a hint of texture. I love the simple layout with the heavy emphasis on imagery and the use of a bomb to represent ACME, a term that makes me think of Loony Toons!
Posted in Web Design → PortfolioThis site uses some awesome textures and a lot of attention to detail to pull of a flawless design. Premium Pixels is a great place for free design resources so be sure to stop by and download some freebies!
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This site uses a very simple but attractive layout that is quite image centric. The thick white border treatments are nice and the content is split up well into the three sections.
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A novel idea for raising money for a wedding, Ryan and Sofia have created a site asking people to donate a dollar. The typography and illustrations are quite attractive and the layout of the header is really unique. They are trying to hit the lofty goal of $15,000 so be to stop by and give a buck!
Posted in Web Design → Charity
A nice side scrolling site with a modular format containing several boxes of content displayed on a dark background. There is a nice fusion here of typography and photography and several small examples of good design that lend to the whole.
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A beautiful and unique nautically themed site with a retro flare. The mixture of photography and illustration is excellent and the parallax scrolling effect is a really nice touch.
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A refreshingly original designer portfolio with lots of personalization. Obviously, the large letterpress effect is the hero of the design and really grabs your attention with contrast.
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A fantastic portfolio that utilizes a dark theme and has a lot of solid design work on display. There are a lot of interesting hover effects throughout the site. When you hover over objects, they take on a digitized effect that is quite nice.
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This designer took an interesting route for presenting data in a visual form. The point in question is shown in a big colored circle in the middle and the related aspects are offshoot circles surrounding the main. A little odd but definitely fun!
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This site features a boldly red design with lots of great textured and typography. The real hero of the design the os the photography. The beautiful photos really bring in that sense of professional design.
Posted in Web Design → Food
This site uses an interesting layered photo effect that is both busy and attractive. The colors have been selectively applied, most of the site is black and white with a few bright colors applied in the three supporting photos near the bottom.
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I loved this site instantly because it did not look like anything that I have seen before. The design is quite original and attractive and makes great use of color, texture and lighting effects.
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This site features a very classy dark theme with beautiful colors and a nice, large image slider of recent work. I like that the images in the slideshow have actually been designed so that they give the illusion of changing the layout on the page. A great effect!
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Dropr is a new site for creating multimedia-drive portfolios. The design utilizes an attractive and ornate illustration style with colorful animated raindrops falling from floating sketchy clouds.
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GogoThemes hosts both premium and free WordPress and HTML themes. Their site design is very simple and clean while remaining effective. A large slider displays the products on sale and the sections of content below are distinctive and attractive.
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This site features an amazing full screen illustration of an octopus at the ocean sketching both on paper and on a tablet. It sounds ridiculous but the execution is stunning. The use of color and lighting effects is truly masterful.
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An absolutely beautiful site with an amazing rendering of a swiss army knife comprised of design tools. The page has been really stripped of content to highlight the large graphic. The site offers a cool freebies section that you should check out as well!
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A very simple design that relies heavily on typography and bold, oversized statements. The Dribbble and Sketchbook portions are definitely the highlight of the page as they bring in some much needed imagery.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio