Artistic Inspiration through Digital Platforms and Offline Experiences: How Artists Use Instagram and Beyond

The rapid development of digital platforms has changed how artists find inspiration. In particular, visual content-driven platforms like Instagram have become a key tool for artists to easily access a wide range of work and stay up to date with the latest trends. However, there has been less specific research on how this trend affected artists’ search for inspirations and the blending of opportunities from offline (traditional) and online (recent) channels. In this context, through an online survey (N=23), this study aims to explore how artists utilize digital platforms to find the inspiration they need to create, and to understand what the interplay of digital and offline inspiration means for the contemporary artistic process.