Designers struggle to find trustworthy visual inspiration
Designers and other visual creatives have trouble finding references that fit a specific project, then saving and organizing them into useful moodboards. Some say discovery feeds include unwanted AI-generated work, while others resort to capturing stills themselves or asking peers which tools and image sources to use. The signals suggest a discovery and curation gap, though they do not establish how much users would pay for a dedicated service.
For visual designers and creative professionals. Mentioned from Feb 2024 to Sep 2026 on Bluesky and Hacker News.
11 different people described this problem in 11 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 3.0/10
- Pain
- 5.3/10
- Frequency
- 9.0/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.6/10
- Who pays
- Professionals
- Competition
- High
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
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So... how are people making their moodboards? Is there a tool you use for them? Or a particular program? Canva? And where do you find your images? And how do you avoid AI slop?
Is there an app that's like Pinterest, but without all the AI garbage. I want to see actual inspiring talent and ideas
Build brief
See what to build and who will buy it
- 2 product ideas with the smallest useful version and pricing
- 3 places to find your first customers
- 9 more quotes from people who have this problem
- Current workarounds, existing solutions and risks