Web Design Trend:  Hand Drawn Look

We’ve been seeing a lot of hand drawing in web design lately. It’s probably a direct reaction to the slick and glossy/matte Web 2.0 feeling from a few years ago. Design trends seem to zig and then zag in the opposite direction after a couple of years. With all the tweets, texts, web fonts and slick icons could it be that people miss the look of actual handwriting and hand drawn illustrations? We think so. Here are a few examples:

Bignoise uses custom drawn illustrations throughout their new site.

Kinetic, creative agency in Singapore - the entire site is hand drawn

Lick Me I’m Delicious - portable ice cream contraption. Feels very steam punk.

original sketch

G’Nosh gourmet dips uses the chalkboard style often seen in restaurants

CXXVI Clothing Co. - Based out of Brooklyn, NY

CXXVI mega dropdown w/ hand drawn illustrations representing categories

The cover of Sunday Life, an australian magazine. This is not digital, but an extension of this trend into print.

Have you seen any hand drawn digital work out there? Please post them below.