Archive for August, 2012

World of Fantastic Pictures: 5 Photographers Worthy of Your Attention


  

Nowadays getting your hands on a professional camera isn’t as hard a task as it was just ten years ago. Any number of people can buy a camera and take a shot. But to own a professional camera is not enough to be a great photographer. Fantastic pictures often come from the years of experience and hard work of those trained pros who know all the technical aspects of creating or capturing the perfect pic.

Today we want to share some amazing pictures from a few photographers who create true masterpieces. Each of them have their own style, professional techniques and experience. The only thing which connects all the photographers together is a great love of the art. You just need one glance at their beautiful images to realize that they were made by a master’s hand.

Isac Goulart

Isac Goulart is a Brazilian photographer, whose pictures are incredibly colorful and full of life. It’s a great talent to be able to turn those ordinary daily moments into fantastic pictures. He has been a photographer for almost ten years, since he bought his first camera in 2002. Isac prefers to work with color photography. His main genre is a mixture of landscape and waterscape together with people’s portraits. The artist’s greatest passion is to capture the incredible beauty of nature and human interaction with it. Usually, he likes to photograph silhouettes and spontaneous portraits in a sunset.

Isac is a photographer by vocation, but photography is just a hobby. He works as an English teacher for university age students. He thinks that the biggest difficulty in photography is the pursuit of inspiration and the process of catching the perfect moment. The implementation, or execution, in photography is a skill that can be acquired only with time, but without creativity or precise timing, it is usually weak and ineffective.

Trust in Me

Isac Goulart photo

Miami

Isac Goulart photo

Deliverance

Isac Goulart photo

Venice

Isac Goulart photo

Hold My Hand

Isac Goulart photo

Colosseo

Isac Goulart photo

Coca Cola Summer

Isac Goulart photo

Window Seat to Hawaii

Isac Goulart photo

Westminster

Isac Goulart photo

Cloud Gate II

Isac Goulart photo

Venezia III

Isac Goulart photo

World’s Apart

Isac Goulart photo

The Artist

Isac Goulart photo

Waiting II

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Chicago Blues

Isac Goulart photo

Dreaming Wide Awake

Isac Goulart photo

Hold Me Close

Isac Goulart photo

Evgeni Dinev

Evgeni Dinev is a Bulgarian photographer. His creative career began in 2007. He seeks to capture the world’s many beautiful landscapes, but in his own artistic way. Transforming homeliness into the sublime is the result of great patience and the effort he exerts. Evgeni keeps up his search for fascinating new landscapes to capture.

He bought his first DSLR camera in 2005, but started shooting more seriously 2-3 years later. His favourite genre is landscape photography. Beyond photography, he is fond of web design. Evgeni has been a freelancer for more than 10 years. Searching for a good place and the the right time for a shot is the most difficult for Evgeni. When he has a chance for a good photo he knows for sure the best way to capture it.

Fishing Boat

Evgeni Dinev photo

Divine Beams

Evgeni Dinev photo

Before the Flood Rain

Evgeni Dinev photo

Tree of Life

Evgeni Dinev photo

Alien

Evgeni Dinev photo

Thunderstorm

Evgeni Dinev photo

Invincible

Evgeni Dinev photo

Hidden Green

Evgeni Dinev photo

Church Under the Rainbow

Evgeni Dinev photo

Costa Quebrada

Evgeni Dinev photo

Splendid Winter Sunrise

Evgeni Dinev photo

Marco Pandullo

Marco Pandullo is an Italian photographer. He graduated from the International School of Photography in Florence. All the degrees have no sense without the talent, but Marco is a talented person for sure. His pictures were made to blow your mind. They are full of sensuality and naked emotions. He started to photograph as a self-taught artist five years ago. His desire is to create something between fashion and slight-eroticism in his photography. He also likes to take portraits as well, but when he wants to experiment with something new or get paid for his work, he works with various kinds of photos.

He has never had much difficulty in searching for the idea for a shoot, but does encounter some issues when there’s no “feeling” between him and a model or a team. If they couldn’t understand what he saw in his mind, everything became more difficult, and that’s why he is not so good with words as with pictures.

