Wireframe hand-draw sketches

This site has a lot of good examples of Wireframe sketches and ideas on where to start. I also just like seeing things in sketch form:

Sample Fashion Websites

These are all high fashion sites--and made for shopping--rather than guides--but they serve as inspiration (they are all flash site too)


Armani: Nice use of typography and image--the layout is similar to my drawn site.


Marc Ecko is a blend between street and high fashion....I like the use of black and white and the linear nature of the layout:



Louis Vuitton: Another site that mimicks the simple layout with the navigation system on the left and the model figure taking up the majority of the layout.

Jim Carrey website

Here's Jim Carrey's website which has a lot of flash. I think its done well and demonstrates how important it is to use appropriate media for branding---I think something less dynamic--just HTMl--wouldn't work well with his personality.

Monoface--flash website

Monoface is an interactive flash website where you can change the nose, face, eyes, and mouth to create different people. The concept is simple but the work is created almost flawlessly.

Sidewalk Art!!!

Im thinking about what direction I want to go in for the website design---I decided to focus on a theme; fashion, rather than a neighborhood. More specifically "street" or alternative fashion as oppose to high-fashion-week-fashion--more like make-shift stuff. So my starting point or inspiration is the sidewalk. Im looking at different images of the sidewalk itself and came across the website which I think is pretty cool---sidewalk art! CLICK HERE

Harlem Time Period: Malcolm X Movie Scene (No Water)

This is a scene from Spike Lee's Malcolm X during the period he lived in Harlem. I thought about this movie a lot while making my animation; and the style and dress among African Americans in 1930s-1940s Harlem. Although this particular clip doesn't show just how colorful, exuberant, and sometimes ostentatious the clothes were back then, I think it does give insight to the attitude and importance of style and appearance. (I had also wanted to use "Beans and Cornbread" by Louis Jordan, the track in the background--in my type animation but cant find the instrumental for the life of me!)