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For some long time I’ve been gathering great blog designs from deviantart to get inspired and now I will showcase them all in one huge article!! Surprisingly finding great ideas and designs have been much easier in Deviantart than any other web design showcase sites.
I didn’t add any comments this time – compare these designs yourself and try to understand why ones really stand out, well others seem a little bit classical. Notice small things, how designer puts a little bit unique style in its design to make emphasis like folding, comment,date boxes which stand out from layout, icons, background textures and nice shadings.
What I noticed though – for blog designs light colors always look better and are more user-friendly since visitors need to read information – light background and dark text always seem to work great!
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Dainis Graveris is 23 years old blogger and designer, founder of 1stWebDesigner, now more silently managing everything behind the scenes. He usually hangs out in Twitter tweeting design related links and chatting with people. If you have any questions or feedback that's the best place to start! Cheers!
Sunday, August 7th, 2011 07:20
I have to say, I dont know if its the clashing colours or the bad grammar, but this blog is hideous! I mean,
I dont want to sound like a know-it-all or anything, but could you have possibly put a little bit more effort
into this subject. Its really interesting, but you dont represent it well at all, man.
Saturday, January 8th, 2011 11:55
Great collection, really inspirational stuff! Thank you!
Friday, June 25th, 2010 10:09
Yeah there are a lot of great designs, unfortunately many of them are still only photoshop designs, not multiple browser html sliced working ones.. still this might bring some inspiration for a new design here
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 21:25
Very cool post. I never even thought to look for themes on Deviant Art. That will soon change after seeing all of this quality work!
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 12:08
Loads of amazing designs on the list but for me these are just awesome:
Simple WordPress theme : http://yehsper.deviantart.com/art/Simple-Wordpress-theme-139316353
DeviantART is a great place for inspiration!
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 23:03
wow, there is so many; i already forgot ^ . ^
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 15:17
Fantastic list. It’s great to be able to compare the templates on here instead of going in and out of search previews through wordpress. Definitely bookmarking this page. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 09:48
A very great collection ! Thanks for share ! :)
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 14:54
DeviantArt has been one of the first community sites for the creative minds. It’s amazing what you can find there, and not only that, DA was one of the first that offered a way to designers earn for their work, we now have contest websites, t-shirts design and others, but first it was only DA and a few others.
So if you really wants to find good stuff go there.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 12:53
Agreed, many very derivative ( bordering on infringing ) designs, and many which have been over-designed and full of distracting clutter.
10 really good ones would have been more useful than a massive page of very forgettable stuff.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 08:09
Awesome Collection :)
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 06:18
wow, that really unseen before but the Boutique Theme it’s like the popular Hongkiat blog, thx for sharing
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 19:33
Wow, great job
You should put this blog on the list http://www.intercambioradical.com.br I love the lighting effects on this one.
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 10:39
nice blog designs – cool collection
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 14:00
Wow, there are some really nice designs there. These would have to be the stand out from the crowd designs for me though
Naruja Portfolio by JuliusX
WordPress – Fairy Theme by detrans
Waterfall blog by coloformia
But this one is truly amazing.
WordPress – IcePress Theme by detrans
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 09:24
yeah, agreed :)) I am not sure if this is really possible to code though..:) Icepress is my favorite too – really standing out :)
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 07:31
The most inspirational showcase I ever seen. Thanks Dainis :) I’ll need this maybe in future projects!
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 08:54
Finally, the title matches the content!
Thank you so much, unbelievably great collection, I really needed it!
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 02:48
Great List! I really like Creative Talk & Big Blue. Waterfall is also nice too.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 09:25
Thank you, hard to make best selection here. I think :) at least for me – many faves :)
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 02:34
wow this is really good, nice and big collection thanks.
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Izzat Aziz
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 02:34
wow this is really good, nice and big collection thanks.
NickyZeeman
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 15:44
Thanks for this great collection!
nurul amin russel
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 10:39
nice blog designs – cool collection
Christiano Tessari
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 19:33
Wow, great job
You should put this blog on the list http://www.intercambioradical.com.br I love the lighting effects on this one.
Poonam
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 08:09
Awesome Collection :)
aditia
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 06:18
wow, that really unseen before but the Boutique Theme it’s like the popular Hongkiat blog, thx for sharing
Linh Pham
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 15:41
Very nice collection, great inspiration
Justin Seidl
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 15:39
Very nice collection of some great blog designs!
Albert Lie
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 02:48
Great List! I really like Creative Talk & Big Blue. Waterfall is also nice too.
Dainis Graveris
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 09:25
Thank you, hard to make best selection here. I think :) at least for me – many faves :)
gopalb
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 06:21
Nice collection….Thanks Dainis….
Cg
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 08:54
Finally, the title matches the content!
Thank you so much, unbelievably great collection, I really needed it!
James Cole
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 14:00
Wow, there are some really nice designs there. These would have to be the stand out from the crowd designs for me though
Naruja Portfolio by JuliusX
WordPress – Fairy Theme by detrans
Waterfall blog by coloformia
But this one is truly amazing.
WordPress – IcePress Theme by detrans
Dainis Graveris
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 09:24
yeah, agreed :)) I am not sure if this is really possible to code though..:) Icepress is my favorite too – really standing out :)
Cosmin Negoita
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 07:31
The most inspirational showcase I ever seen. Thanks Dainis :) I’ll need this maybe in future projects!
Wallis
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 21:25
Very cool post. I never even thought to look for themes on Deviant Art. That will soon change after seeing all of this quality work!
Vinnie
Friday, June 25th, 2010 10:09
Yeah there are a lot of great designs, unfortunately many of them are still only photoshop designs, not multiple browser html sliced working ones.. still this might bring some inspiration for a new design here
billy
Friday, June 25th, 2010 13:21
Wicked collection indeed !
Pandora Silver Beads
Sunday, August 7th, 2011 07:20
I have to say, I dont know if its the clashing colours or the bad grammar, but this blog is hideous! I mean,
I dont want to sound like a know-it-all or anything, but could you have possibly put a little bit more effort
into this subject. Its really interesting, but you dont represent it well at all, man.
Pontus Ekman
Saturday, January 8th, 2011 11:55
Great collection, really inspirational stuff! Thank you!
deniz
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 22:07
absolutely perfect collection thx a lot for all
Joel Vardy
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 12:08
Loads of amazing designs on the list but for me these are just awesome:
Simple WordPress theme : http://yehsper.deviantart.com/art/Simple-Wordpress-theme-139316353
DeviantART is a great place for inspiration!
Jonathan
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 12:53
Agreed, many very derivative ( bordering on infringing ) designs, and many which have been over-designed and full of distracting clutter.
10 really good ones would have been more useful than a massive page of very forgettable stuff.
Felipe Martyn
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 14:54
DeviantArt has been one of the first community sites for the creative minds. It’s amazing what you can find there, and not only that, DA was one of the first that offered a way to designers earn for their work, we now have contest websites, t-shirts design and others, but first it was only DA and a few others.
So if you really wants to find good stuff go there.
Soohky
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 09:48
A very great collection ! Thanks for share ! :)
Jae Xavier
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 23:03
wow, there is so many; i already forgot ^ . ^
Dan
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 15:17
Fantastic list. It’s great to be able to compare the templates on here instead of going in and out of search previews through wordpress. Definitely bookmarking this page. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.