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Creattica

Creattica is a gallery of great design and inspirational imagery from top sites around the web. I visit this site at least once a week to stay current on what's fresh in the web design community.

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Burnout

If you are a creative individual who has ever suffered from burnout then this article by Scott Boms on A List Apart Magazine will get you motivated and back on track.

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Computers are great at saving us time and have become the starting point for most of our creative work. Many web designers start a project by firing up Photoshop or a wireframing tool like Protoshare. Despite the time saving benefits of applications such as these, there is a faster more expressive way to kick off your design process. Sketching can be a great way to inject creativity into your project while adding freshness to your process.

Step Away From That Computer

Designers spend the majority of their time in front of a computer screen and while computers are great at implementing our creative ideas they are not particularly good at generating them. In sketching one isn't hampered with document setup, layers, and other basic tools. Sketching directly translates your concepts while providing the space to expand without opening a new document. A good tip: try mixing it up. Use a crayon or colored pencil to produce different qualities on the page.