Dancer Lisa I

Marco Pandullo photo

First Time Lucrezia I

Marco Pandullo photo

First Time Lucrezia II

Marco Pandullo photo

Juska I

Marco Pandullo photo

Portraits I

Marco Pandullo photo

Portraits II

Marco Pandullo photo

Portraits III

Marco Pandullo photo

Dancer Lisa II

Marco Pandullo photo

Old

Marco Pandullo photo

Food

Marco Pandullo photo

Hadamorgana

Marco Pandullo photo

Oceano

Marco Pandullo photo

Angela Lumsden

Angela Lumsden has been doing photography since 2009. She is quite young in this field, but her works are really cute. Angela likes photographing people. She prefers portraits, environmental portraits, children’s portraits, whimsical images, conceptual images and images with some element of humour. Angela’s works are bright, kind and incredibly dreamlike. When you look at them, it seems like you are going back to childhood, and it feels so welcoming. Angela also works as a doctor.

Sometimes the implementation of the ideas become the main problem she faces in her work. Angela has a huge list of ideas for photos, but there are a few difficult parts like finding the time, an appropriate location and having willing models to get the shots done.

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Alexander Dragunov

Alexander Dragunov is a Russian photographer. He bought his first DSLR camera in 2007 when he realized that it was really hard to get good pictures using anything else. He focuses on cities, architecture and landscapes. He travels a lot and always takes his gear with him. For the last few months he was trying to do some street photography, because it’s an area with great potential for fantastic results. Alexander’s pictures express his great love of nature, and thanks to their colors, create a special mood. He is also a software architect from Saint-Petersburg, but for the last few years he lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.

Alexander believes that the most difficult issue is to be different from other photographers, and to find one’s own unique style. He said, he’s not quite there yet. Alexander is just an ordinary traveling photographer, but he’s on the right road to success. The implementation for him is something secondary. Always remember, first of all you have to know what you want, and after that find the appropriate gear to execute the idea.

Another Subway Car in Stockholm

Alexander Dragunov photo

Tea Lover

Alexander Dragunov photo

AT-AT Walker

Alexander Dragunov photo

The Field

Alexander Dragunov photo

Back to the Future

Alexander Dragunov photo

A Subway Car in Stockholm

Alexander Dragunov photo

Monochrome view

Alexander Dragunov photo

Fishing

Alexander Dragunov photo

Hjulsta

Alexander Dragunov photo

Vatican stairs

Alexander Dragunov photo

All For Now

Hope you enjoy the collection of fantastic pictures. Hopefully it contains a little something for everyone. Which of the photographers do you like the most and why? Feel free to leave a comment below and to share your thoughts.

(rb)


When Less Means More: Spotlighting Minimalist Photomanipulations


  

Photomanipulations are a breathtaking artform that usually become quite involved and heavily loaded with all of the various images being brought together and molded into one. However, when you scale that back and use the most minimal amount of manipulation to combine two, maybe three, images, it can become increasingly difficult to seamlessly blend them together. The images have to be chosen with even more care.

Today we have a collection that proves the stunning and inspiring ways these minimalist photomanipulations can come together. When less means more, these artists have stepped up to meet this challenge head-on, and they have all produced some awesome work that can sometimes be mistaken for stock photography given the simplistic nature of the pieces. So get inspired through this spotlight of ours.

When Less Means More

Relfex by beyzayildirim77

The Watcher by MonkeyShepherd

Lonesome by MachiavelliCro

- Untitled - by abdieft

stairs by MLphoto

mother and child by GestiefelteMieze

Cube by AS001

Hope by janskop

Neomode by Genesis-Design

Wanderer Above Sea and Fog by Phil-Day

A cheesy way of living by Tourash

CUBE by mkore

No name by wesmos

aloft the sun by carrex

Creation is Dead by ibrokemykeyboard

Eve by ejieart

Real life by AS001

stairs by MLphoto

shell by JasonKaiser

fotomontaje by ELRevoo

A tale of love by beyzayildirim77

Daisyflower by Camiluchan

Minimal NO 2 by Anestakos-Delpi

Ink by MADGoDD

Minimal by Anestakos-Delpi

alone… by GestiefelteMieze

NO MORE … by wesmos

Flower Power by AS001

stairs by MLphoto

Dark Messenger by Pyrogas-Sipo

The ghost in you.. by J-u-d-a-s

bad fortune by beyzayildirim77

Recreation by Emerald-Depths

makowe pole by kokoszkaa

Relfex 2 by beyzayildirim77

Faith 19 by pbxn109

Turning Off the Light

This collection may be ending, but the conversation is just getting started. That’s where all of you come in. Leave your thoughts on the minimalist photomanipulations that we have assembled for you, or point us to some others that have caught your eye.

(rb)


Pace

American service constantly presses on its diners. Can I show you to your seat? Here’s some menus. How’s the meal? Would you like the check?

