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Enchanted Illusions

This site could use some work on the details but the overall look is colorful and attractive. I like the tabbed layout with the animated hover effects and image slider. I might suggest having another go at the typography and icons though.

James Wignall

An interesting and unique site that uses full screen graphics that pan around as you move your mouse. The navigation can be a bit frustrating but much of the work on display is quite attractive.

Bulls+Arrows

A beautiful site with a well-executed space theme, large attractive graphics and photos, and attractive typography. From top to bottom this is just a great looking site that perfectly nails the aesthetic for the target market.

Cafundo Estudio

This is one crazy site concept. There is a giant rooster head, some Tim Burton-esque 3D typography, apstract tentacle shapes, vertical lines and star bursts. From just reading that description you would picture a hideous site but it actually looks great! Nice work.

Design Disease

This site features a really unique design that incorporates lots of different colors and an abstract rectangle theme. The colors, textures, icons and typography all come together to make a really excellent finished product.

Thought and Theory

This site features a nice minimalist design theme. The homepage has little else than a vertical navigation area and a logo. The portfolio design shown above uses a simple grid and contains various sorting features. I like the typography on the site as well as the mild color scheme.

Wrkborn

A nice looking dark theme with a big image slider to grab your attention. I like the textured background, dotted lines, thin typography and bright artwork displayed against the black.

Capsule CEO

Capsule CEO is a humorous iPhone app intended for business professionals. The site design uses unique (almost creepy) illustrations and bright colors to grab your attention. The site does a good job of reflecting the non-serious nature of the app.

Interexpresso

This site features rich textures an excellent color scheme and great icon design. I also really like the unique shape of the buttons used as well as the large navigation area.

Daggerfin

This site features an excellent textured background and nice muted color illustrations. It also has the coolest scrolling idea I have ever seen. The graphic at the top stays with you as you scroll but appears through differently shaped holes in the background texture. Stop by and try it out!

Veerle

This beautiful page is the new Veerle blog redesign. I cannot say enough about this redesign. The colors, textures, illustrations, typography, all come together to make this truly stellar example of professional web design. Great job Veerle!

Ed Nacional

A very simple but attractive design that contains some nice subtle graphical flavor. I love the single pixel line and the connected flag on the left side of the page, the header that stays with you as you scroll and the unexpected flash of bright orange when you hover over a link.

Pixelmator

Pixelmator is a popular alternative to Adobe Photoshop. The page design really shows off the Pixelmator interface well and features plenty of really stellar icon design examples. As you scroll down near the bottom the layout is broken up in modules to clearly delineate features.

Dr. Lyle Natural Health Care

An online store for natural remedies and medicines. The bright orange is a refreshingly unique choice that was risky but implemented well. The layout is clean and flows well for the reader.

Drink Up Austin

Providing information all the places that serve alcohol in Austin, Drink Up Austin is a colourful, playful design that matches it's purpose well. Certain aspects of the colour scheme feel a little garish at first, but the design feels natural as you navigate around. Contrast is used well to draw your attention to certain elements of the design.

Many Faces of Alan Rickman

There's a lot to love about this carefully crafted website from the talented folks at Paravel. From the delightful illustration, through to the carefully crafted copy, it's a real joy to browse through. Whether or not you're familiar with the work of Alan Rickman, I'd urge you to click through to find out how wonderful a small, personal project can be. I'm thoroughly looking forward to the other names waiting to be added to this lineup of small promotional sites!

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