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.
Posted in Web Design → Music
A very simple and clean design with just a touch of silliness with the gecko peeking over the fold. Scroll down to the area near the footer. I like the large screenshot with comments and the nice button design in this area.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
It is nice to see a designer put a lot of thought towards aesthetics on a site for a local business. I like the use of shiny red elements scattered throughout the page and the modular structure of the information.
Posted in Web Design → Sport
A dark and dramatic theme that uses faux lighting effects and wooden textures to add visual interest. The crazy footer design is a particularly nice and almost hidden touch. Be sure to visit the site and scroll all the way down to check it out.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
This site uses a very simple layout to pull off a classy and minimal portfolio. The biggest section on the page is the work sample slider which really gives emphasis to the talent of the designer and therefore highlights the product for sale.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
This site is a perfect example of how good photography is an easy and almost instant way to create classy design. The dramatic photo does all the aesthetic heavy lifting along with some grungy and old style text to support the theme.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
An interesting take on the grid-based portfolio. I like the hover effects and the scattered client quotes. Those really help to provide comfort for potential clients who might be wary about hiring a designer they are not familiar with.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
This site presents an interesting mix of grunge textures and modern design elements. I love the shadows under the portfolio items and the faux sticker look.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
A really nice freelance design portfolio with a solid layout and some fun illustrations. I really appreciate how well thought the entire page is from top to bottom. The area above the footer is just as nice as the header.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
This site is fantastically unique in just about every way possible. From the crazy illustrated background to the original 3D ribbon navigation area, it all has a high quality custom feel that is hard to find and easy to appreciate.
Posted in Web Design → Design
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
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
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
Word Refuge offers copywriting and SEO services. Their site is done in a historical revolutionary war era style and is absolutely beautiful. I love the illustrations, texture and typography. A great example of how to really push a theme idea to the limit.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
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 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
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
A strong but simple page design utilizing a single column. I love how big everything on the page seems. Every element on display takes up nearly the full browser window and the typography is well above normal.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Organic themes is an excellently design site with a beautiful header and lots of nice graphical elements. Notice how there are only one or two simple leaf shapes that have been repeated throughout the site at different rotations to really carry the theme. Simple and effective!
Posted in Web Design → Design
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