Would you like the check? American servers always ask you if you’d like the check. Sometimes they’ll even bring you the check before you’re done eating.

It’s all about turning tables. More tables, more tips (it’s not all greedy — servers are paid less and rely on tips as part of their salary in America). And diners have places to go and people to see, right?

The pace of meals in America is a reflection of this service style. People come in for dinner, eat, and leave.


Many European cities have a different view on service — a very opt-in style. It would be rude for your server to ask if you’d like the check. It’s up to you when you want to leave.

In Barcelona, once you’re done with the meal your server comes by to take your plates away and asks if you’d like some coffee. Encouraging you to stick around and enjoy the surroundings.

The pace follows. Meals last longer. More conversation, more time at the table. There’s no pressure to move on to the next item on your task list.

A lot of people I talk to label this change of pace as “european cafe culture�. But I think it’s really just a culture of people comfortable staying at restaurants without eating/drinking something as fast as possible.


A few weeks ago I was in Barcelona taking a break from life. At one point, my friend was sketching out a tattoo and I was reading while we enjoyed an after lunch coffee. We were both doing things I often hear people say they wish they had more time to do.

I hate that phrase. We all have the same amount of time. We choose how to spend it.

Pace. I want to spend more time conscious of the pace of my life.


Poster Design Contest “Redesign The Web”: The Best Entries


  

Yes, it’s time to announce the winners! A couple of weeks ago we had announced the “Redesign The Web” Poster Design Contest that encouraged you to design a thought-provoking poster. We wanted to encourage everyone to actively get involved in making the Web a more accessible and usable place today.

Among the entries, many have picked up the idea of the globe. We received clean and minimalistic designs, complex artworks, illustrations, inspirational quotes and call-ups, as well as a comic strip. One participant even produced a poster using only HTML5 and CSS3 (including the bleed and trim marks inside the print style sheet).

We’d like to sincerely thank all the contributors who had taken on this challenge and had sent us their work! Overall, we’ve received over 150 entries, and in a thorough review process, selected 35 of the best entries (which are now presented in the article below). And trust us—it was no piece of cake to choose the best from many excellent poster submissions. Of course, the owner of each poster owns all the copyrights for their artwork.

Winners

Rafal Tomal — Redesign The Web

Redesign the Web Poster

Hugo Tobío — Boiled Web

Redesign the Web Poster

Danae Botha — Limit is the Sky

“I believe true simplicity is achieved through regressing to a child-like state. It’s about seeing what is really there, as well as all the possibilities available. Deriving joy from the uncomplicated, and rejecting the clutter.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Bonzzu — Webworld

“Redesign the Web one pixel at at time; redesign the world one individual at a time. The gap between digital and analog is disappearing fast and we have the power to change the world for the better.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Radomir “Wingerie” Kupfer — Redesign the Web

“It’s simple, but everyone who’s connected to Web development will surely understand the message.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Congratulations to all the winners of the contest! You should have been contacted already. We sincerely appreciate your time and support!

Below, you’ll find more selected entries submitted by our dear readers across the world for the “Redesign The Web, Redesign The World” contest.

Selected Entries

Kimberly Passmore — Rhythmatical

Redesign the Web Poster

Jacob Greif — Redesign The Web

Redesign the Web Poster

Maren Katelaan — Redesign The Web II

Redesign the Web Poster

Gautam Bambolkar — Evolution

“We have been evolving right from the day life on Earth began. It’s the human urge to think, ideate, innovate, change, and think again. Initially, we travelled in person to communicate, to share. Then came the revolutionary Web, wherein we achieved virtual communication. Desktops, PCs came into action. Communication changed, people moved, the Earth reshaped. Now we are inside the world of mobiles and tablets; a wireless world indeed! The world is constantly shaping into a new form. Hence, we, the Web transformers, ought to change the way we say things. The need is to redesign the Web, and the world!”

Redesign the Web Poster

Mark Dewdney — Redesign The Web

Redesign the Web Poster

Melda Wibawa — Redesign The Web, Redesign The World

“The Web is like a virtual city, with its streetscapes and furniture. HTML 5, CSS 3, Social Media, etc. form the ‘WEB’ city. This city has to be well organized and designed in order to function well. By redesigning the city we can achieve a better organized world.

REDESIGN THE WEB, REDESIGN THE WORLD.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Vidhi Mehta — Redesign The Web, Redesign The World

“My concept behind this design is a ‘tree’ to redesign the Web, redesign the world. Redesigning of the Web involves using greener technologies by working collectively to use elements that will be less hazardous to the environment. If accomplishing this, then I truly believe we have redesigned the ‘world’ by redesigning the Web.

