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Buffalo Lounge. Riot Industries. For a long time, when I first started working on the web, I advocated constant engagement with users, but never did it myself. My portfolio updates were erratic at best, rare at worst. Maybe it was my relative discomfort with the idea of publishing my work like a stream-of-consciousness when I wanted everything to look as polished as I'd have it when showing to a client - or maybe I just got busy.

Probably both are true. Happily, I've become much more comfortable contributing publicly in places like Dribble and GitHub, and obviously on Twitter. Riot Industries should serve as my creative stream-of-consciousness - I'll be pushing code, design, and articles here as they come to me. I've built the Portfolio from the scratch, and I've organized the whole shebang with Kirby. 20 Inspiring Examples of Big Backgrounds in Web Design. One way to easily define the tone and mood of a website is to use a big background image. However, when doing this, you need to consider that big images often have a lot going on, so it’s important to take a minmal approach with other aspects of the design. Not doing so could result in a website that is far too busy, cluttered, and difficult to navigate.

So for your inspiration, here are 20 examples of how to effectively use big background images in web design. Uber – Portfolio WordPress Theme Whitmans New York Studio Octopi Von Dutch Hiu Denim Co Casey Britt Range Rover Evoque The Amazing Spider-Man Suit up or Die Magazine H-Art My Own Bike Tim Roussilhe Tag Interativa Stephan Rizon Jalbert Productions International 8 Bis Mecenat Musical Marcus Thomas LLC Mendo Project Birdman The Best DesignsAwwwardsCSS Design Awards. 25 Examples of Dark Websites. Last week we showcased examples of color usage in web design, and this week we will keep the focus on color, but this time around we will showcase examples of dark colors usage in web design. The right amount of dark color can create an elegant and beautiful site, so check out the examples we gathered and give dark color a try on your next project.

War Child Kyle Steed Ryan Lottering 42Angels La Bubbly Abstraktion Jet Cooper Renai CoFinery Full Frontal Barcamp Omaha Jorge Rigabert Jux workdiary.de hooppps sage Kitchen Sink Studios Kings of Mambo From the Rough Riser Trokit Tom, Dick & Harry Nike SB 36Creative Vivas Source: unmatchedstyleAwwwards About the Author Gisele Muller loves communication, technology, web, design, movies, gastronomy and creativity. Related Posts 159 shares 11 Inspiring Examples of Textures and Patterns in Web Design Here at WDL we like to browse the web to find inspiring websites to show our readers.

Read More 421 shares Colorful Logos for Your Inspiration. 30 Beautiful Dark Web Designs for Inspiration. 30 Beautiful Dark-themed Web Designs for Inspiration. Using a dark color theme in a website can convey many types of feelings and emotions towards its visitors. Edginess, elegance, modernity — these are just a handful of things that can be associated with dark colors. There are countless of gorgeous dark-themed web designs on the Web. In this web design showcase, you’ll find 30 hand-picked websites that use a primarily dark color palette. 1. Jet Cooper 2. La Bubbly 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. workdiary.de 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 42Angels 19. 20. 21. simó 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Related Content About the Author Jacob Gube is the Founder and Chief Editor of Six Revisions. A Look at Inspiring Website Designs of Musicians. Feb 08 2012 As with designer’s, musician’s websites are often some of the most creative, and for good reason. The website designs of musicians should ideally epitomize their sound in a visual medium. It should capture their brand in an online presence. This is a subtle art, which not all musician’s websites master. Today we look at a huge variety of design styles and musicians. A Look at Inspiring Website Designs of Musicians Vladimir ChmeloVladimir Chmelo has a fairly simple site structure, with muted tones and formal typography. Noise CoalitionA very unusual looking site, but very visually striking. Jonathan CrehanA great example of effective background design. Johan ReinholdA fantastic web design with a very interactive feel to it.

Alex YoungA very detailed, nicely designed website. BlochThis site is for a music school rather than a specific musician, but I had to include it in this list. Caring is CoolA really cute website design featuring a funny illustration as the center piece. 30 Inspiring Music Websites For Design Inspiration. ACTIVATE – Careers. For us, taking vitamins every day had become more hassle than it was worth. Swallowing horse pills and dumping supplement powders into water bottles was just not cutting it. We looked to vitamin-enhanced waters for an answer, but found labels filled with empty promises. In our search for something better, we made a discovery that demanded attention. At first, it seemed like nothing more than a convenient way to take your vitamins on the go – a cap that featured a moisture-resistant compartment inside where ingredients could be stored and released before drinking.

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