Stop 1 for mood board creation, Pinterest is amazing because it allows you to get inspired not just by other designers, but by an incredible range of visual media. Pinterest is beauty-focused – arguably to a fault – but otherwise unlimited. It’s also the best place to gather your design inspiration, wherever you find it.
Dribbble
Dribbble is a design-focused aggregate website that allows you to find more design-specific inspiration. Dribbble is cool because you can also see derivatives (called “Rebounds”) of people’s work – in other words, how they, or others, have also been inspired by the work they found there. It’s really collaborative, and can give an awesome window into the creative process.
Behance
Behance is one of the leading – and most easily searchable – portfolio websites for all creative professions. Somewhat similar to Dribbble, Behance allows you to easily search for inspiration, and view other work from designers whose work sparks something in you.
Awwwards
The Awwwards honor innovation in web design. Their gallery of past winners (and honorable mentions) is an endless font of mind-boggling web talent.
Ads of the World
You can waste hundreds of (admittedly well-spent) hours in the Ads of the World wormhole. 100% advertising focused, Ads of the World is especially great for concept inspiration, and challenging yourself to think deeper with your work.
Brand New
Run by top agency Under Consideration, Brand New is a blog focusing specifically on critiquing brand updates. It’s great not just for logo-spiration, but also for a window into the creative process and the think-work that goes into brand identity.