The tree denotes collective working, growth in terms of better design, and that we are all connected to the same root, indicating that we redesign the Web (and hence the world, together). I have modified the red dot in your typography with a green leaf saying “lets begin” to mark the enthusiasm of redesigning the Web.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Maren Katelaan — Redesign The Web

Redesign the Web Poster

Teo Yu Siang — Join the Revolution

“This poster design—titled Join the Revolution—is inspired by Maoist ‘Red Revolution’ propaganda posters, hence the very texture-rich and grungy, old-world feel. It’s designed to feel distinctly oriental and reek of imperialism—meant to instill a sense of higher purpose and exhilaration in the Web revolution. At the center of the poster, there’s this giant symbol that represents the revolution to redesign the Web and the world—kind of like how the star represents communism. The triangle stands for delta, the mathematical symbol of change, while the globe represents the Web (and the world). Together they form a symbol of change and hope for a better Web—and thus, a better world.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Alexander Katin — Keep Calm Redesign the Web

“I’ve come up with a no-brainer idea—it’s not original, beautiful or unique; the whole thing is just a tribute to the famous British wartime poster.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Johannes Ippen — Redesign the World

“Instead of designing it in a classic DTP tool, I tried to utilize HTML and CSS. I wanted to create a beautiful layout, and export it with a print style sheet into a print-ready PDF file (including generated bleed & trim marks).

It’s more of an experiment to see if HTML and CSS are already usable for the production of complex editorial/poster designs.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Marko Srdoc — HTML Globe

“Here is my modest design contribution to your Web poster contest.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Courtney Starr — Web Wide World

Redesign the Web Poster

Kevin Riedy — Redesign the Web World

“Yep—that’s Arial, Baby!!

Curious, after it’s all over, how many went with this paradigm.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Chris Zappala—Redesign The Web

Redesign the Web Poster

Mecury Brand Mission — W

Redesign the Web Poster

Ian Caie — Flash

Redesign the Web Poster
Posters available in: download in A3 size (PDF), download in A4 size (PDF)

Anita Mercy—The Masked Coders

Redesign the Web Poster

Jin Wook — Click Click Done

Redesign the Web Poster

Grzegorz Norberciak—Webld

Redesign the Web Poster

Ian Caie — Mouse

Redesign the Web Poster

Jose Luis Elizalde — Redesign The Web

Redesign the Web Poster

Lourdes Irizarry — Redesign The World

“To help redesign the world I created a “Webtopia” App, where form and function unite. Using vibrant shapes as basic building blocks, I organized the town into an infographic-style pie chart, with equal parts technical and creative. The result is a clean, engaging, productive and functioning town. Influenced by travel and my favorite surroundings, I used both modern and traditional elements to create a well-balanced, multi-dimensional world.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Steven Quinn — Redesign the World

Redesign the Web Poster

Marcus Marritt — Designing for a Narrative

Redesign the Web Poster

Paul Johns — A Fresh Coat of Paint

“My concept for this design is a floating city that represents both the world and the Web. This golden city has been created atop the ashes of a crumbling old city. The gold city is a representation of good design, best practices, cross-browser and platform compatibility, and the implementation of Web standards. Gold is used to represent the highest caliber quality and value, and the orange hue is a nod to Smashing Magazine.

The crumbling city beneath represents sub-par design (outdated coding practices and incompatibility across browsers and platforms). The clouds in the background reflect the status of this Web/world, fading up from dark and polluted to airy and clean. The ‘good’ city is slowly melting downward, so eventually there will be nothing left of the original city. This represents the hopeful concept that thoughtful, well-planned design will overtake careless, poorly executed design. Once standards and good designs take over everything, the floating city (the world) will have been redesigned as well.

I think it’s important that the city represents both the world and the Web simultaneously, to show that they are intrinsically connected. The Web is the world’s way of communicating and interacting, so the more efficient the Web, the more efficient the world. The more beautiful the Web is, the more beautiful the world will be.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Sergio Nakamura — Huella

Redesign the Web Poster

Vinícius de Thomaz Domingues — Redesign The Web

Redesign the Web Poster

Yankale Hochman — The Web as a Butterfly

“The Web has been developing very fast. In a short time, we believe that development can be compared to a caterpillar (or silkworm) that has been transforming itself into a cocoon. But there is still one step more in the evolution: the step, where a complete Web becomes light, fast, functional and as attractive as a butterfly. This last step is in our hands. Let´s make it together.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Zachary VanDeHey — Leave Your Mark

“My idea is pretty simple, redesign the web redesign the world is all about leaving your mark. I’m a firm believer that great web design can create feelings and emotions. In the same way that music and literature can move people to change and take action so too can web designs. Take hold, reload, and leave your mark.”

