IMAGE SOURCES

Stock Photos — Free for commercial use

Unsplash - https://unsplash.com/

Pexels - https://www.pexels.com/

Pixabay - https://pixabay.cohttps://www.pexels.com/m/   https://www.pexels.com/

Stockvault - https://www.stockvault.net/

Rawpixel - https://www.rawpixel.com

Openverse - https://openverse.org/

Rawpixel Public Domain - https://www.rawpixel.com/public-domain

Vecteezy - https://www.vecteezy.com/

Artwork, Paintings, & Misc — Double check for rights usage

The Met Collection artwork & paintings https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection

Internet Archive - https://archive.org/

Smithsonian Institution - https://siarchives.si.edu/collections

NASA - https://images.nasa.gov/

New York Public Library - https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/

Getty - https://www.getty.edu/

Harvard Digital Collections - https://library.harvard.edu/digital-collections

Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/https://library.harvard.edu/digital-collections

Wiki Images https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images#

British Library https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums

Textures & Overlays

Texture Labs my favorite Texture Labshttps://texturelabs.org//

Texture Ninja - https://texture.ninja/
Texture Lib - http://texturelib.com/

Free-paper-texture - https://free-paper-texture.com/

Texture Fabrik www.texturefabrik.com

Gradient Maps - https://resourceboy.com/photoshop-gradients/

Free assorted textures- Free Textures for 2024 [High Resolution] - Resource Boyhttps://resourceboy.com/textures/

Free and paid assets - https://www.waveindex.com/

MOCKUPS

Free

Anthony Boyd rlly good ones https://www.anthonyboyd.graphics/mockups/

LS GFX - https://www.ls.graphics/free-mockup

Mockups Design - https://mockups-design.com/

Graphberry - https://www.graphberry.com/

MockupFree - https://mockupfree.co/

Mockup World https://www.mockupworld.co/

Resource Boy https://resourceboy.com/mockups/

Yellow Images https://yellowimages.com/mockups/category/free-mockups

Paid

Mr Mockup street / signage mockups https://mrmockup.com/

Circular https://www.madebycircular.com.au/

Fockups  purposely focked up Circularmockups $$$ https://fockups.com/

Showcase https://showcasebh.com/Fockups

LS Graphics UI/UX mockups https://www.ls.graphics/

Creatoom https://creatoom.com/

Hazard Mockups https://www.hazardmockups.com/mockups

The Mockups https://the-mockups.com/

Micro Volume https://microvolume.gumroad.com/

Wannathisone https://wannathis.one/mockups

Mockup Maison contemporary https://mockup.maison/collections/all-mockups

Bendito https://benditomockup.com/shop

Hazard https://www.hazardmockups.com/mockups

ALL THINGS FONTS

Free Fonts

Free Faces https://www.freefaces.gallery/

Dirtyline Studio https://dirtylinestudio.com/freebies/

Uncut https://uncut.wtf/

Font Fabric https://www.fontfabric.com/free-fonts/

FontShare https://www.fontshare.com/

Velvetyne fonts www.velvetyne.fr

Collletttivo fonts https://www.collletttivo.it/

Open foundry open-foundry.com/fonts

The league of moveable type www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

DaFont  https://www.dafont.com/

Google Fonts  https://fonts.google.com/

Adobe Fonts https://fonts.adobe.com/

Urban Fonts  https://www.urbanfonts.com/

Font Squirrel  https://www.fontsquirrel.com/

Paid Fonts

Myfonts https://www.myfonts.com/

Type One foundry https://t1-foundry.com/

Type Department https://type-department.com/

Grilli Type https://www.grillitype.com/

Studio Feixen https://fonts.studiofeixen.ch/

The Designers Foundry https://www.thedesignersfoundry.com/

Madebyste vogue like https://madebyste.com/

KlimType Foundry https://klim.co.nz/retail-fonts/

Tools

Typescale test sizing quickly www.typescale.com

Fontjoy font pairing tool www.fontjoy.com

Font Base my favorite font manager https://fontba.se/

Text Effects

Free Text Effects https://resourceboy.com/text-effects/

Games

Type Method Kerning Type Game https://type.method.ac/

Shape Method Shape Type Game https://shape.method.ac/

TOOLS & RESOURCES

Dedicated Resource Site

Toools tons of organized design resources https://www.toools.design/

Design Resources (google sheet w even more stuff!Toools.design) link

Asset Sites

Creative Market https://creativemarket.com/

Blkmarket photoshop stuff https://blkmarket.com/

Brusheezy  https://www.brusheezy.com/
Graphic Burger  https://graphicburger.com/
Pinspiry  https://pinspiry.com/

