Although today my profession is in Interactive Design, my first passion for the arts was drawing…specifically people. I would cut out photos of the most interesting characters I could find from magazines and newspapers, and spend hours drawing them. It’s easy to get caught up in the templated world of web design and forget about these natural organic shapes of the human body. One shape used to break through the boxes can add so much life to a page.  This is what instantly attracted me to Fray.

Fray uses large watercolor images and great typography to test the limits of what templates can look like. It still feels extremely organized and professional, but in ways, you almost feel like you aren’t looking at a website.  This could work as an amazing print piece as well. 

I love how the hand is protruding from the top of the screen.  It’s as if it’s really reaching down into your computer. The defined line created by using the tan on top and white on the bottom adds some structure to balance out that large image overlapping it.  Check out Fray up close here: fray.com.