Redesign the Web Poster

Inspirational Interpretations By Five Well-Respected Designers

By the start of the contest, we presented you striking and inspiring interpretations from five well-respected designers. For your convenience, these are now also available for download.

Nick La

Nick La interprets the Web as an earth-like eco-system. The Web is situated in an abstract, futuristic environment, with colors and elements that convey an almost mystical atmosphere. The interpretation has a visionary quality to it and shows a touch of Jules Verne. Have you noticed how Nick managed to have both dinosaurs and tweets in one artwork?

Redesign the Web Poster

Larissa Meek

Larissa Meek’s first poster concept is strongly geometric and bursts with color. “I wanted to capture the essence of what a more beautiful world would feel like based on the statement ‘Redesign the Web, Redesign the World,’” says Larissa. The result sure catches the eye.

Redesign the Web Poster

Larissa Meek’s second concept shows another interesting approach: visualizing the various elements that the Web currently consists of. The poster captures techniques such as CSS and HTML, workflow elements such as storytelling and also the daily realities of the professional designer (such as deadlines, coffee breaks and ideation). All elements are interconnected in a clever composition using just two main colors: red and orange.

Redesign the Web Poster

Simon C. Page

Simon C. Page is known for his abstract geometric styles. His poster design is made up of a variety of shapes and structures that are fundamental to the Web—the world being one of them.

Redesign the Web Poster

Ricardo Gimenes

Brazilian designer Ricardo Gimenes’ concept relies on Smashing Magazine’s familiar cartoon style and introduces what might be considered a <redesign> tag.

Redesign the Web Poster

Veerle Pieters

Veerle Pieters’ cover design for our Smashing Book 3 reflects the various elements that a redesign has to balance with the various building blocks of the Web. Read more about Veerle’s ideas behind the design and the process and read more about the printed Smashing Books 3 and 3⅓.

Design by Veerle Pieters

Be Sure To Join In Next Time!

Thanks to all who have participated in this contest. There will be more contests and goodies coming up soon, so be sure to stay tuned! And you might want to check out our previous contests as well.

Sincerely Yours,

 —  The Smashing Team

(jvb)


© Smashing Editorial for Smashing Magazine, 2012.


Showcase of Unique Steampunk Web Design & Resources


  

“It’s sort of Victorian-industrial, but with more whimsy and fewer orphans.� Caitlin Kittredge

Steampunk is a genre which surfaced during the late 1980s and early 1990s, as an amalgam of various science-fiction and fantasy elements resembling the British Victorian era or the U.S. “Wild-West” era, in which steam power was widely used. One of its main characteristics is anachronism – designating an object, person, event or custom which is inconsistent with its current time period. The term “steampunk” was allegedly originally coined by author K.W. Jeter in a letter to science-fiction magazine Locus in 1987, to separate himself and fellow sci-fi retro-tech lovers from their contemporary, futuristic “cyberpunks”:

Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of that era; like ‘steampunks,’ perhaps…

The genre itself actually predated the appearance of its denomination: some of its specific, easily-recognizable features can be found in the works of literary titans H.G. Wells and Jules Verne in the late 18th – early 19th century. Since then, steampunk elements and influences can be found throughout an array of domains, such as art, literature, television and film, fashion, music and design. Today, we’re going to dip our toes into the web design pool and take a look at an inspiring showcase of websites and resources that pay homage to this unique style.

Steampunk Web Design

3232 Design

3232 Design is a Minneapolis based web design studio specializing in websites and interactive media. They also produce and integrate business systems, print and online marketing and brand identity design.

Abney Park

This is the official website of renowned Seattle based steampunk band, Abney Park. It was formed by Robert Brown in 1997 and named after a London cemetery and are now referred to as the “quintessential steampunk band”.

Arthrobots

Arthrobots is Manchester based artist Tom Hardwidge’s website, where he commercializes hand-made ornamental robots inspired by arthropods.

Chris Jockey

This is the official web page of Colombian graphic designer Chris Jockey. He offers a plateau of services, among which illustration, animation, web design and branding.

Dr. Grordbort

Dr. Grordbort is a unique and eccentric website that commercializes rayguns – weapons that any true steampunk lover must have in their artillery.

