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When designing a website, every step of the process is important. From content to usability, appearance to structure, every element counts to make a difference and create the perfect design. From super clean and minimalist layouts to colorful and eye candy designs, there is a place for every taste and approach. Following the recent trend of using big background images in web design, we decided to gather a list of websites using portraits in their layouts. So in this showcase we will show you how several designers are using portraits at their designs to make things more personal and to give a nice unique touch to their sites. From small thumbnails to illustrations and big background portraits, we have a lot of inspiring examples to show.
Antonio Giuseppe Peligra
Elegant photography as background.
Almanac
An about page that literally shows ‘who they are’.
Alastaire Allday
Clean black and white layout with a nice image.
Jason Reed
Illustrated portraits are also a nice way to give personality to your website.
Neutron Creations
Another about page with nice design and photos.
Glenn Hitchcock
Elegant layout with a nice background image.
Noah Stokes
Same combination of elegant layout and background image.
Matt Hamm
Beautiful layout, color scheme and illustration.
teehan+lax
Nice way of portraying a team 😉
BBQ War
Beautiful layout, colors and ‘warriors’ photos.
Frank Chimero
Elegant layout, colors and background image.
Lukes Beard has a blog
Nice layout with and a cool portrait.
Hello I’m Dan
Another background image, this time with a touch of humor. 😉
The Sum
Beautiful about page, also a nice cool portrait.
Mike Dignam
Nice colors and background image.
Kevin John Gomez
Cool illustration to present yourself to your audience.
Bokche Creative Studio
Another example of a nice layout, colors and background image.
Kevin Monger
Nice humorous touch to a single page website with a cool layout.
David Batra
Strong colors, layout and image usage.
Sarah Camp
Nice illustration, colors and texture.
The Squad
Awesome way to portray a team.
Future of Web Design 2011
Great layout and colors. Images really get our attention here.
Design Swap
Nice way to portray people. 😉
David Hellmann
Nice way to present yourself and to give a personal and humorous touch to a website.
Two Designers
Another beautiful illustration to give a nice touch to a website.