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The ‘Looks Expensive’ Creator Toolkit - 15 Weird Little Tools I Actually Use
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items I make visuals and digital products fast - and I’m picky about tools that save real time. This list is my “looks expensive” toolkit, mostly free or lowv cost apps, sites, and tiny utilities that make your design workflow cleaner, faster, and less cha...
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Instant polish - make assets look finished
Visual ingredients - where I grab quality building blockson
Speed workflow - less chaos, more output
Instant polish - make assets look finished
If something looks like almost pro, these are the last 10% that make it look pro.
I run everything through this before upload - smaller files, same look, fewer headaches.
TinyPNG - smaller files, same look
When you need a clean cutout in 30 seconds and don’t want to fight masks.
RemovBG - background remover
Free Photoshop in a browser. Clutch when you’re on a laptop without your setup.
Photopea - Online Photo Editor
When an image is just a bit too small - this often saves it without looking crunchy. I'm using it daily.
Upscale media- image upsceler
In Canva you can create a vast array of visual content, from social media graphics, presentations, and videos to websites, print materials, and marketing assets.
Canva - a versatile online graphic design platform
Visual ingredients - where I grab quality building blockson
Good inputs reduce editing time more than any pro trick.
When I need a clean photo base that doesn’t scream stock.
Unsplash - high-quality, free to use photos and illustrations
Photos and videos that anyone can download and use for personal or commercial projects, like blogs, websites, social media, and presentations, without paying royalties or worrying about copyright issues, thanks to its permissive licensing. It serves ...
Pexels -a free online library of high-quality stock photos and videos
Generates modern blobs, waves, gradients - perfect for backgrounds and banners. I think is good choice for designers.
Haikei - a free sweb app to generate unique, customizable SVG
Free fonts that don’t look cheap - I use it when I want premium typography fast.
Fontshare - free fonts
Is a free, open-source library of fonts that lets designers and developers easily add diverse, high-quality typefaces to websites, apps, and documents, enhancing visual appeal and ensuring consistent display across different devices without licensing...
Google Fonts - a free fonts library
Speed workflow - less chaos, more output
These are the unglamorous tools that quietly save me the most time. They reduce context switching, stop files and links from disappearing, and make it easier to keep momentum when you’re building lists, posts, or digital products. The goal isn’t more... - it’s fewer micro decisions every day - where things live, how fast you can find them, and how quickly you can move from idea to publish.
Note-taking, project management, knowledge bases, and task tracking, allowing individuals and teams to organize anything from personal notes and habits to running entire company operations through customizable pages, databases, and AI assistance.
Notion - All In One Workspace
This is my “second brain” for anything that needs to survive longer than a day - prompt libraries, content ideas, reusable templates, research notes, and quick drafts. I like it because it’s fast, works offline, and keeps everything connected through...
Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking
This is my shortcut for explaining anything once and never repeating myself. I use it to record quick walkthroughs - how I set up a list, why I chose certain picks, where to click, what to avoid, and then I can reuse the same video for clients, collaborators, or future-me. It’s also great for feedback. Instead of writing a long message, I just screen-record, point at the exact thing, and it’s instantly clear.
Loom - Free Screen Recorder
This is basically speed mode for your computer. Instead of clicking around, I use Raycast to search files, launch apps, manage clipboard history, do quick calculations, create snippets, and trigger small automations - all from one keyboard shortcut.
Raycast - Powerful Productivity Tool
This is the boring tool that quietly prevents chaos. I use it as the single source of truth for files: drafts, exports, thumbnails, links, and anything I might need again later.
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