Rooms Design Critique Divi layout library uninspiring

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    • #2954
      Dee Zynah
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        Divi Layout library just leaves me uninspired. ET really needs to up their game. Sigh.

      • #2955
        Colin Sik
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          I use it as a layout rather than a design and take it from there.I really find them most useful.

        • #2956
          Anita
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            I use Divi for the tool, not the design library. I pay our graphic designers for design.

            • #2957
              Dee Zynah
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                I am the both designer and the builder. I was poking around for inspiration and found it lacking.

                • #2958
                  Anita
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                    Gotcha

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                    Anita
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                      Seems some web folks just want to grab a theme and swap out a few images and content, and collect payment. I jumped to the conclusion that was what you were doing.

                      • #2960
                        Dee Zynah
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                          No. I totally build my own, but I have a tendency to get in a design rut, so I thought I’d see what other ideas Divi might have. 🙂

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                          Anita
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                            I think that’s my only ding against Divi, I don’t think I’ve seen any designs that I wanted to use or gave our team any design ideas. They just don’t seem to jive with our style.

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                            Dee Zynah
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                              Same…

                      • #2963
                        Lynne Guistic
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                          Then use platforms which inspire 😁. Divi is not platform for design ideas.

                          Dribble
                          Behance
                          DeviantArt.
                          Ello.
                          500px.
                          Artstation.
                          Carbonmade.
                          Cargo.
                          Etc

                          • #2964
                            Dee Zynah
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                              You are 100% correct. Thanks for the tips!

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                              Nick RoachKiller
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                                @lynne pinterest

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                                Dee Zynah
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                                  I used to spend too much time getting depressed on https://www.awwwards.com/ because they are way beyond my skill set, until I came to terms with the understanding that those just aren’t the sites I am building for my clients… Alot of them are pretty amazing, tho…

                                  • #2967
                                    Nick RoachKiller
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                                      true, sometimes we stuck to some tool so much because just it’s good for others too. We need to find what’s good for us. Which tool makes us comfortable. Don’t care what people think 🤔. And live stress 🆓

                                • #2968
                                  Maureen Biologist
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                                    Here is something I do when I need design inspiration.

                                    Say I have a fine dining restaurant site. I will note the category and first do a theme Forrest search to see if anything tickles my interest. Then I will do a google search for specific cities in this category and find sites that may have a section or footer or whatever else and take screen shots. Once I have about 3-6 shots of a rough direction, I can then go over the hero shot ideas, logo, and menu hierarchy and begin to put the first remnants of a homepage together

                                  • #2969
                                    Maureen Biologist
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                                      Can’t wait for inspiration to fall in your lap. You have to go hunt for it and it can be a blast. ET is a theme and builder. Not a design school or platter.

                                      • #2970
                                        Dee Zynah
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                                          @maureen I agree. Lots of places to find inspiration. My comment a specific observation about Divi’s layouts. Divi markets them as “World-class designs with original photos and graphics available for free to all Divi customers”. Having not looked at Divi’s library in a long time, I thought I’d check it out for anything new and interesting and came up empty, as usual. They just don’t compare to some of the themes and layouts I’ve seen for Elementor.

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