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When inspiration becomes comparison. 👀
Behance, Instagram, Pinterest - useful for ideas, but easy to get trapped designing toward what already exists.
Sometimes creativity needs fewer references and more space to become your own.
→ rausr.com/blog/when-comparing-your-design-work-online-kills-creativity/
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