7 Sites for Creative Inspiration
As creatives, we all hit the creative roadblock. When that happens, I always like a fallback plan. For me, that means visiting sites that offer creative motivation — places to browse, absorb, and come back to the work with fresh eyes. Here are 7 that do that for me.
Dribbble
A showcase of design work from designers around the world — UI, branding, illustration, typography, and more. I tend to like simplistic design, and Dribbble always has plenty of it. Even just browsing for 10 minutes can unstick a creative problem.
Visit Dribbble →Behance
Adobe's portfolio platform — full project case studies from illustrators, graphic designers, web designers, photographers, and artists. If you enjoy previewing portfolio sites (and I always have), this one fits the bill perfectly.
Visit Behance →Awwwards
A curated showcase of the best website design in the world, judged by a panel of designers. Great for seeing where web design is heading and what's possible when creativity meets craft.
Visit Awwwards →Minimal.Gallery
In keeping with the simplistic theme — a curated gallery of minimal website design. Hundreds of sites to preview and get the creative juices flowing. A spiritual successor to the minimal-focused sites from the original list.
Visit Minimal.Gallery →Still one of the best visual search engines for creative inspiration. Build boards around your current projects, design styles you're exploring, or moods you're chasing. The more you use it, the better it gets at surfacing relevant work.
Visit Pinterest →Designspiration
A curated collection of design, typography, and illustration work. Cleaner and more focused than Pinterest — great for quickly finding work in a specific color palette, style, or aesthetic direction.
Visit Designspiration →Fonts In Use
A database of real-world typography — fonts used in actual published work: books, packaging, posters, signage, websites. Endlessly useful for typographic inspiration and for seeing how typefaces actually perform in context, not just in specimen sheets.
Visit Fonts In Use →Bookmark two or three of these and visit them when you hit a wall. Consistent creative input is one of the best things you can do for your creative output.