If you're starting out as a designer, whether you're into graphics design, UI/UX design or you're just a techy creative, these tools and resources should be on your list
What are you if you're starting out as a UI designer and you don't know about Figma? This is the number #1 free tool for UI/UX design prototyping. It can be used by teams and solo designers and you get to collaborate in real time
Play around with over 1,400 free web fonts. Great for both web and app typography and it is easy to use in your design.
Google Fonts
This is where I get top UI design inspiration. You can get to learn colour use, layout patterns and visual hierarchy through other designers designs.
Mobbin
This is a free collaborative whiteboard used for brainstorming, journey mapping and it comes with Figma. Don't underrate Figma please
FigJam: The Online Collaborative Whiteboard for Teams
A perfect and simple way of removing background image without stress. It works on phones and laptops
Remove Background from Image for Free – remove.bg
Have access to thousands of open source icons for your web, app and UI projects
Iconify
Easy to generate and explore trendy, accessible colour palette which is perfect for UI theming or moodboards
Coolors
Here you can download free design assets from UI kits to icon sets and templates which are all built by designers for designers.
Figma Community: Explore templates, plugins, and widgets ...
This is for my illustrators. You have unlimited access to customizable illustrations by artists around the world right here. It works directly in Figma.
Blush Design
A simple and powerful checklist for managing design process stages such as research, wireframing, testing and more
UX Project Checklist
Because life is full of options. Another one for the illustrators. Have access to free customizable illustrations with animated options that you can use in onboarding flows.
Storyset Images - Free Download on Freepik
Looking for free high quality images and videos for mockups, case studies, and presentation decks, Unsplash is your best bet
Unsplash
Explore public design systems to see how top companies document and structure their UI libraries.
Design Systems Repo | A Collection of Design System Resources
Want to understand color theory? this free interactive colour tool helps you create harmonious palettes.
Color wheel - color theory and calculator
A great tool for building a responsive and consistent typography scale for your UI.
The type system
A helpful and beginner-friendly free designer starter kit with components, styles, and templates built in Figma.
