My coffee shop sketches became my best design inspo after I ditched Pinterest

Now my work feels unique and not like everyone else's.

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Seriously, sketching in real places like coffee shops probably lets you catch details that online pics just don't have. You're not stuck in that online loop where everything starts to look the same. That raw inspiration really makes your designs stand out from the crowd.

hernandez.parker2mo ago

My last coffee shop sketch turned into a coffee shop sketch, if you know what I mean. Spilled my latte right over a perfectly good chair study. Now all my furniture designs have a questionable brown watercolor wash.

tessa_lewis2mo agoMost Upvoted

Oh man, that's actually a cool accident though. The stain probably added a weird texture or a shadow line you wouldn't have planned. Sometimes the best ideas come from messing up the original sketch.