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What a wonderful collection of illustrations! It's always a treasure to see a site that has a niche, focused subject matter. There's an obvious sort of whimsy a
by DanAndersen 9y ago
What a wonderful collection of illustrations! It's always a treasure to see a site that has a niche, focused subject matter. There's an obvious sort of whimsy and passion in how the site itself is implemented.
From the custom skeletal hand mouse cursor, to the crossbones used as borders for some images [0], to the mouseovers on some of the initials where the letter is photoshopped out to show the background [1], to the fact that the site still has a guestbook [2]... there's a great character to the site that makes it enjoyable to interact with. Much more engaging than the overpolished style of so much online nowadays.
I also thought it was interesting to note the practice of almost-copies of certain woodcut illustrations over the centuries [0]. In our era of trivial lossless copying of digital data, it's easy to forget how much had to be done by hand in the past.
[0] http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbein26.htm http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbein26.htm
[1] http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbeina.htm http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbeina.htm
[2] http://www.dodedans.com/Ebook01.php http://www.dodedans.com/Ebook01.php
- benbreen 9y agoI agree, I really miss the personalized style of a lot of the niche sites of the early internet. I find that history-related websites often maintain that style, for instance the Alchemy Website. [1] By the way, I looked for awhile to try to figure out what year the page is from, because I very much doubt it's from 2018 or even from the 2010s necessarily. First guestbook entries are from 2001. (I miss guestbooks!) [1] http://www.alchemywebsite.com http://www.alchemywebsite.com