25 Examples of Illustration and Hand Drawn Elements in Web Design
We can say that Illustration is a visual form of presenting something (via Wikipedia). Regarding web design, we can also say that the main goal is to “present something” in a beautiful and interesting form, so we get our user’s attention. Today we decided to gather some examples of websites using illustrations and/or hand drawn elements to present their content. From hand drawn typography to character illustrations and other details, here you will see a lot of inspiring examples.
Jan Ploch
Corpus
EduSoCal’11
RUhotEnouf
Freckles & Handsome’s
steedicons
Thread’s not Dead
wakWAW
The Threepenny Editor
Phase 2 Design Studio
Flow
Netlife Research
Albion West Coast
Florida After Seven
Bully! Entertainment
Greenaway Pro
Shout
Sasquatch Music Festival
Pow
sxsw.squarespace.com
analogue
The Beehive
Youzee
Alexandre Ribeiro
Cantilever
Source:
Abduzeedo – Sites of the Week
siteInspire
The Best Designs
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11 comments
Sagar Ranpise
May 2, 2011Good inspiring web designs!
David
May 2, 2011Great collection, I really like the 3D illustrated look to the Bully website.
Jeremy
May 2, 2011Thank you for that.
The “Analogue” is very nice.
jonny
May 2, 2011Jan Ploch is the best one…great idea!
Amelia Johnson
May 3, 2011Not all of these are completely illustrative, but the ones that are are lovely. I like Steedicons cartoon style colours and and bright design. Phase 2 design studio is really fantastic design job too! Worth a click, follow the page down and watch the water droplet! Really clever inspiring work.
Pragmatic Design
May 3, 2011Another great group, thank you. I particularly liked Cantilever Chippy. Hmm, lunchtime
Vivek Dhande
May 5, 2011Really amazing roundup! Personally “Sasquatch Music Festival” is the favorite one.
Kyson Kane
May 6, 2011These are really nice! I’m really digging that paper form. Very inspiring for bloggers.
Adrian
May 7, 2011Wow! Some beautiful examples here. Illustration such as that on Bully! Entertainment is beyond me! Brilliant!
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techgraphic
August 8, 2011Wonderful designs. I like all the illustrations.
Post more unique ones.
Chris
September 30, 2011Cool collection. May I also suggest a look at my site (cheeky I know!)…
http://www.utcwebdesign.co.uk
Keep up the good work