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December, 2000 BrainWaves The 'T.C. Design Eye On Design Award of Excellence' is bestowed, monthly, upon those sites which meet a certain high standard of art and design. I look for sites that rise above the commonplace and ordinary, to the level of artistic excellence. It's my pleasure to give 'BrainWaves' website -- designed, created and maintained by Amy Stanton, my award for December. Amy's site doesn't come at you and knock you down with a screaming Flash presentation, but like each of my award winners, BrainWaves has it's own personality, feel, and collection of elements that make me want to return to see what is new. BrainWaves has an artistically rich feel, and that is due to the fact that the webmistress is an artist, herself. She is a writer and creates digital art. One of the best words I can use to describe Amy's website is, "cozy." It's like a fire in the library fireplace, a cup of mulled cider, a chenille blanket on a cold night. The site seems deceptively small (which probably lends to the cozy feel), but when you look around, you find that there is a ton of stuff in there; from ecards to linkware to fabulous stories about her kitties to a quality page of links -- way more than I can list, here. When informed that she and her website had won my award for December, and when asked what her motivation and inspiration in regards to her BrainWaves site has been, Amy said:
So, on some cold, lonely evening, surf over to Amy's BrainWaves site and start reading; before long, you'll be warmed by the words in her Blog and entertained by her Bookworm Survey. It doesn't take much interaction with Amy to see that the very thing in Amy's site that provides the warmth is Amy, herself. Please check out Amy's BrainWaves website at: http://www.brain-waves.ws/index.html.
November, 2000 The GrafxEmporium The 'T.C. Design Eye On Design Award of Excellence' is bestowed, monthly, upon those sites which meet a certain high standard of art and design. I look for sites that rise above the commonplace and ordinary, to the level of artistic excellence. It's my pleasure to give 'The GrafxEmporium' website, designed, created and maintained by Ida M. (AKA: The GrafxDiva), my award for November. When I first saw Ida's site I fell in love with it, for several reasons. First, I am enamored of black and white with touches of red when used as graphic elements; it's bold, classy, and will never go out of style -- it's the Chanel of website colors. Secondly, her use of texture is subtle but texturally rich and lovely. Also, the torn page-look is a favorite of mine; I almost used it for this site. Then, when I got into the rest of her site, I was just very impressed with her standard of excellence and creativity. Hands down a winning site deserving of praise -- and the site that scored highest in all categories. When asked what her motivation and inspiration has been for her GrafxEmporium site, Ida said:
The GraphxEmporium website is a great place for those looking for linkware (if you haven't found what you're looking for, here *wink*), and various graphic elements. It's an inspiration to any budding or current web designer and a wonderful example of website excellence. Please check out The GrafxEmporium website at: http://www.grafxemporium.com/index.html. October, 2000 The Maestro Awards The 'T.C. Design Eye On Design Award of Excellence' is bestowed, monthly, upon those sites which meet a certain high standard of art and design. I look for sites that rise above the commonplace and ordinary, to the level of artistic excellence. It's my pleasure to give the Maestro Awards website , designed by Richard Berends and his team, my award for October. What you will find at Richard Berends' website, 'The Maestro Awards,' is a thoroughly well-designed, planned, and executed website. When I asked Mr. Berends what his purpose and motivation in building his superior site was, he said:
The Maestro Awards site is rather an exception to the websites I've awarded heretofore: you won't find paintings, photography, jewelry, or digital art. But, if you are a webmaster looking to win awards, you will find information, and lots of it. Mr. Berends' artistry is in his, coding; his creative use of what seem to be impeccable organizational skills, and the minimalist, streamlined interface. Please check out The Maestro Awards website at: http://www.maestroawards.com/. September, 2000 Ubiquity Records T.C. Design - Eye on Design has recinded this award for non-compliance of the award criteria. August, 2000 Salvy Nigro The 'T.C. Design Eye On Design Award of Excellence' is bestowed, monthly, upon those sites which meet a certain high standard of art and design. I look for sites that rise above the commonplace and ordinary, to the level of artistic excellence. It's my pleasure to award Salvy Nigro my award for August. Salvy is a talented, friendly man originally from Italy, now living in Germany. I've always been fascinated by 3D work, and find his work and website worthy of the Award of Excellence. Salvy's obvious talent is also evident in the design and navigation plan of his website. It's easy on the eyes and intuitive in it's navigation. I say that I like to strive for and reward excellence as there can never be too many well-designed websites on the net. Salvy's site is a wonderful example of superior design, planning, and talent. Please check out Salvy's website at: http://essenne.de/eng/default.htm. And for those of you who take a peek and still want more, take a gander at more of Salvy's work in the Gallery of Nudes that will be coming soon. July, 2000 Les Toil, of Les Toil's Big, Beautiful Pin-Up Gallery The 'T.C. Design Eye On Design Award of Excellence' is bestowed, monthly, upon those sites which meet a certain high standard of art and design. I look for sites that rise above the commonplace and ordinary, to the level of artistic excellence. His moniker is Les Toil and he is a professional artist/illustrator from the Bay area. The short list of a few of his gigs include CD covers, celebrity portraits for magazines, and artistic parodies. This month's award winner has created a beautiful website replete with lovely graphics and an intuitive navigational plan. But it's the purpose of Mr. Toil's site that is near and dear to my heart: promoting the desirability and lovliness of big girls. His commercial stuff may pay the bills but, he paints large and lovelies because it's his passion. When notified that he is the awardee for July, 2000, Les said:
