50 Inspiring Examples of Hand Drawn Elements in Web Design
Hand drawn elements are great way to give a website a unique look. You can do that by adding a nice hand drawn illustration as a background, a stylish hand draw font, icon, line work, characters or any other element you might think of. Hand drawn elements can give your website an informal look. They can add lots of personality and even humor. Here we’ve gathered 50 examples of hand drawn elements in web design to inspire you. And as usual, if you have a cool example to share, leave us a comment.
Suie Paparude
toucouleur.fr
happyingreenville.com
contrast
Jason Gray
Kari Jobe
N.Design Studio
Sawyer Hollenshed
kusoyama.com
estebanmunoz.com
Studio Img
Richard Stelmach
Dean Oakley
fatheads.co.uk
booma
bootb
Biola
tfreak.com
christian sparrowm
Mobious
itlooksgood.com
psyop.tv
jcbsong.co.uk
Sarah Hyland
bearskinrug.co.uk
charmingwall
Dann Whittaker Creative
Jesse Willmon
khalsakids.org
kittyattackblog
kinetic.com.sg
Low Morale
Frank Pr
Legwork Studio
foto.marcol.art.pl
petincanvas.com
Robbin Waldemar
camellie.com
carsonified.com/projects
redvelvetart.com
Adam Amaral
Project 365
hugs for monsters
TechAdventure DC
A Million Things To Do
creativejoomladesign.com
bio-bak.nl
giantantmedia
dnadarwin.org
chirp.twitter.com
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Apr 12, 2010
Oh very nice Collection
i love Hand Drawn Designs and Elements in Web Design. Very Beautiful.
Apr 12, 2010
Great collection! One of my favs: http://rob-sheridan.com/sketchblog/
Apr 12, 2010
Some really amazing drawings and illustrations there. You don’t come across many websites with this kind of styling, which makes them even more unique and inspiring when you do see them.
I have never even thought of adding my own drawing to style a website. Mainly because I’m not that great at freehand drawing, but looking at some of the designs it doesn’t take an amazing drawer to come up with something that catches your eye and works well in the design.
I think the only time I may consider doing this is for my own personal website, not sure if my customers would appreciate a drawing placed on their sites!
Really nice work from all the designers of these sites though, thanks for sharing them.
Apr 12, 2010
Maybe its getting a bit old and much used but i still love the details in webdesign!
Apr 12, 2010
Really not used, mostly because people don’t know how to incorporate it correctly. I’ve always loved the contrast. Cool list!
Apr 12, 2010
Thanks for sharing these links Gisele, some great inspiration can be “drawn” from them
Apr 12, 2010
very original websites, love the hand drawn look.
Apr 12, 2010
nice collection..
Apr 12, 2010
Whats great talents you have presented here… Really Great Job…
Apr 12, 2010
It is a good collection of Hand Drawn Web Design. And very inspirational blog. The Hand Drawn Web Design need creativity. I like these kind of websites.
Apr 12, 2010
very nice collection! I loved all of them!!
Apr 12, 2010
A blending of old-school hand drawn animation and new-school 3D animation would be a very good theme.
Apr 12, 2010
Awesome collection…missed this when i was looking for inspiration to do one of my projects…never the less great work…check out the website i did : http://www.bigbeep.in
Apr 12, 2010
great post!!! i love the way hand drawn elements are being used in web design today…
http://www.carolrivello.com/ is another one you can add to the list.
She even has a “Making of” to show the design process for her website: http://www.carolrivello.com/blog/new-website-%C2%BB-the-making-of/
Apr 12, 2010
informative post!!! i love the way hand drawn elements are being used. Thanks!
Apr 12, 2010
I rellay love this style, but it is hard to do the same job, hand drawning need more skills.
Apr 13, 2010
I love hand drawn elements in a website. This is a great list. Check out http://www.holyghostoutdoors.com – has a ton of really cool sketches throughout the site, as elements of it’s design.
Apr 13, 2010
impressive collection
Apr 14, 2010
There are some truly individual and unique elements to the website above, by adding hand drawn elements to the websites, there become more fun and endearing to the audience.
Apr 15, 2010
Thanks for including my site in your list, appreciate it!
Apr 15, 2010
Nice collection, i don’t think all are hand written… Some of them looks like they have been created with drawing tools…
Apr 18, 2010
Great collection of web designs. I have to agree with the majority of these comments. Hand drawn elements in web designs really work well. When designing our web site I had great plans for the use of hand drawn elements but the lack of time time has put them on hold. This post has now given me the inspiration to add them.
Apr 27, 2010
One of my favorites! http://www.fuseboxcreations.com
Apr 28, 2010
Some great examples here, i love the mix between photography and illustration, find it really striking… magic realism!
Apr 29, 2010
Wow.very nice collection….
May 3, 2010
Love these!
http://www.pathwayfellowship.com is another simple yet creative hand painted site! Check it out!
May 6, 2010
Great collection! This style of web design is one my favorite styles. It can show how talented a web designer can be.
May 12, 2010
Very inspiring indeed!
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