Creative Uses of Illustration in Website Design

Creative Uses of Illustration in Website Design

By Tony Gentle ,

One thing I love to see in web design is how artists and designers take a certain style of design and incorporate it into their websites. Last week I wrote an article titled: 30 Must See Character Illustration Tutorials. This article gave tips and tricks on how to create amazing character Illustrations. So today I find it only fitting that I write this post on website designs that are influenced by illustrations. In this collection of websites you will see some beautiful uses of illustration that will leave you speechless. Hope you enjoy!

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http://www.ormanclark.com

http://www.ormanclark.com/

Professional Web Design by Orman Clark | Web Design in Berkshire

http://oldloft.com

http://oldloft.com/

old loft: web design & development

http://www.veboolabs.com

http://www.veboolabs.com/

Veboo Labs & middot; Website Development

http://www.93urban.com

http://www.93urban.com/

93URBAN // Old School Design

http://www.divvoted.com

http://www.divvoted.com/

DivVoted – vote for your favourite designs – another YoDiv site

http://www.cubeclub-chemnitz.de

http://www.cubeclub-chemnitz.de/

Welcome! | Cube Club Chemnitz

http://www.colchesterschool.ca

http://www.colchesterschool.ca/

Colchester Elementary | Home

http://mysnowbuddy.com

http://mysnowbuddy.com/

MySnowBuddy – Ride Share, Car Pool, Buy Sell, Mountain Weather Conditions, Lift Buddy, and More

http://www.mochimedia.com

http://www.mochimedia.com/

The Largest Network of Online Games – Mochi Media :: Fueling Creativity

http://www.getmefast.com

http://www.getmefast.com/

Affordable Web Design Company | Professional Web Design Company – GetMeFast

http://www.clark-studios.co.uk

http://www.clark-studios.co.uk/

Clark Studios | Web Designer & Programmer based in Farnborough, Hampshire, UK

http://sketch.odopod.com

http://sketch.odopod.com/

Odosketch is a flash drawing application created by Odopod, a digital agency in San Francisco. Create sketches, watch sketches replay, or simply view recent and our favorite featured illustrations

http://www.lukasztyrala.pl

http://www.lukasztyrala.pl/

Website of an illustrator and a web designer, who was born in 1983 and now works, studies and lives in Krakow (Poland).

http://www.mplusz.com

http://www.mplusz.com/

Mplusz, a web design agency. We create great web sites.

http://www.strawpollnow.com

http://www.strawpollnow.com/

Tiny daily polls in 140 characters or less.

http://www.tutorial9.net

http://www.tutorial9.net/

Tutorial9 provides tutorials encompassing graphic design, website development, and photography. All lessons offered are entirely free, and community participation is encouraged.

http://stoodeo.com

http://stoodeo.com/

We offer a long-lasting business partnership with you the client, while providing you with brilliantly stunning website design services for all of your web project needs.

http://www.pigeonandpigeonette.com

http://www.pigeonandpigeonette.com/

The official “Pigeon and Pigeonette” website (Dirk Derom & Sarah Verroken) with games, movies, free stuff and lots more…

http://www.schneeballschl8.de

http://www.schneeballschl8.de/

Schneeballschl8 – der Duo-Blog

http://www.mergeweb.com

http://www.mergeweb.com/

Web Design, Greenville, SC. Merge, a full service web developer specializing in web site redesigns, web hosting and web strategy consulting.

http://www.pojeta.cz

http://www.pojeta.cz/

http://www.pojeta.cz/

http://owltastic.com

http://owltastic.com/

Writings about web design by Meagan Fisher – designer, xhtml and css writer, sketcher, and owl obsessor.

http://www.thegreatbeardedreef.com

http://www.thegreatbeardedreef.com/

The Great Bearded Reef is the website for Joshua Willis.

http://eanka.com

http://eanka.com/

eAnka.com – Professional Web Development & Web Design

http://www.creamscoop.com

http://www.creamscoop.com/

CreamScoop Web Development

http://deanoakley.com

http://deanoakley.com/

Freelance Web design, Gold Coast, Brisbane

http://www.arpel.com.br

http://www.arpel.com.br/v4/index.html

Website Arpel – Juiz de Fora | Minas Gerais

http://www.krolikov.net

http://www.krolikov.net/main_en.php

www.krolikov.net – art studio

http://www.hutchhouse.com

http://www.hutchhouse.com/index.php

Creative Digital Design for Web & New Media, Oxford, UK

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/

Web Design Resources and Tutorials – Webdesigner Depot

http://www.somme.no

http://www.somme.no/

Berit Sømme – Illustratør, Illustrator Norway Stavanger

http://fatburgr.com

http://fatburgr.com/

Fatburgr | Nutrition information from your favorite restaurants!

