Arts & Humanities
3545 sites
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- Literature & Writing (874)
- Webcomics (46)
- Music (173)
- Visual Arts (1778)
- Photography (196)
- Film & Animation (41)
- Poetry (88)
- Crafts & DIY (340)
https://thedarkestsideofthemoon.nekoweb.org/
Sofia's dreamy personal page features artwork and writing under a poetic lunar aesthetic, presented as a 'random summer night dream.' The site highlights a section called 'Artworks' and participates in a Nekoweb Districts community, giving it a charming old-web personal corner feel.
https://grumpyoldbookman.blogspot.com/2006/08/friday-roundup_11.html
Grumpy Old Bookman is a well-regarded literary blog covering books, publishing industry news, and author events, notable enough to earn a spot on the Guardian's 2005 top ten literary blogs list. The author shares personal accounts of book readings, commentary on the UK publishing trade, author interviews, and roundups of literary news aimed at both readers and writers.
http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/
The Nifty Fifty Quilters of America is a community of quilters who participate in 50-state quilt block swaps, having exchanged over 70,000 blocks across dozens of themed rounds including Civil War, Native American, and Sunbonnet Sue. The site showcases photos of swapped blocks organized by state, links to free craft patterns, and highlights the group's Breast Cancer Survivor and Memorial charity quilts.
https://gracelessbuteffective.neocities.org/
A deliberately low-key Neocities personal site built around reading, writing, and watching, featuring original short stories, nonfiction pieces, and handmade zines including a notable 'chemozine' series created during the author's leukemia treatment. The site logs books and movies, shares personal photos, and maintains an intentionally anti-algorithmic charm that makes it a genuinely compelling corner of the indie web.
https://e-vil.net/
A visually striking site at e-vil.net that presents elaborate ASCII and text-based art rendered entirely in the browser using preformatted characters. The page is a dense, intricate composition of symbols forming abstract shapes and patterns, making it a curious artifact of text-art aesthetics from the old web.
https://nthp.me/
Nathan's personal site blends travel, aviation, and photography into a clean blog with a recent photo gallery, featuring posts like owl sightings and overcast day captures. The mix of nature photography and aviation interest makes it a charming slice of a hobbyist's visual world.
https://kaia.starscene.com/
Kaia's personal corner of the web is a self-described 'cute pile of garbage' packed with random creative content built on a whim. The site features sound, JavaScript, and iframes, and was thoughtfully designed with mobile accessibility in mind.
https://piecemealquilts.com/quilting-resources
Piecemeal Quilts offers a carefully curated directory of quilting resources, organized into categories like block instructions, fabric manufacturers, and skill-building tools for quilters of all experience levels. The site cuts through the noise of the internet to highlight only the best quilting sites, saving beginners and experienced quilters alike from wading through low-quality content.
https://emptiness.gallery/
Martin Broeze's Emptiness Photography Gallery presents a fine art photo series inspired by the Heart Sutra concept that 'Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form,' showcasing numbered works across multiple series. The virtual gallery offers a curated selection of contemplative art photography, with a portfolio and dedicated series pages inviting visitors to explore the philosophical visual work.
http://scenicnewengland.net/guitar
Dan Smith, a Harvard graduate student, built this guitar-focused site packed with fingerpicking lessons, guitar tabs, music theory, and a dedicated section covering the Eagles. Visitors can also explore his singer/songwriter career, listen to original material, and find resources on guitar scales, notation, and chord charts.