Indieground https://indieground.net/

Resource Boy https://resourceboy.com

Humaaans human illustrations https://www.humaaans.com/

Open Doodles human illustrations https://www.opendoodles.com/

Extra Links from various independent designers here

Color & Accessibility

Color Palette Contrast Builder https://toolness.github.io/accessible-color-matrix/

Color Contrast Checker https://webaim.org/resources/contrast

Coolors palette generator https://coolors.co/

Color mind pallette generator http://colormind.io/

UI Gradients: https://uigradients.com/

Hue Tools thousands of color names https://hue.tools/

Free Icons

Simple Icons HD Logo Icons Apple, Spotify, etc https://simpleicons.org/

Noun Project free icons & stock photos https://thenounproject.com/

Image Enhancer / Dehancer

NTSCqt vhs effect emulator https://github.com/JargeZ/ntscqt/releases

Cupscale ai image upscaler Google Drive Download

Collaboration

Standards host online brand guidelines https://standards.site/

Milan Note Collaborative Notes & Ideas https://milanote.com/

Mark Up IO collaborate with web developers https://www.markup.io/

Invision UI/UX https://www.invisionapp.com/

Legal

Global Brand Database checks trademarks https://branddb.wipo.int/en/similarlogo

Trademarkia check your logo for trademark https://www.trademarkia.com/

Signaturely freelance contract template https://signaturely.com/

Misc

Good Brief generate project briefs https://goodbrief.io

Nu School charging $$ calculator https://thenuschool.com/how-much/#/start

The Futur meeting questions, templates, etc https://www.thefutur.com/free-resources

Go Full Page get full JPG of website google extension here

Checklist list of best practices https://www.checklist.design/

DESIGN INSPO

Personal Portfolios

Lauren Hom lettering artist https://www.homsweethom.com/work

Dana Tanamachi public space designer http://www.tanamachistudio.com/

Georgia Lupi info designer at Pentagram http://giorgialupi.com/

Guido Galina Cumar crazy illustration  https://www.behance.net/guidogalinacumar

Tyler Spangler color pop! https://tylerspangler.com/

Daniel F Art director for apple www.danielfrumhoff.com

Priya illustrations https://www.priyamist

http://www.danielfrumhoff.comry.co.uk/portfolio/

Huy Phan REALLY nice site https://huyml.co/

Evelyn Luu rlly cool print design https://eluu.design/

Artica Visuals https://articavisuals.com/

Eugene Hyun motion graphics  https://www.ehyun.design/

Hanson Ma rlly cool packaging design https://hansonma.org/

Michael Wang 3D Motion Designer https://www.michaelwang.design/

Nicholas Sheehan cool contemporary stuff https://nicholasc2.com/

Timothy Goodman keith haring style https://www.tgoodman.com/

Nuria illustration & animation  https://www.nuriaboj.co.uk/

Elijah Vary rlly cool collage stuff https://elijahvary.com/mixedmedia

Edward Sun https://www.edwardcreates.com/

Nick Faucher https://nickfaucher.myportfolio.com

An Bui very clean website & motion work https://www.anbui.co/

Sofie Beier studies in typography http://sofiebeier

Jessica Hische lettering artist https://jessicahische.is/

Martina Flor hand lettering https://www.martinaflor.com/

Adam Guzman shoes / clothing https://adamguzman.com/

Matt Singleton motion ui/ix https://www.mattsingleton.xyz/

Claire Coullon handwritten type http://www.coullon.com/index.html

Stefan Vitasovic front end dev https://stefanvitasovic.dev/ his nice process show off

