Finding Great Resources for Design
You can find almost anything you want online, most of the times for free. I have been collecting and organizing my ‘references’ for quite some time and today i will start sharing some of the best websites that I know to find great content to help you design your current and coming projects!
There are different category of useful things, so I will do my best to divide it in a way that makes sense! Here it goes:
What’s your favourite site to find handy resources?
Tutorials:
Best way to find good resources and learn at the same time. 2 Birds 1 stone!
Photoshop: psd.tutsplus.com | smashingmagazine.com/photoshop |
Vector: vector.tutsplus.com (Illustrator and inDesign)
Free Icons/ PS&AI Files/ Backgrounds/ Web and Print Elements
premiumpixels.com | designwoop.com | www.bittbox.com (Textures, Fonts, Brushes, Vector)
creativenerds.co.uk (Photoshop Brushes, patterns, Fonts & Icons) | webportio.com (Webdesign & Fireworks) | HUGE Library of WEB Elements – bypeople.com
High Definition Textures & Web Patterns:
cgtextures.com | texturelib.com | subtlepatterns.com
¡New! Ultimate Guide for Free Stock Photography:
Stock.XCHNG | creativecommons.org | Us government dotgovwatch.com | Small But unique gimp-savvy.com | public-domain-photos.com | openphoto.net | photos8.com – really good | publicdomainpictures.net
Free Useful Designer Apps:
Photoshop Actions
User Interface KITS
InDesign Scripts & Plugins
Free Fonts
Share your favourite sites to find resources in the comments!