Felideus

Felideus is a Spanish freelance illustrator, designer and writer that has worked as an art director, graphic designer, animator and screenwriter in audiovisual productions.

Freak Angels

Freak Angels is a website dedicated to posting an online weekly comic written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Paul Duffield

Ian Tregillis

This is the website of New Mexico based author Ian Tregillis, who is best known for his science-fantasy trilogy The Milkweed Triptych.

Iron Grip Marauders

This is the official website of the Iron Grip Marauders multiplayer strategy game. Here, you can experience virtual strategic battles in 3D graphics.

Internal Carotid

Internal Carotid is a design company from Ukraine, specializing in web design, interaction design and illustration. Here, you can browse through their portfolio and get a pretty good idea of what they do.

Kultika

Kultika is a German website containing a large list of psychics, fortune tellers, astrologists and clairvoyants, which you can call for advice.

La Lune Mauve

La Lune Mauve is a French webzine containing the works, thoughts and ideas of various francophone artists passionate about dark romanticism.

Light Quick

Light Quick are a web design company from South Oxfordshire, England. On their websites you can find relevant samples of their previous projects, a helpful guide as to what their services entail and more.

Lord Likely

“The Astonishing Adventures of Lord Likely Aristocratic Adventurer and Gentle-man of Action” by its full name – is a website dedicated to an eccentric figure of the English aristocracy in the Victorian era. Here, you can read outrageous stories about his life and adventures.

Mechanical Mirage

This is the official website of Japanese artist Kazuhiko Nakamura. You can marvel at the numerous prizes he has won during his longstanding career and at his art – “a surreal hybrid of man and machine, a hard marriage of metal and flesh”.

Myke Amend

This is the official website of artist Myke Amend, surreal pop fantasy painter, engraver, sculptor, and woodworker from Cincinnati, Ohio. It contains his steampunk, gothic and horror mixed media artworks.

The New York Moon

This is an Internet based publication in sync with the lunar phases (meaning that it is released at every other month’s full moon) and a cool collection of imaginative projects.

Conselho Steampunk

Conselho Steampunk is a Brazillian website created by the Steampunk Council from Rio de Janeiro as a place to share related news, events, designs, music and more.

Loja São Paolo Conselho Steampunk

The Loja São Paolo is actually linked to the above mentioned website. The things that set them apart are the city in which the council is based and the fact that this particular one also contains a forum, where steampunk aficionados can discuss related topics.

Steampump

This is the official website of the annual steampunk festival in North Melbourne, Australia. Here is where you can find out all the details about the festival’s third edition that is taking place this year on the 11th of August.

Steampunk Comic Shop

The title of this websites gives us a pretty good idea about its purpose. It contains numerous steampunk inspired graphic novels, sketchbooks, photography, magazines, trading cards, toys and other fun items for the passionate.

Stephane Halleux

The official website of artist Stephane Halleux, featuring a short bio and news regarding previous and future expositions of his amazing steampunk artworks.

The Steam Emporium

The Steam Emporium has been created as a collection of the coolest gadgets and artifacts related to the steampunk genre. It also contains news about upcoming events and art shows.

Thin Gipsy Thief Studios

Thin Gipsy Thief Studios is visual artist Kyle Miller’s website and brand, based in Vancouver Island, British Columbia. His work entails steampunk and science-fiction styled woodwork.

Vulcania Volunteers

This is award winning artist David McCamant’s website, where he guides visitors through a unique journey in imagery of the Nautilus from Twenty Thousands Leagues Under the Sea.

Steampunk Inspired Design Resources

So what’s the next step if you’re a designer and you just decided you love this style? You’ll continue to scroll down through a list of steampunk inspired design resources for your web interfaces. Because putting an extra effort in the details makes the whole more than just the sum of its parts.

How to Create a Steampunk Style Illustration in Photoshop

Create a Steam Powered Typographic Treatment – Part I & Part II

How to Create a Steampunk Golden Car

Creating a Highly Detailed Steampunk Insect

Customized Name Tag

Steampunk Web Browser Icon

Steampunk Header

Steampunk UI Bits and Bobs

Steampunk Clock Calendar Widget

Steampunk Navigation Menu

Steampunk Weather App

Conclusion

We’ve begun unraveling the mysteries of the steampunk genre together and have taken the first baby steps inside this fascinating fictional world. To take it further share with us. Have you encountered other websites with steampunk inspired landing pages or interfaces? Would you use elements from this unique style in creating your own website? Why or why not?

(rb)


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