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Now it's time to talk about inspiration. 2

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Inspiration is absolutely essential, 3

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especially for a beginner like you. 4

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Believe me, without inspiration you'll have a hard time 5

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to even start anything. 6

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Of course, you don't have to reinvent website layouts 7

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and user interface elements such as buttons or navigations. 8

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Instead of that, you should use other websites 9

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as inspiration in order to see what other leading designers 10

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are doing right. 11

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So, here are some steps that you may follow. 12

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First, collect a bunch of designs that you like 13

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and that you think are well-designed. 14

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Then, understand everything about them 15

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by answering those questions. 16

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Why do they look good? 17

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What do these sites have in common? 18

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And how were they built in HTML and CSS? 19

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Now, in order to analyze the HTML and CSS code, 20

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you can use a Google Chrome Developer tools 21

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if you are familiar with them. 22

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You can actually learn a lot by just doing this. 23

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Believe me, this is a very effective method. 24

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And next thing I wanna tell you about inspiration 25

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is steal like an artist. 26

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Yes, you heard that right. 27

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So, basically, I want you to make your design similar 28

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to webpages you like, at least at first. 29

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When you're starting out, don't worry so much 30

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about being original. 31

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Once you're getting better and better, then originality 32

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will come automatically. 33

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Of course, you should not literally copy anything, 34

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but you get the idea, right? 35

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So, where should you actually get inspiration? 36

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Don't worry, you will find some great websites in the Ebook, 37

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where you can find inspiration. 38

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For instance, Dribble is a show-and-tell for designers 39

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and it's invite-only, so the quality you'll find there 40

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is quite high. 41

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Basically, all great designers are there, 42

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and you can learn a lot from them. 43

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We already saw some inspiration in many 44

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of the other lectures, so you can just go back 45

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and take a deeper look at those if you want.