Comments on: How to Get Creatively Inspired

By: Hyman Massari

Hyman Massari — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:15:19 +0000

I am very new to the net and needed to read up on this subject. Thought it was a well written post very well written and helpful. I will definitely be coming back to your site to read more articles as i loved this one..

By: Free Parlay Picks

Free Parlay Picks — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:06:41 +0000

I guess I’m with you on this one! Nice read!

By: Webstandard-Blog

Webstandard-Blog — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:47:10 +0000

Great article! You can get inspired by everything you want if your “mind is open” ;o) newspapers & magazines, cars, nature (flowers, animals), children, …

By: techxinsider

techxinsider — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:51:05 +0000

Sometimes discussing with others brings some new juice to the project

By: Mr. Utopia

Mr. Utopia — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:17:26 +0000

thanks for opening my mind a bit, I gotta work harder!

By: Sean Baker

Sean Baker — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:23:25 +0000

Thanks for including me on such a great topic about Environment. I think this could be a great continual series to run as everybody has their own something that gets the creative flow moving. Nicely done!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:03:11 +0000

Thanks for this article. These tips really apply to any craft, not just design. I am a wine-maker and perfecting the art of wine-making requires an understanding of the history, the right tools, understanding trends, and of course methods. Also, it is really hard to make great wines without having carefully tasted hundreds or even thousands of wine, from excellent to mediocre.

The same applies to design. Be a connoisseur of design, take notes, compare and contrast different methods and styles; it will reflect positively in your own work.

By: Kiren

Kiren — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:30:37 +0000

All really good tips, I try to practice these every so often…

By: Jacob Gube

Jacob Gube — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:42:22 +0000

Thanks Brad, that means a lot coming from a talented designer! Yeah, most of the time was spent on the little details of the design. We wanted to keep the layout simple and flexible for growth and new site features. Though I’m not too happy with the vertical grid alignment; I had to make sacrifices for functionality and readability. The layout originally started using perfect horizontal and vertical grids, but it was too… “stuffy”.

Oh and one thing that may be surprising to many web designers, I didn’t use a full CSS reset like I usually do. I just used the universal selector margin/padding reset. We embraced browser differences in this design, and we’ve conceded to the fact that web browsers will never render web pages the same way. If your web browser wants to render an HTML element a certain way, I say let them as long as it looks decent and the site features work.

Off-topic comment, I know! Thanks for sharing your tip Brad.

By: Design That Rocks

Design That Rocks — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:07:42 +0000

A great list….well written and great ideas. You can never have enough ways to get inspired!