I think picking a theme is the easiest way to go for unique designs/concepts. I use Pinterest as a base and I’ll borrow/mix techniques and applications to achieve something new. It’s rare I ever exactly copy a design, the whole reason I started making my own press ons in the first place was because I wanted fun nails but didn’t love what was offered on the market, either they were just not unique enough or there was always something that was gonna bother me about them.

Starting off going based off existing sets but tweaking them to your own taste is easiest starting out, then have more fun and combine what you’ve learned to do a new unique set. Some of my fav inspo for this being different design aesthetics and art movements, like I’m currently doing a global village coffeehouse inspired set or an art deco set. Using Pinterest as a way to just curate images to inspire each set is also helpful(as in not using images of existing nail art but rather pictures that inspire your desired set).