http://www.gomediazine.com

http://www.gomediazine.com/

Vector & Photoshop Tutorials, Freebies & Tips for Graphic Designers| GoMediaZine

http://www.ipersonalassistant.co.uk

http://www.ipersonalassistant.co.uk/

iPersonalAssistant – personal assistance & minus the overheads

http://bradcolbow.com

http://bradcolbow.com/

Brad Colbow – Independent Web Designer, Illustrator

http://www.meomi.com

http://www.meomi.com/

– meomi cloud house –

http://www.volll.com

http://www.volll.com/

volll – a small European atelier for design and development

http://www.iprimidieci.com

http://www.iprimidieci.com/

I primi dieci – le più belle classifiche di tutti i tempi

http://www.webdesignerwall.com

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/

Web Designer Wall – Design Trends and Tutorials

http://www.branded07.com

http://www.branded07.com/

Online web design portfolio of Rob Palmer, Creating accessible website design · Branded07

http://www.rothaniko.hu

http://www.rothaniko.hu/eng.html

RÓTH ANIKÓ

http://artgeex.com

http://artgeex.com/v6/

Online portfolio of an art geek named Hayaty Mahdini from Miri Sarawak. Yes, I am a girl/lady/woman.

http://www.concept007.ru

http://www.concept007.ru/#/005

Concept 007

http://rawkes.com

http://rawkes.com/

Rawkes: A web design studio on a mission

http://www.moshimonsters.com

http://www.moshimonsters.com/

Moshi Monsters is a brand new online game where you can adopt your very own pet monster. Each one has a lively, unique personality that develops the more you play.

http://octwelve.com

http://octwelve.com/

Octwelve – Blog of designer, MaryLuc Melgar

http://www.1024media.com

http://www.1024media.com/

Edmonton Search Engine Optimization Services | ten24 SEO

http://www.redefine.us

http://www.redefine.us/

RED Creative Group is a full service design firm specializing in websites built with content management systems (CMS), marketing collateral, and logo (identity) design.

http://www.thealamobasement.com

http://www.thealamobasement.com/

THE ALAMO BASEMENT

http://www.marryology.com

http://www.marryology.com/

Amazing wedding planning tips no matter what your level of experience, or wedding budget!

http://www.yodiv.com

http://www.yodiv.com/

We help great designers and busy web developers by turning their PSD and Photoshop designs into perfect XHTML and CSS, ready for you to use in your website and web app. Fast and Cost Effective Turnaround for clients worldwide.

http://www.vectorart.org

http://www.vectorart.org/

Free Vector Stock Images | Free Illustrator EPS and AI Downloads | Open Source Vector Files

http://www.projectvino.com.au

http://www.projectvino.com.au/

project vino homepage

http://www.francie-pants.com

http://www.francie-pants.com/

Show em London, show em Francie Pants — Fun with the Francies Show em London, show em Francie Pants — Fun with the Francies

http://www.studioespace.co.jp

http://www.studioespace.co.jp/index.html

www.studioespace.co.jp

http://www.iwit.nl

http://www.iwit.nl/

iwit.nl // Ewout van Lambalgen

http://www.jrvelasco.com

http://www.jrvelasco.com/

www.jrvelasco.com

http://www.kinoz.com

http://www.kinoz.com/

KINO Site graphic instinct: webdesign, artwork, logo, photo

http://leihu.com

http://leihu.com/

leihu, the personal dominion of James A. Mathias an artist, writer & outlaw

http://fernandolandi.com.ar

http://fernandolandi.com.ar/

Fernando Landi

http://www.blueacorn.com

http://www.blueacorn.com/

eCommerce Consulting and SEO | eCommerce Blog | eCommerce Optimization & Strategy from Blue Acorn

http://www.wedomarkup.com

http://www.wedomarkup.com/

www.wedomarkup.com

http://www.kevadamson.com

http://www.kevadamson.com/

Freelance Web Design, Illustration, Animation & Graphic Designer : UK

http://www.roome.co.uk

http://www.roome.co.uk/

Roome Consulting

http://www.kitfolio.com

http://www.kitfolio.com/

Hello, my name is kit, welcome to my little portfolio website

http://carsonified.com

http://carsonified.com/

Creativity with integrity – Offering world-class events for the web industry.

http://www.musiccityunsigned.com

http://www.musiccityunsigned.com/

www.musiccityunsigned.com

http://onstuimig.nl

http://onstuimig.nl/

www.onstuimig.nl

http://www.kinder-aktuell.de

http://www.kinder-aktuell.de/

www.kinder-aktuell.de

http://www.elitistsnob.com

http://www.elitistsnob.com/

Elitist Snob: Mac snobbery and such

http://oypro.com

http://oypro.com/

Oypro Istanbul, Turkey Real Estate & Property Management

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