26 Cityscapes in Web Design to Inspire

Cityscape imagery has been put to prolific use in web design and is nothing new, yet despite the repetition of the concept and it's common applications, I find myself hard-pressed to refer to it as a trend. Because,-- cityscapes' are something entirely human, capable of conveying something relate-able and appropriate in a cornucopia of settings.

What I find about them to be most interesting and intriguing, is the truly universal appeal of the cityscape within web design. Favored by professional designers and non-professionals alike, it is used comparatively within e-commerce sites and personal blogs alike.

The two most common variations of the cityscape in web design, without question are a cityscape along the top header, and similarly along the footer. This common style could fit many definitions of a "trend," but the day to have declared it overdone has long expired. The cityscape in web design now inspires as wells as begs the challenge of it's reinvention yet again.

Here are 26 amazing and diverse examples of spectacular cityscapes' in web design, which I hope might inspire and challenge you.

Alexart

Andy Sowards

Banamex

Discover Garden

Dublín en Español

George Lazaros

Le Blog de Gruny

Loworks store

Morphix

Mospromstroy

NOFRKS.design

Orange Label

Phizz

Roberto Avila

Serial Cut

Sponsor Lee

Taxi Aéroport International

Grow Interactive

tj mapes

Veboolabs

Visit Cascadia

bsmalls design

Metin Bilgin

Torrence Web Design

youlove.us

Sawyer Hollenshead

The inspiration for creating this showcase came about while I was working on my own cityscape design, based on my hometown of Las Vegas. Below is an example of my first ever cityscape illustration work-in-progress:

I hope these websites were inspiring to you as they were me! Feel free to share your thoughts, and feel free to share any other sites where cityscape inspiration can be found.

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Happy Valentine's Day! 3d Text Freebie Wallpaper

Even though if you asked me about Valentine's Day, I'd have to quote Fran Drescher and answer, "Valentine's Schmalentines," I couldn't help but be festive and make a little something to offer as a Valentine freebie.

And besides, good things happen in threes right? So here it is, my third "Love" themed free desktop wallpaper. This rendition is a minimal design with the word "love" in three dimensional Avant Garde type. And I am proud to say, it also sports a lovely color scheme that is not typically feminine as I am so prone to.

Feel free to download this wallpaper if you like it, but please do not redistribute this as is or modified, thank you. It comes in three resolutions which are all included in a zip file. [1200x900, 1152x864 and 1024x768 pixels] A screencapture is provided below to preview. To download click the 'download zip' link located below the image.

Three Dimensional Text Wallpaper

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I do hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day, as I hope you have a happy everyday. I also hope that you like this free desktop wallpaper. Please do share your thoughts below!

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Pink & Black Grunge Free Desktop Wallpaper

After making my last free desktop wallpaper, I wanted to make one that was more my style, something I would like to use myself, rather than something that just fit the season/holiday. The end result is a pink and black grunge design shown below. Like the last wallpaper, it does have a love motif just in time for Valentine's Day yet is not limited to use during the holiday; and is suitable to use any time of year.

Well, that is if you like pink and black and grunge at least. I know I sure do! This wallpaper reads "Love solves everything" with a "bleeding" heart design set amongst asymmetrical grunge stripes. The lettering is done is a typeface of my own design which I call Libitina though it is not yet ready for public consumption.

A thumbnail is shown below as a preview of the wallpaper, following the image is the download link. The download is a zip file containing 2 resolutions of the wallpaper [1024x768 and 1152x864] in PNG format. Feel free to download these wallpapers as you wish but do not redistribute them or republish as is or in an altered state. Thanks, Enjoy!

Pink & Black Grunge Wallpaper

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This wallpaper is currently gracing my desktop as I am really happy with how it turned out myself. What do you think of this latest free wallpaper? Like it, love it, hate it? If you have tried this wallpaper and would like to share your thoughts please leave a comment!

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Love Themed Free Desktop Wallpaper

February being the month famous for Valentine's Day, the celebration of love, I made this free love themed desktop wallpaper.

The desktop wallpaper is in PNG format coming in three resolutions [1024x768, 1152x864 and 1200x900 pixels] which are in a zip file to download. Enjoy!

Love Desktop Wallpaper

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I am happy to give something back to my wonderful readers, thanks so much everyone! I apologize for posting less often as I had in the past, stay tuned for more freebies and inspiration.

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