25 Examples of Illustration and Hand Drawn Elements in Web Design

Posted by on May 2, 2011 | 11 Comments

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

illustrative01

Corpus

illustrative02

EduSoCal’11

illustrative03

RUhotEnouf

illustrative04

Freckles & Handsome’s

illustrative05

steedicons

illustrative06

Thread’s not Dead

illustrative07

wakWAW

illustrative08

The Threepenny Editor

illustrative09

Phase 2 Design Studio

illustrative10

Flow

illustrative11

Netlife Research

illustrative12

Albion West Coast

illustrative13

Florida After Seven

illustrative14

Bully! Entertainment

illustrative15

Greenaway Pro

illustrative16

Shout

illustrative17

Sasquatch Music Festival

illustrative18

Pow

illustrative19

sxsw.squarespace.com

illustrative20

analogue

illustrative21

The Beehive

illustrative22

Youzee

illustrative23

Alexandre Ribeiro

illustrative24

Cantilever

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I love communication, technology, web, design, movies, gastronomy and creativity. Web writer, portuguese/english translator and co founder of @refilmagem & @mentaway Twitter: @gismullr

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