Lighting effects are often used in modern web design to give a site an interesting and different look and feel. There is something about strong lights and colours – used right the combination will catch our attention and affect our emotions in certain ways. Skilled designers know this and use it. Light effects are typically used on dark designs as they may the effects stronger – just like we are saving the best fireworks until darkness falls.
This article is a showcase of more than 40 sites using creative and inspiring lighting effects. Hope you like it and feel inspired and tempted to use some of the ideas for your own designs. Please drop a comment if you know any websites that you think should have made it on the list. If you’re ready to try out some light effects but not sure how to get started you should take a look at this post. 130+ Awesome Photoshop Tutorials – Light Effects, Drawing, Manipulation, Correction etc.
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January 12th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Absolutely stunning though? There are some very good ones, but I’m not a fan of your “HOLY WOW READ THIS” titles.
January 12th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
@Russel, point taken – thanks. You’re right that I should be careful not overselling…
January 12th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Fabulous Collection.. Great Post
I really benefited from the list. Thanks for your sharing!
January 12th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Beautiful for blogs and portfolios. Totally impractical for business.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:24 am
A lot of them are using very similar background concepts.
January 16th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Interesting the number which are (web) design shops of some form.
Something about the design flair which works if you’re promoting a designer, but not so much for non-design businesses? Or maybe just a selective sample to work from.
January 25th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
WoW
some awesome collection of light effects. Thanks for sharing this nice post.