Udayraj Sathe great UX case studies  https://www.udayrajsathe.com/

Noah Mooney https://noahmooney.co/about

Enrico Ferreria https://enricosf.com/

Ashia https://www.ashiadshelton.com/

Kevin Paz UX / UI designer https://www.kevinpaz.me/

Twisha patni https://www.twishapatni.com/

Design Studios

Pentagram worlds largest design studio  https://www.pentagram.com/

Design Studio https://design.studio/

Studio fnt cool public space design https://studiofnt.com/Projects

Hoodzpah Design https://hoodzpahdesign.com/

We Are In House https://weareinhouse.com/

Grow https://thisisgrow.com/

How & How design & branding https://how.studio/

Studio Moross music industry https://www.studiomoross.com/

Mucho brand design https://wearemucho.com/

Everyday Practice korean design studio  http://everyday-practice.com/

Brethren beer & music industry https://www.brethrendesignco.com

Out of place branding https://outofplace.studio/

fatfish web dev agency https://fatfish.ca/en/

Zajno digital design studio https://zajno.com/

++hellohello web design & dev studio https://www.hellohello.is/

Duckpin https://www.rollwithduckpin.com/

Dinger https://www.dingercreative.com/

List of UK based design studios

Hiaaryan’s notion list here

Environmental Design Studios

Gensler https://www.gensler.com/

Gable https://gablecompany.com/

Advertising Agencies

Alma rlly cool stuff for pepsi https://www.almaad.com

Razorfish advertising agency, rlly cool car ad for Cadillac https://www.razorfish.com/

Lola Mullenlowe (advertising agency, commercials) https://lola-mullenlowe.com/

Merkley + Partners snoop dogg bic ad https://www.merkleyandpartners.com/

Design Inspo Sites

Abduzeedo branding inspo & more https://abduzeedo.com/

Savee It pinterest but for design https://savee.it/

Cosmos pinterest alternative https://www.cosmos.so/

Film AI find specific movie stills, free for students https://beta.flim.ai/

Rebrand Gallery visual identity inspiration https://www.rebrand.gallery/

Branding Style Guides mcdonalds, coke, etc https://brandingstyleguides.com/

Die line print & packaging design https://thedieline.com/

Design Week design & art articles   https://www.designweek.co.uk/

Fonts in use https://fontsinuse.com/

Packaging of the world httpFonts In Uses://packagingoftheworld.com/

Typehunting vintage typograpy https://typehunting.com/

Muzli daily inspo chrome extension https://muz.li/

Fuse Kiwi all mediums https://www.fuse.kiwi/

Apple Design Awards https://developer.apple.com/design/awards/

UI / UX Inspo Sites

Awwwards https://www.awwwards.com/

Maxi Best Of see what was used to make sites https://maxibestof.one/

Website Inspo UI/UX https://www.webspo.io

Cargo contemporary website design inspo & builder https://cargo.site/In-Use

Site Inspire https://www.siteinspire.com/

Godly website inspo https://godly.website/

Brutalist Websites https://brutalistwebsites.com/

Design Modo web related articles https://designmodo.com/website/

Landing Pages Explained breaks it down fr https://landingpagesexplained.com/

Codrops shows code bts https://tympanus.net/codrops/category/playground/

UX Tools resources for product designers https://uxtools.co/

Design Spells micro interaction inspo https://www.designspells.com/

Humane principles & methods https://humanebydesign.com/

UI / UX Personal Portfolios

Jiacheng at apple www.jyang.io

Michelle Gore at apple www.michellegore.com

Adrian at apple www.azumbrunnen.me

Eric Jordan at apple www.ericjordan.design

Portfolio Inspo Sites

Cofolios portfolios from designers at big tech companies ​​https://www.cofolios.com/

Bestfolios portfolios & more https://www.bestfolios.com/home

Prettyfolio curated portfolios https://www.prettyfolio.com

KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING

Design History

People’s graphic design archive https://peoplesgdarchive.org/

AIGA Design Archive https://designarchives.aiga.org/#/home

Wim Crouwel dutch designer works & about

Vintage Advertising Design from 50s here

Design Podcasts

The Typecast here

Texturelabs - YouTube

Foundations / Groups

AIGA American Institute of Graphic Arts https://www.aiga.org/

AAAF American advertising federation https://www.aaf.org/

Misc

Design Newsletter  https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/

Pepsi’s $1 Million logo presentation here

Design Principles basically a wiki https://principles.design/

Photoshop tutorials

Playlist cool tutorials and techniques here

Design Youtubers

Jesse Nyberg nice freelance insights https://www.youtube.com/@JesseNyberg

Ricardo Perez UI/UX designer at google https://www.youtube.com/@rahpstudio

Texturelabs cool photoshop & motion stuff https://www.youtube.com/@Texturelabs

Articles

Portfolio advice Your design portfolio needs better copy

UX Case study challenge for google hiring process link here

Agency Process: https://medium.com/smith-diction/trust-the-process-97ac8999d56a

Creatives Lives in Progress career insights https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/