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Modern / Creative Web Design Styles

🔮 Modern / Creative Web Design Styles

⚡️ Visual / Aesthetic Styles

  1. Glitch / VHS
  • Broken or corrupted digital look, RGB shifts, flickering, scan lines.
  • Inspired by old TVs, cyberpunk, or Y2K culture.
  1. Glassmorphism
  • Frosted-glass blur effect, semi-transparent containers with light borders.
  1. Neumorphism (Soft UI)
  • Subtle, extruded shapes for buttons/cards; soft shadows and highlights.
  1. Skeuomorphism
  • UI elements that imitate real-world objects (buttons look 3D, etc).
  1. Cyberpunk / Synthwave
  • Neon lights, purple-blue gradients, glitch, retro-futuristic.
  1. Minimalist / Brutalist
  • Minimal: clean, lots of white space.
  • Brutalist: raw, unpolished, large typefaces, basic colors.
  1. Claymorphism
  • Rounded shapes with vibrant, 3D plasticine-style visuals.
  1. Retro / Y2K / 90s Web
  • Pixel fonts, marquees, WordArt-style banners, old-school graphics.
  1. Dark Mode / Noir
  • Dark backgrounds, neon contrasts, ideal for gaming/tech sites.
  1. Aurora / Gradient Blobs
* Fluid organic shapes, moving gradients, colorful backgrounds.
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  1. Motion Blur / Kinetic UI
* Fast movement, blurring effects, smooth transitions.
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  1. Isometric / 3D UI
* UI elements in 3D planes, cube perspectives, vector-based.
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  1. Liquid / Gooey
* Fluid animations, morphing blobs, SVG filters.
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  1. Parallax / Scroll-Telling
* Layered scrolling effects for immersive storytelling.
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  1. ASCII / Terminal UI
* Code-style, monospace fonts, retro hacker terminal vibes.
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  1. Doodle / Hand-drawn
* Sketchy, comic-style elements; often playful and organic.
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  1. Typography-First
* Big, bold text as the main visual element.
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  1. Retro-Futurism / Vaporwave
* Combines 80s futurism, neon grids, chrome textures, old tech themes.
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  1. Aurora / Holographic
* Rainbow gradients, soft blur glow, iridescent finishes.
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  1. Animated SVG / Lottie UI
* Microinteractions powered by SVG or Lottie animations.
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💡 Functional / UX-Based Styles

These aren’t necessarily visual but affect the feel of interaction:

  • Microinteractions
  • Responsive / Fluid Design
  • Mobile-first / App-like UIs
  • Card UI / Modular UI
  • Dashboard / Data-Heavy Interfaces
  • CLI-style Interfaces
  • AI-first Conversational UI
  • AR/VR Interfaces (WebXR)

Want to use glitch with other styles?

Some amazing combinations:

  • Glitch + Cyberpunk
  • Glitch + Brutalist
  • Glitch + ASCII / Terminal
  • Glitch + Retro Y2K
  • Glitch + Dark Mode
  • Glitch + Kinetic Typography

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