A creative idea without inspiration is like a fancy car without fuel in its tank: the vehicle can be of ultimate design and it can be fully equipped with multiple top-notch gadgets, but if it has no fuel, it simply won’t start. Same with creative ideas – human brains can generate literally any idea and the imagination can even create the visual image of the final creation easily; however, if a man lacks inspiration, the idea is in huge risk of remaining unrealized. Imagination often works like some invisible yet almost physically tangible force, which makes us move and perform the actions necessary to transform an idea into some physical object or creation. That is why, people, especially, of those professions, where a creative or artistic component is essential, are always in search of fresh sources of inspiration. The world itself offers a lot of inspiration, but sometimes we do not have time to travel to interesting and inspiring places or to visit art galleries for inspiration. Fortunately, the Internet makes hunting for inspiration much easier: at Cruzine you can easily travel around the globe and enjoy the landscapes, portraits, paintings, illustrations and other samples of the digital art without leaving the comfort of your home.

Photography

Praesidium by Fabian Sixtus Körner

Clowns by Tim Marriott

Horror of horrors by Tim Marriott

SEA LIFE by BRANSCH

Her Serene Highness by BRANSCH

VOX calendar 2010 by Katarzyna Jarczykowska

Illustrations

2011 Year of the Rabbit by Jonny Wan

Wild Fruit by Ruslan Khasanov

Concept art – portfolio by Tomas Muller

Img153 by Valerie Vulpes

Illustrations ink paper by Comoseta

You’d rather take the train by Celine Artigau

Aura by Celine Artigau

3d Arts

Tangerine Sea by Carlos Ortega Elizalde

Cartoon snail by Ali chenari

Beaver Seduction by Patrick Beaulieu

Art and Digital Art

Demons Out by Nuno Aguiar

YOU CAN CHOOSE by Mirko Camia

Surreal eve by Monnet Laurent

HHaE (Her Hair and Eyes) by Martin Kalanda

Typography

Audi by Alex Trochut

DARTY PRINT by Nicolas Lesaffre

Life in the Alphabet. by Dopludo Collective

Advertising

Los Angeles Zoo: Memory by RLR Advertising

8.ta: Heita, Field by McCann Erickson

Lotto 649: Chair by DDB

Architecture

M6B2 ZAC Masséna – Paris XIII by Emmanuel Combarel and Dominique Marrec Architects (ECDM)

lot M5-B3 ZAC Masséna, Paris by Emmanuel Combarel and Dominique Marrec Architects (ECDM)

Technology

Isku by ROCCAT

Mobile energy storage unit by Yill

Web

Styleture

Freebies

Amazing social icons by Iconshock – icon sets

Download Linux Icons

Motion

The silence beneath the bark / le silence sous l’écorce by Joanna Lurie