40 Web Design Artists And 102 Websites Worth Watching
Dainis Graveris
I am continuing Top DeviantArtist worth watching series and now I stopped to the best web designers I could find. I only listed those artists, whom layouts I found to be really unique and inspiring, taking classical web design actually to the next level. These layouts are really artworks with amazing details, You usually don’t see browsing through the web. Consider this article as inspirational article now and if You choose to watch those artists, then inspiration blasts in long term. At first I wanted to pick only 2 website examples from each artists, but there was several so amazing webdesigns, where I couldn’t stop and picked 3 or 4 examples. Enjoy this list, hope this will help to get inspired in regular basis!
1. Elusive – (22), from Canada.
2. ECP-Pro – Kim Roar Dag Steen Trollsås (18), from Norway
3. Fel1x – Felix Valentin, from Germany
4. Nikeos – (19), from Israel
5. JK89 – Justinas Krasuckas, from Lithuania
6. blind91 – Sebastian (18), from Germany
7. kakkr – from United Kingdom
8. mindfuckx – Jan Van Lysebettens (24), from Belgium
9. nodethirtythree – from United States
10. tehacesequence – Marcin (25), from Poland
11. Pixelbudah – Oasim Karmieh (28), Romania
12. TIT0 – Alexandr (24), from Russia
13. depthskins – Damian Madray (23), from Canada
Very loooooooooooong and beautiful website artwork – be sure to check it out in fullscreen.
14. sone-pl – Krzysztof Kolatorski (32), from Poland
15. Gregbike – Grzegorz Gawlik (22), from Poland
16. l-a-m-p-e – Philipp Lampe (20), from Germany
17. alexdesigns (19)
18. Frostenblade – (19), from Singapore
19. Jedi88 – Dennis, from Germany
20. Jimmybjorkman – Jimmy Björkman (18), from Sweden
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21. Ld-sign – Sascha Zemke (20), from Germany
22. Pho3nix-bf – Lucas (28), from Poland
23. JuliusX – Ali (20), from United States
24. Osec – Daryl Ginn (19), from United Kingdom
25. Nas-Wd – Nasir Wadood (24), from Pakistan
26. zee7 – Zulal (20), from Pakistan
27. Zhyphyr – Paris Miguez (28), from Spain
28. Pazdan – Tomek (22), from Poland
29. G30dud3 – George English (16), from United Kingdom
30. TurokFreak – Evertt De Sousa (25), from Brazil
31. Frose – (20), from Germany
32. Uribaani – Miika Ahvenjärvi, from Finland
33. CC-Designs – (18), from Germany
34. Carl06 – Carl (19), from Germany
35. Koenigpersoenlich – (16), from United States
36. Nonlin3 – Martin, from Poland
37. Rheyzer – Reynan Alibuyog (23), from Philippines
38. Outlines – Dimiter Tzankov, from Bulgaria
39. Sansana – Daria Michalska (20), from Poland
40. Niponwar – Vladimir Chernov (19), from Canada
Ok, so this is pretty much it – at least for me this collection is in gold value, I just love web design, though I am lacking time, but in future, I’m sure I’ll release some good templates,themes and so. Enjoy, get inspired and watch those artists!
Add some more links, if You know very good web designers, who are not on this list!
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Dainis Graveris
Posted 1169 days ago 25Thank You people for all those comments! And great to see several artists I listed also checking in – I feel actually honored :)
And about usability – I agree every designer should code his own design, at least Html, CSS. I know many sites should be very hard to code, but don’t forget also about Flash.
At least I enjoy those ideas and excellent presentation – while those sites could be hard to code, I consider these as excellent inspiration pieces for my own works!
Not all of the sites think so much about usability than presentation like designer portfolio, showcase sites, where the main option is – To Stand Out From The Crowd! One way or another I think almost all sites do this job!
(from my own experience – if You design something cool, but not very usable, You always can code and simplify everything – like optimize design, but I don’t agree (at least not fully) with people, who say that none of those sites won’t be effective in the real world.)
Good looking ( stand out) + Usable is very hard task to complete, but I think it is possible and it will be even more with CSS3 in future.
Naldz Graphics
Posted 1169 days ago 24This is freaking huge.great list!!
