Have you ever found yourself staring at a blank screen hoping that your presentation design would magically appear? If you’ve ever landed in this position, you are facing every creative’s worst enemy: creativity block. Creativity blocks, or barriers to inspiration, can be described as the inability to access your internal creativity.
On top of the frustration of feeling uninspired, creativity block always seems to strike when the deadline is looming and the pressure is mounting. When the creativity just doesn’t seem to be there, you have to dig deep and find some inspiration.
Thankfully in the digital age, you don’t have to look far. Here are 3 great places to start the next time creativity block strikes and inspiration is needed.
SlideShare
SlideShare is a powerful platform that allows thought leaders to share their knowledge through presentations. When in the thick of a creativity block, looking at other presentation designs is a great way to spark some creativity. Don’t focus on the content on the screen, but instead, focus on the colors, animation, images, and fonts. Visualize your words on the different designs, and then head back to your own design and get started.
Pinterest
Pinterest is way more than a social media site for people to post their wedding ideas. In fact, Pinterest is a great idea sharing platform where creatives and non-creatives alike can find inspiration and save it for later. With the ability to pin anything and everything, Pinterest allows you to see more than just presentations. If you are at a loss for where to start on your design, spend some time navigating around the platform. Look for inspiring fonts, cool graphics, or even hand-painted canvases. Sometimes, all it takes is something unique to spark your design.
Ethos3 Design Toolbox
Sometimes creativity block occurs simply because we don’t know where or how to start on our presentation design. Don’t waste your time searching through tutorial after tutorial hoping to stumble across the answer to your question. The Ethos3 Design Toolbox is jam packed with step-by-step tutorials that will help you not just overcome your creativity block but also advance your skills as a designer.
Creativity block is frustrating. Often it feels like a never-ending cycle that seems impossible to overcome. If you find yourself in a spot where you can’t break the cycle, don’t give up. Sometimes the key to curing your block is as simple as browsing a few websites and finding inspiration in another creative’s work.
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