Thank you, Les, for a website that is interesting enough to return to time and time again. I say that I like to strive for and reward excellence as there can never be too many well-designed websites on the net. Les' site harks back to a day when voluptuous women were the most desirable of all -- and if the rising demand for his talents portraying such women is any indication, those days are returning. Please check out Les' website at: http://www.lestoil.net/bbpg/. And for those of you who take a peek and still want more, take a gander at more of Les' work, and his banners, on my Resources page. June, 2000 Dean Bertoncelj (Berty), of Berty's Wallpapers The 'T.C. Design Eye On Design Award of Excellence' is bestowed, monthly, upon those sites which meet a certain high standard of art and design. I look for sites that rise above the commonplace and ordinary, to the level of artistic excellence. The name of Berty's site is really misleading, as this man is a multi-talented and multi-faceted individual; wallpapers are only one of the things he creates. I received so many wonderful, quality, site submissions this month, but Berty's site scored the highest in almost all categories; and when you visit his site, check out the ease of navigation, nice yet understated graphics that really show off his work to best advantage, and the preponderance of superior work he's done in the area of 3-D rendering, photographic manipulation, and photography -- he is a professional photographer from Croatia and has done many magazine covers for his country. Berty says: "As a kid, I have never thought I would become a photographer. I have chosen the High School for Applied Arts because I wanted to study painting and graphics. But then I have tried for the first time to shoot a sort of art photo and I liked it immediately. The development of computer software over the years has enabled me to combine photography with computer art or graphics." I say that I like to strive for and reward excellence as there can never be too many well-designed websites on the net. Berty's site shows that he is a capable web designer as well as a gifted artist. Please check out Berty's website at: www.zyworld.com/bertys30/main.htm. May, 2000 Linda Comeau, of Fine Line Jewelry (no longer online) The 'T.C. Design Eye On Design Award of Excellence' is bestowed, monthly, upon those sites which meet a certain high standard of art and design. I look for sites that rise above the commonplace and ordinary, to the level of artistic excellence. Linda says, "I have always loved making handcrafted items all of my life. My mom was an artist and always encouraged me to be creative. I can remember having an interest in jewelry when I was 10, stringing beads and making beaded rings for my friends. Little did I know that I would choose jewelry as my career. Linda also does pretty darn well with website design, too. Her website garnered top numbers in all categories -- including the fact that it's just plain pretty, too. I say that I like to strive for and reward excellence as there can never be too many well-designed websites on the net. Linda's site has definitely increased the pool of well-designed sites by one. Please check out Linda's website at: www.finelinejewelry.com. April, 2000 Queenie, of Queenie Grafx The 'T.C. Design Eye On Design Award of Excellence' is bestowed, monthly, upon those sites which meet a certain high standard of art and design. I look for sites that rise above the commonplace and ordinary, to the level of artistic excellence. I am very pleased to say that our winner this month, Queenie, has a site that definitely fits the guidelines, and beyond. Queenie has been designing websites for about five years now, and has a style that I would describe as a hip, funky retro/goth look. The site's designer obviously has a wonderful eye for design, and is very adept at creating a space that is unmistakably all her own. I say that I like to strive for and reward excellence, as there can never be too many well-designed websites on the net. Queenie's site personifies that goal. Please check out her website at: www.queenie-grafix.com. If you are interested in applying for next month's award, please send an email to: webmistress@tcdesign.net giving your name, email address, the exact address of your website, and whether or not you created the site graphics and did your own programming. Neither the graphics nor programming need be your own, but there must be an obvious link back to the artist who created them. Please have your site submission in by the fifteenth of each month, as awards will be given by the end of the month for the next month's award. Those who are late, or those who have not included the address of the site and the required information will not be eligible to be awarded for the next month. For those who have participated in this month's competition, thank you for your site submission. Your information will be kept on file, so that if you want to reapply for the next month's award, all you have to do is send me an email simply telling me so. For award guidelines and more information, please check out the Award Criteria. |
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