Naldz Graphicss last blog post : 40+ Most Amazing Wallpaper Tutorials in Photoshop and Resources
Tyler
Posted 1169 days ago 23Wow those are some nice websites, great inspiration
Tylers last blog post : 3D Text On Fire
Pedros
Posted 1169 days ago 22Great list … but i would love to see some of those websites css’ed :) It’s all about layouts …
great never the less! :)
Jan Van Lysebettens
Posted 1169 days ago 21thanks for the feature :)
aravind
Posted 1170 days ago 20wow.. another great list.. :)
thumbs up!
aravinds last blog post : Valentines day special Freebies: Heart and Cupid Illustrations
JK89
Posted 1170 days ago 19Thanks for feature, I’m honored. ;)
Laks
Posted 1170 days ago 18Really gr8 stuff watching designs, creation through inspirations YES i can think more after looking these designs… Best of Luck for all the creators..
Johnson Koh
Posted 1170 days ago 17Very inspiring. Thanks Dainis!
Johnson Kohs last blog post : 40 Amazing Infrared Photography Images
AthenaEmily
Posted 1170 days ago 16very nice!!!!!
they are all very appealing!
AthenaEmilys last blog post : March Wallpaper: when life’s alive in everything
Dan Olsavsky
Posted 1170 days ago 15Thanks for the list, it’s a good resource for inspiration.
@Jack McDade, I agree! While a lot of these site are pretty to look at, they aren’t very usable. This is one of the reasons why I believe Designers should do their own HTML/CSS/JavaScript. Usability sells!
Robin Bastien
Posted 1170 days ago 14Good inspirational list! It’s nice to see non-recycled layouts in a website showcase for once. I like the ichibo is super original, those large background layouts are being popularized and get better all the time
evertt de sousa
Posted 1170 days ago 13I would like to thank you for being part of this post, is always very good to have the work recognized.
Thank you and congratulations on blog
Timothy
Posted 1170 days ago 12Nice list. Not a big fan of Alexdesigns
BeyondRandom
Posted 1170 days ago 11Great list! There are some great designers out there. Thanks for sharing.
BeyondRandoms last blog post : 20 Free WordPress Themes That Will Rock Your Socks!!
Jack McDade
Posted 1170 days ago 10Sure some of the artwork is cool, but just about NONE of these sites would be effective in the real world. They’re all mockups with greek text. Show me where they would sell product, or promote business services, or gain a regular user base.
Unfortunately the future of the web is not glamor, it’s usability and a clear message. Design style comes (albiet a still important) second.
Jack McDades last blog post : ExpressionEngine Patterns & Best Practices: The Genesis
niponwar
Posted 1019 days ago 47You’re not right at all, it’s true most of the designs you see here are just mock-ups, but some of them are working in the real life.
But wait, how you will keep the user stand in the website if your website is ugly?
The design and usability is the key for the website, but don’t forget the other important point, as attractive text, good quality images and something cool to interact to keep you user busy, after what he can come back to the web, and then you will increase your visitor timing.
Thank you
Thomas
Posted 1171 days ago 9Great Selection, I love G30dud3 design
Dennis
Posted 1171 days ago 8Your list has some very unique and inspiring designs, my personal favorite is the one named Increase by frose. Thanks for sharing this!
Oktigh
Posted 1171 days ago 7all of you great.. but anyone not tutorial :( BY THE WAY :D
thanks….
Oktighs last blog post : 30 Deviant Digital Artists, Painters, Illustrators Worth To Watch
Thibaut Allender
Posted 1171 days ago 6@James De Angelis, I was about to say the same… You can’t be indifferent to these designs but the information vs noise ratio is awfully low in most cases!
Multidesign
Posted 1172 days ago 5Great list of well designed websites, tx.
saurabh shah
Posted 1172 days ago 4wow ! gr8 list … i love all themes… i am ready to develop in real world… :)
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Jeremy
Posted 1172 days ago 3Very good selection, I could spend hours looking at all the details. Those are very talented people!
James De Angelis
Posted 1172 days ago 2This post illustrates both what i love about deviantart and hate.
On the one hand you have these incredibly visual and creative designs that have a lot of flair and character. Yet on the other, most of the designs would be terrible as websites and seem to be all visual with no thought to structure or how the thing might actually be used.
It would be great to see more press for designers who actually consider their user and have a graphic punch to the work.
Navdeep
Posted 1172 days ago 1Wow! great list…