General Inspiration

Blogs, feeds, and curated inspiration sources.

• 5 Decades of Digital Art History. YouTube playlist surveying 50 years of digital art.
• Activation Ideas. Brand activation inspiration.
• Awwwards Freemium. Web design and interaction awards gallery.
• Behance. Adobe portfolio network for creative work.
• But Does It Float. Contemporary design and art feed.
• coverjunkie. Magazine cover design showcase.
• Creative Boom. Art and design news and inspiration.
• D&AD Archive. Archive of D&AD award-winning design and advertising.
• deck.gallery. Gallery of well-designed pitch and brand decks.
• Designspiration Freemium. Design inspiration feed.
• DETHJUNKIE. Dark creative blog.
• Dribbble Freemium. Design portfolio showcase community.
• FX References (Sylvain Nouveau). Collected real-world FX reference footage.
• FYFD. Fluid dynamics blog with reference imagery for FX.
• Generative Art Timeline. Interactive timeline of generative art history.
• Geometric Design (Canva). Geometric design article.
• H.R. Giger (Artnet). H.R. Giger gallery archive.
• Houdini on Dribbble. Houdini work tagged on Dribbble for inspiration.
• Inspora. Design inspiration gallery updated hourly, split into web, branding, product, motion, illustration, 3D, and print.
• Instagram. Motion and 3D work under the xuxoe hashtag.
• Mech Blog. Mecha design inspiration.
• Movie Scenes Inspired by Art. Thread on movie scenes mirroring paintings.
• Mr Cup. Graphic design blog.
• mr5ivethou5and. Tumblr archive of motion and abstract visual inspiration.
• Muddycolors. Pro illustrator blog.
• OTAKU GANGSTA. Anime/otaku visual blog.
• Sakuga Booru. Animation clip archive (non-www mirror).
• Supahero Freemium. Library of website hero section designs.
• The Black Workshop. Design inspiration blog.
• The Brand Identity. Graphic design and branding showcase.
• Truchet's Tiles. On Truchet tiles and patterns.
• Vimeo Staff Picks. Curated short films picked by Vimeo staff.