When it comes to finding inspiration for your website designs it can be a tricky and sometimes time consuming process. I have designed numerous sites in the past where I have spent hours creating designs and then binning them taking me hours to finally come up with a design that I am happy with. So where to find inspirational ideas?
First I usually look in the one place that has most ideas. The internet. As it is full of websites just like what you are designing then look at these sites. I'm not for a second saying copy them but take the best ideas from all of them and sometimes you come up with something better than them all.
Another great place to look is css galleries. This is where a lot of designers come to show off their new designs and can be a real source of web design inspiration. Designers are only going to show off up to date quality work so from time to time you also come across new ideas and techniques improving your knowledge base as well.
For me though the best sources of inspiration especially when I'm just looking for say a couple of features to jazz up my sites is web design blogs. Not only do you get great ideas but it also allows you to take part in discussions with other people who are interested in the same design topics that you are, and if you share information and ideas with others they will do so with you.
Finally another great source of inspiration and ideas is magazines and books. I usually find if I am really stuck, looking at graphic design and adverts in a magazine can really give me help with colour schemes, images and layout that I could try when putting ideas onto the web.
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