Design Trends: 40 Awesome Illustrative Web Designs
There are a ton of awesome web design trends going around. I call them awesome – you may call them oversaturated and ‘old school’ – however, I feel that any design trend out there has its place in the web design community and this one is a trend that I hope NEVER goes away.
The illustrations in the below websites showcase design skill well beyond creating boxes and gradients in photoshop. They show the visual detail and skill levels of the designers who created them. They add character to the site and add a bit of depth to an otherwise dull website. I looked around online, found 40 of the coolest illustrative designed websites and am showcasing them here for you to check out. Let me know in the comments which one(s) you like the best.
Carsonified ↓
Francie Pants ↓
World Nude Day ↓
James Mathias ↓
Orange Label Design Studio ↓
Owltastic ↓
Branded 07 ↓
Fernando Landi ↓
Brian Handley ↓
Tutorial9 ↓
Envira Media ↓
Kinder-Aktuell ↓
Redefine.us ↓
Stuff & Nonsense ↓
DivVoted ↓
Miki Mottes ↓
93Urban ↓
Kitfolio ↓
ten24media ↓
KINO ↓
We Do Markup ↓
Rawkes ↓
Caty Design Studio ↓
I primi dieci ↓
Toucouleur ↓
Marchand de Trucs ↓
Qwert City ↓
Marryology ↓
Krolikov ↓
MochiAds ↓
Stoodeo ↓
YoDiv ↓
Elitist Snob ↓
Dean Oakley ↓
Darkmotion ↓
Adit Shukla ↓
BubblesSOC ↓
Octwelve ↓
The Alamo Basement ↓
Meomi ↓
Your Turn To Talk
Do you know of any more websites that should be mentioned here? Please share your finds with us! Hope you enjoyed this post! :)
About the author:
Mike Smith releases wordpress themes on a regular basis and is also a blog designer at Guerrilla.
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July 16th, 2009
WOW man that’s wonderful creativity!!!
July 16th, 2009
Amazing~
But much site in cartoon style, is that a fashion ?
July 16th, 2009
Nice post, some great inspiration in there. I’m yet to attempt a design to anything similar to these but I’d love to.
My favourite (which I’ve come across before) is Owltastic! Hooo hoo!
July 16th, 2009
Hey I loved your article design trends 40 awesome illustrative web designs – very inspiring and also good examples of UI as well
July 16th, 2009
Lovely stuff! This one is a keeper!
July 16th, 2009
My god there is some good stuff showcased here.
Man this makes me want to stop browsing around and get to work!
thanks for sharing these wonderful sites with us…
Thanks & Regards
Noel from nopun.com
a professional graphic design firm
July 16th, 2009
Cute :)
July 16th, 2009
Toucouleur’s was taken from desktopography.net. not blaming you, just pointing it out.
good round up though :]
July 16th, 2009
Some great example there! Thanks! I would say world nude day, redefine.us, miki mottes, and meomi were my favourites. By i always wonder, do you think they sketch freehand first, and scan in their creations and use illustrator. Or is it all sole digital, perhaps with the odd use of a tablet?
July 16th, 2009
Thanks again for another great post.
July 16th, 2009
This is a great list. Thanks for sharing!
I wonder though, is it fair to put sites with illustrations bought at istockphoto in the same category as the others? Is there more to be said for total originality or does that really matter?
July 16th, 2009
Love the cuteness of these…they make you smile.
July 17th, 2009
Such a great selection websites, and the design work that’s gone into them is nothing short of amazing. I love websites that make use of vibrant illustrations and large bold fonts.
Great article.
July 17th, 2009
Very great selection, Thanks for sharing !
Olybop
July 21st, 2009
Web design trends are ever changing. It is not only about creating boxes and gradients. It is the visual representation of the designer’s creativity. And thanks for listing these unique and creative websites. I personally liked the Caty Design Studio and James Mathias websites.
July 21st, 2009
Nice designs. I really like that style of website. Thanks for putting this collection together.
July 29th, 2009
thanks for sharing these inspirational sites.
July 30th, 2009
Thanks, some really intriguing concepts here.
July 30th, 2009
I have to say this is an amazing array of wonderful illustration. Thanks for sharing!
July 31st, 2009
It’s been a long time since other sites have actually inspired me! Thanks! Definately following this site.
August 26th, 2009
What an inspiring collection, I’m hopping to develop an illustrative site once I find a suitable client ;)
September 5th, 2009
This is good list. Do these website designs have an expiry date? Do they get updated when a new trend comes in?
September 10th, 2009
Nice list you got here. thanks for sharing
September 14th, 2009
Studeo’s the best one !
September 17th, 2009
Thanks for sharing us with a wonderful and awesome creativity. A are really nice and inspiring collection of design.
November 23rd, 2009
Really awesome illustrations, thanks a lot! It always inspires me to see this level of illustration.
I have a post on 10 illustrative web designs featuring illustration with a twist at http://thedesigner.co.za/10-il.....-dark-tone
January 3rd, 2010
Superb list featuring illustrative web designs – it’s such a relief to see art taking precedence in web design again. A few years ago everyone wanted to look Blue Chip – what a bore that was!
July 12th, 2010
Great collection. Would you mind to share what inspires you to come up with such excellent designs? I admit that I really like to create my own design for my website. For now, I seek professional help for the web design that I want. Thanks
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