c3 Media
This site uses dark colors and grunge textures to set a young and edgy vibe. I particularly liked the hover effect on the navigation area. It stretches all the way to the top and is sort of a faux lighting illusion.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Almosh82
Looking great in black, this site features a simple artwork display area with a welcome message. There is lots of subtle texture work here that really brings a finished look to the site.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
DinoYul
This site features an excellently original design with a Photoshop empty canvas stretched into a 3D environment. I love the visual communication here. You do not need a single word to see that the site is for a female designer who is a little on the goofy side.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Uberflock
Minimalism is tricky to pull off and this site does a fairly good job of presenting a simple but attractive page. The alignment of various items definitely needs a little work but overall it is a great looking page.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Couch Creative
The dark color scheme and use of gradients here makes for a really classy look and feel. The image slider is quite unique and definitely gives the impression of custom design to the site.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Aphichat
A classy dark theme with great looking minimal icons. I really enjoyed the original use of a spectrum here. The paint splat look can easily come off as cheesy but this site makes it look great!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
CodeGeister
A simple two column layout with a large header graphic. I like the heavy use of icons throughout the page and the pop of bright color in all the right places.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Frogs Themes
Frogs Themes utilizes lots of great looking browser page thumbnails, both large in the header and small in thumbnails throughout the page. The enlarging hover effects on the thumbnails is nice as well as the ChunkFive typography throughout.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Socialite Media
This page uses a big bold header followed by a grid of thumbnails and finally ending an oversized footer. The floral graphics in the header are unique and well done and ultimately won me over for this inclusion.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Dawn of Man
A really simple site design overall but the work on display here is quite superb. The artwork combined with the typography remind me a lot of some of the magazine work you saw throughout the early to mid 90s.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Stockholm Hairdresser
A unique looking site with interesting typography and lots or original pencil sketch work. There are a few great hover effects on the page and the footer design is really attractive. I love seeing something that breaks the mold as much as this site does.
Posted in Web Design → Community
Theory Design
Theory Design is the online portfolio of Ryan McCaster, a designer from Vancouver. The rough texture watercolor background is the star of this site, perfectly accented by all of the inset letterpress effects on the graphical elements.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Rouse
An absolutely beautiful site with an incredible attention to detail a several extremely well designed areas on the page. I love the textures throughout as well as the 3D typography, attractive icon design and smooth animations.
Posted in Web Design → Software
Reichweite
Great icon design is a great way to make a bold and attractive statement. This site uses very large icons as the principal graphic element, which increases the perceived quality of the design as a whole. The colors and textures also work very well together in this design.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Isabelle Ribeiro
Great use of color and texture to create a background with a subtle hint of reality. On a photography site you simply cannot go wrong with a large slideshow front and center. This one showcases her work very well and succeeds in grabbing your attention immediately.
Posted in Web Design → Photography
Shape
The page design is super simple and built perfectly to highlight the beautiful apps on display. The large image scroller really grabs your attention and the UI for the apps is stellar.
Posted in Web Design → Design
David Bushell
A well designed portfolio with an attractive black and white theme. When you hover over one of the thumbnails the picture is shown in color. A nice effect!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Keyonary
A neat little site that helps both Mac and PC users find keyboard shortcuts. There are a lot of subtle design details that make this site seem nice and polished. All the one pixel strokes, shadows and gradients just look beautiful together.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Jon R Coulter
A simple design with strong visual appeal and nice use of contrast. I really like the dark color scheme and the design of both the header and footer.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
Magento Developer
A nice use of a dark theme with a few bright colors to highlight key areas. The header portion is a little text heavy but I like the graphical elements like the call us button seen above.
Posted in Web Design → Design