I like it when I get on sites, it makes me feel warm inside, I then like to tell people about it, hence this post. Soon I will think of something better to write about, until then, all you have are my selfish, ego-feeding lists of sites that the binge has featured on.
This showcase is about the hand drawn, web design style:
http://www.myinkblog.com/2009/05/16/a-showcase-of-popular-web-design-trends/
I agree that is useful sometimes to give a site a personal touch. While a site may often need to appeal to a wide audience, you can still strike a balance between fully personal and expressionistic design, and wide-appealing, user friendly design. This is especially useful in a personal site such as mine which I believe should contain some individualism as it is ultimately, about me.
I managed to appear on this post about breaking design rules. I don’t really see myself as the biggest of rebels, though there is no denying, the Maverick(from Top Gun) – esque connotations are appealing.
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/06/10-web-design-rules-that-you-can-break/
It is definitely true that if you do something original it will stand out, and sometimes breaking the trend or ‘design rules’ is a way of doing this. Also it highlights the old addage that there is always an exception to the rule.
And another illustrative showcase:
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/60-beautiful-hand-drawn-web-design/
Illustration isn’t as common in websites for one reason or another, so I guess it’s no surprise that the illustrative header on this site has helped it stand out.
