One of my biggest inspirations while working on a design is music. I love listening to upbeat tunes as I fool around in Photoshop. Sometimes it’s jpop, sometimes it’s 80s music, sometimes I mix it up with a little hip hop. If it has a great beat, I’ll give it a try. It just gives me the motivation I need to sit down and focus. I thought maybe some of you may be the same way so I created a short little 8-track mix of some of the songs that show up on my Tunes to Design To playlist. Give it a listen!

Tracklist
01. Big Bang Theory Theme | The Barenaked Ladies
02. Mass Romantic | The New Pornographers
03. Freeze | T-Pain ft. Chris Brown
04. Possession | Jyongri
05. Hot n Cold | Kate Perry
06. Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix) | Wolfmother
07. Somebody’s Watching Me (Remix) | Renald Francoeur
08. Sweet Escape | Gwen Stefani ft. Akon

If you all like this, I’ll make another in the future with some more of my favorite Design Tunes. My other inspirations include random textiles, fashion designs, nature, and randomly generated color schemes.

What inspires you?