Resources
Below you will find links of sites you may use for your projects. They are categorized to help you find what you need.
Royalty Free Photostock
- Free Stock Images
- Library of Congress Images on Flickr
- Wikipedia Commons - Photos
- Microsoft Clipart Repository
- Free Stock Photos for Graphic Designers
- Copyright Free Images in the Public Domain
Photoshop Brushes
- Photoshop Brushes - Abstract Styles
- MyPhotoshopbrushes.com
- Assorted Light Brushes
- 500+ Brushes for creating textures
- Splatter and Watercolor Brushes for Photoshop
Vectors and Shapes
Fonts
- 1001 Free Fonts
- Dingbat and Font Resource
- 35 Free Fonts
- 101 Typography Resources
- Typenow Free fonts
- 63 Must Have Grunge Fonts
- 50 Incredible Fonts for Professional Web & Print Design
Icons
Wallpapers
Photoshop Actions
Tutorials
Free Webtemplates
General Advice
The Effective Strategy For Choosing Right Domain Names
Top 10 Battery Hacks, Tips, And Tricks
How To Respond Effectively To Design Criticism
10 Common Mistakes in Logo Design
To Share or Not to Share, That is the Question - Information on Copyright law
Creating the perfect portfolio
Software Links
Listed in this section are various freeware applications that provide alternatives to software you may currently be using. Most of the products listed below have stellar reputations and I strongly recommend that you review them even if you decide not to use them.
Free Web Browsers
Free Antivirus Products
Free Firewall Products
Anti Spyware Software
File Compression Tools
Privacy Software
Free Image Editing Products
Free 3D programs
Free Alternatives to Photoshop
Inspiration
- 17 Mind-Blowing Digital Painting Tutorials Of Beautiful Girls
- 15 Digital Photo Manipulation From Flickr To Get Inspiration !
- 39 Masterpieces of Creative Advertisements
- 42 Extremely creative advertisements
- 17 Illustrations you probably haven't seen before
- 15 Digital Photo Manipulations from Flickr to get inspiration
- Worth 1000: The ultimate photoshopping site
- 50 Amazing Gig Posters Sure to Inspire
- Copyright Explained: I may copy it, right?
- Retro and vintage modern web design
- Masters of Food Art
- 60 Concert posters from ten amazing artists
- Creative Minds - The Most Stunning Shopping Bag Designs
- Logo Design Inspiration
- Darkroasted.com: Cool Ads
- 50 Clever, Creative Logos
- 7 Surprising things you can do with Google Sketchup
- 30 clever and cool t-shirt designs you will love
Photoshop this:
- Shark
- Volkswagen's amazing Phaeton assembly plant in Dresden
- Italy's state police Lamborghini Gallardo
Other stuff:
Design by Humans T-shirt Design Contest
21 Factors that influence the first impression of your website's visitors
VideoTrace - Amazing 3D/Video Software
Create a layer comp epic fantasy scene
Today's Project files (October 20th, 2009). Download them here and follow the tutorial here.