these are the top 10 experimental flash site that I think is
1) original and unique
2) inspirational
3) visually impressive
4) technically impressive
nothing against great experimental sites like http://www.systern.com, http://www.philterdesign.com/, but how many times do we have to see an experiment based on the nav from http://www.relevare.com ?
with that said, i think the experiments in the below 10 sites are original and unique, very inspirational (at least to ppl like me), visually and oh yea.. definitely technically impressive.
here you go. i would really like to see someone posts some of other experimental sites, i think i'm a experimental site FREAK!
in no particular order:
1) http://www.yugop.com/
ever since i started playing with flash, that was back in flash 4, i have always looked up and admire Mr. Nakamura. i believe he's truly the master of flash, the yugop-style menu is everywhere on the web !!
2) http://www.praystation.com , http://www.once-upon-a-forest.com
i grouped these 2 together because they are both by mr. joshua davis. Another flash master with very origianl and unique experiments. I check both of his sites regularly just to see what crazy (awesome) sh$$t he comes up with !
3) http://www.natzke.com
i think he's probably the master of image exploration using flash (really personal opinion). seriously, some of the experiments that i've seen are just out of this world, very heavy in actionscripts but yet so fluid ! i think his design is so well recognized that by now, if you see a site in the web, you can tell right away it's made by Mr. Eric Natzke.
4) http://www.deconcept.com
well.. another old timer flash experimental sites that I go VERY regularly. his famouse click 3 points experiments and all those organic creature experiments are definitely one of a kind. and the fact that he's only 23, makes me so ashamed of myself
oh and the spider.. when i first saw that.. my jaw must have dropped like 10 feet!
5) http://www.kazsh.com/
flash Effect.. very very simple design (or non-design??) but if you see his experiments, then you'll know Mr. Kazutoshi Shirai is not only very creative, but very VERY skilled at actionscripting. till today, i still haven't figured out how he did A LOT of his experiments.
6) http://lo9ic.com/
well. every experiment source code is downloadable, then you can see for yourself how good his experiments really are. impressive and smooth 3D experiments as well as very cool image explorations.
7) http://nooflat.com
the design can't get any simpler than that, but yet very fluid and impressive. very organic experiments and definitely jaw-dropping !
8) http://www.r-a-n-d-o-m.com/
his hydro experiments definitely earn him a lot of praises and award, including the Macromedia Site of the week, although personally i think the nav could be a little better, but nevertheless, one of my favorites!
9) http://195.224.170.14/alien/launch.html
A01.. his experiments are hmm.. very different in style than the rest, but yet very very impressive. his approach to 3D in flash is very refreshing to me. too bad it doesn't get updated often.
10) http://www.flashplayground.com
hmm. one of the latest experimental site that I've discovered. I've been following it often since v2, and was very impressed by the nav, and some of his experiments. but i think i really becamse a fan since version 3 launched. the new site design is totally 180 of the old one, and i think it's one of the most refreshing sites i've seen. i check it very regularly since it seems to get updated like almost EVERYDAY. most of his v3 experiments are image exploration and are definitely eye-popping and refreshing. oh yea. open source. always a great thing
others:
these are my other favorites, but i guess they didn't make it into top 10 because either they don't update often, or may be it's just me !
http://www.megatight.com TIGHT!
http://www.voxangelica.com BEAUTIFUL!
http://www.threecolor.com definitely checked out his GRADIENTORS
http://www.substring.net a very interesting project going on. hope he creates more experiments
http://ichirou.org/ another pretty cool sites. some very original experiments, but a lot of them, i've seen it somewhere else
http://www.uncontrol.com/ i think the nav threw me off, but definitely some good interesting experiments.
that's all from me.
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