Comments on: Big Beautiful Backgrounds

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:14:31 +0000

Brian,
I agree – the background on the Springtime in Tennessee site is gorgeous! It also works really well with the other hand-drawn and watercolor elements on the page. Really awesome execution. Thanks!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:27:17 +0000

Thanks for the blog/article. Agreed, regarding the background gracefully fading away and the ease of application. With that consideration, my favorite is springtime in tennesee - the fade is very nice.

By: George

George — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:09:31 +0000

Thanks for the mention guys – saw this linking to my site.

Love the new blog and glad it finally came to fruition!!!

-g

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:05:22 +0000

Great post. I love a good background.

By: quang

quang — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:42:48 +0000

hey george’s website is featured on the website you linked out too! :D

By: verity

verity — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:31:48 +0000

This is a great post Jill! The background of a website is soo ripe for the creative picking, if you will. These sorts of backgrounds can run the risk of dominating the design, though. It is so awesome to see a background that is big and beautiful and doesn’t overwhelm the content but illuminates it instead (unless of course, it is the content).

The use of a “loading” pattern on the GOTOCHINA site is really interesting.

Here’s one that I ran across:

http://mojavemusic.ca/bio/