One of my favorite questions in the DART Q&A is: What are some of your favorite places/books/blogs/websites for inspiration?  In procrastination mode a bit myself, and firmly opposed [at the moment] to Chuck Close’s advice [Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.], I checked in. Here are some locations:

Simone Missoni
Thisiscolossal.com which I was introduced to almost a year ago by a friend and I've been hooked ever since. I find the staff's picks very elegant and tasty, especially the art section. Itsnicethat.com is another website i often check for inspiration. The choice of artists and designers they spotlight rarely disappoints. Editors of the site's content make me see things from a different perspective, show me that sometimes it's very easy to get inspired by things one might never imagine. More

Whitney Sherman
A: I recall the DART Q&A you recently did with Andre da Loba, who I met by email while writing my book Playing with Sketches. He named 4 of my favorite sites: It’s Nice That • But Does It Float • The Fox Is Black • 50 Watts  More

Julian Callos
A: I think Instagram is actually pretty inspiring. When you follow other artists and see them posting amazing work every day, it makes you want to step up your game. More 

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Joyce Hesselberth
A: For visual inspiration, The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. I need to go there more often. For all other inspiration, the NCR trail in Monkton, MD. Running on the trail is a great way to collect my thoughts, plus it's beautiful there. More

Andre da Loba
A: http://www.itsnicethat.com, http://butdoesitfloat.com, http://www.thefoxisblack.com, http://50watts.com More

Nate Williams
A: My favorite place is definitely walking in the mountains, finding a waterfall, a river, a nice view, etc. I like making art more than looking at it, so most of my inspiration isn’t art related. I love listening to audio books and podcasts (Freakonomics, Intelligence squared, The Joe Rogan Experience, Military History Podcast, Dan Carlan’s Hardcore History). More

Anna Hrachovec
A: I've been spending a lot of time at the Art Institute of Chicago since I moved here. I like to look at absolutely everything and take it all in. Some of the websites I visit are: pictoplasma.com (especially their Facebook postings) / 50watts.com / beautifuldecay.com / thefoxisblack.com More

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Michael Cho
A: I have two websites that I check out regularly. One is Leif Peng’s flickr stream of classic illustration art. He’s done illustrators around the world an immense service by finding and sharing an incredible collection of images. We all owe him one for that. The second one, Wikiart, is also a great repository.  I prefer looking through it than checking out the official sites of the public galleries where some of the artwork is housed. Often the official sites just contain the same major pieces that you can find in the books, whereas at Wikiart you can sometimes find the obscure sketches, studies or second versions of a painting. Both are real treasures of the internet. I hope they’ll be around forever. More  

Roger Chouinard
One of my favorite places to go is Japan. I go there every summer to enjoy the culture, the food, and to participate in an art camp for young children. I get inspiration from the art I see the children make; they can really surprise and amaze me with what they can do working with clay, wood, paint and found objects. I’m inspired by the Japanese sense of design in their packaging, signage, advertising, and character design. They mash up so many different influences in such an interesting visual way. I can get fascinated by the little ordinary things I see during my day, a piece of wood, rusted metal or beach debris that that looks interesting to me. I also get energized and inspired when I see other artists’ work in their studios or in museums and art galleries. More