I love to scan Pinterest, and follow many design Boards. I'm not very big on Behance, but Pinterest is my jam! I also find it really useful for beauty, fashion, and decor inspiration.
Another inspiration that's pretty big in my life is Instagram. I don't use Instagram like many people do; I like to follow many fashion/beauty bloggers, artists & designers, and some more popular art/fashion websites. I use it more to connect with my favorite bloggers and websites, and less of a personal social media site as many do. I like to use Facebook for personal communication and Instagram for more artistic ventures.
I do have two particular influences that also stem from one of my favorite lifestyle websites, Refinery29. They have two designers that have created some work for them in the past, and I very much LOVE their style. Its basically everything I create, only a little better ;)
The designer's names are Anna Sudit & Mary Galloway. I'm not sure if they still create for R29 as I haven't seen any of their work recently, but they both have done illustrations for several of their articles. They both incorporate simple, clean vector illustration into their work, a medium I love & believe I excel in. Check out some of their work below!
Some of Anna's illustrations above. She tends to favor more detailed designs, incorporating shadows and more dimension than Galloway.
Above are two of Mary's pieces. As you can see, she leans much more towards the flattest of flat design, and I love it! All of her work is so simple and clean, something I really admire.
I think I get the most work done after class, usually at night. I can sometimes get distracted by friends or people talking amongst each other in class- I usually have to be by myself or really in the zone to get a lot of focused work done. It really all depends on my frame of mind! I can think of times I knocked so much out in one class session, but I generally do my best in the later hours of the day.
Finally, the last question is how I define design now. I think this is definitely a loaded question, because there is so much that incorporates design nowadays. I still think its defined as visual communication, the things that are being communicated are just so much more diverse now. Design is more and more being used in mediums like Youtube videos, Twitter banners, and personal branding for ordinary people. I think design is becoming more accessible due to the boom of new designers out there, and it being incorporated into more "normal" peoples' lives- basically those that wouldn't have as much need for it as before.
Additionally, everyone is trying to make it big on Social Media nowadays. I think this has opened up a new niche of design (as mentioned in the above examples). Everyone wants a logo for themselves or their brand!
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