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The CreatorFuel Journal

December 1, 2022

My inspiration treasure chest (categorized visual ideas)

Many designers waste a ton of time aimlessly scrolling through inspiration sites in search of visual ideas for a specific category. Maybe you're in search of color palette ideas in context or need some fresh image editing inspiration for that new landing page. The Inspo Center neatly categorizes these design components to make finding inspiration more intentional.

December 1, 2022

CF #22: 15 ideas to spice up a layout

15 fresh ways of adding visual interest to a layout, a new ai image-editing that feels like a virtual creative assistant, and some thoughts on feeling like you need relevant credentials to pursue something you enjoy

November 27, 2022

Raw talent doesn’t exist

Raw talent is pure BS. Your eye for design is honed, not inherent. I share 12 things you can start doing immediately to hone your eye for design.

November 22, 2022

CF #21: Summarizing & illustrating every single layout design strategy

Briefly but effectively summarizing (and showing) every single layout principle, my favorite all-in-one accessibility tool, brain-dump journalling, and more

November 19, 2022

CF #20: How designers make bad decisions

A categorized design inspiration resource built by yours truly, some nifty Figma plugins, how humans scan layouts, and more

November 13, 2022

CF #19: How I got here

How to find your path and niche down, bad UX on a UX awards site, why learn visual design when there's a template for everything, fan favorite tools/resources and much more!

October 13, 2022

5 best websites to collect design inspiration

Having a repository of everything that inspires you is essential as a creator. Some call it a swipe file, I call it an inspiration stash. It's the place you turn to when you need graphic design inspiration or website design ideas. Today I'm sharing 5 of my favourite tools for collecting inspiration so you can start your very own swipe file. Graphic design tips, ideas & tutorials brought to you by Creatorfuel.

November 28, 2022

Visual hierarchy fully explained (& illustrated)

Visual hierarchy is, in my opinion, the most important layout design strategy. It creates a viewing sequence which makes consuming a composition much much easier. It makes sense of the layout as a whole by producing a story (every story has a beginning, middle, and end) and relating elements via the pecking order it creates.

July 4, 2023

When to break the rules (Intentional creativity)

Be different... strategically. Be different... with a plan. A novel idea isn't necessarily a good idea. Change for the sake of change isn't always a good thing. This blog post is just a quick tidbit on when to break the rules and when to stick to the norms (i.e. How to be creative with intention as a designer). Applicable to web design, product design, app design, print design, marketing design and more.