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i'm a designer through and through. here are products i use or have used for work that may help you on your designer journey. some of these are obvious, but if you need fun assets, fonts, or inspiration for your projects, check these out! this list w...
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design tools 101

the list of products that designers are using on the daily with some fun additions

 
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the ultimate design toolset. i definitely recommend you knowing how to use, especially if working in design professionally. a lot of people are finding alternatives lately, but these are the og that include photoshop, illustrator, premiere, after eff...
Adobe Creative Cloud | Professional Creative Software
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became the catch all for designers. web, presentations, collab work. check out their config (keynote) coming up soon
Figma: The Collaborative Interface Design Tool
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a fantastic place to learn how to code multiple languages!
Learn to Code - for Free | Codecademy
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one of the many fun place to find color palettes
Pigment by ShapeFactory | Simple Color Palette Generator
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database of some dope tools for designers/art directors
The Toolbox
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it kills my designer heart to put this on the list (iykyk) but i can't ignore that this is a huge tool being utilized right now. if you MUST use this, it is free and i can understand that. this will not replace any of the professional tools out there...
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
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places to aquire assets

places that are not etsy!

 
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fonts, illos, brushes, you name it. this is where you go to buy all the creative tools directly from creatives!
Creative Market: High-quality Stock Photo, Graphics, Fonts, & Design Templates
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my favorite spot lately to grab anything needed for my projects. another creative market
Envato® | Unlimited Creative Assets
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really fun, trendy fonts. some free stuff too!
hvnter.net
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the best place for ephemeral assets. a good amount are free as well :)
Century Library | Vintage Illustrations, Fonts & Design Assets
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inspiration sites

fun places to visit for fun things to look at

 
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the pretentious designers pinterest (complementary)
Are.na
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brilliant list put together by this brilliant human
The Ultimate 450+ Websites Directory (for Freelancers & Solopreneurs) | Notion
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evan collins is a hero and has literally put a whole collection together of ANY aesthetic that has existed with it's quirky names. my #1 to check out.
Evan Collins | Are.na
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put your portfolio here, look for jobs here, find amazing work here.
Behance
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inspiration for web designs specifically built on framer. framer is becoming a new tool to utilize for web design instead of figma. interesting to see how it does in the near future.
Framer Gallery: Explore the best websites built with Framer
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are you a product designer? are you trying to put together your portfolio? go here for some inspo
Inspirational product design portfolios | Product Design Portfolios
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cute inspo site for fun elements and motions your next web design
Design Spells - Fun web interactions
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inspo for sites that look like little bento boxes!
BentoGrids
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free assets!

 
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need photos/videos for something you're designing? this is the place. donate just a lil to the photogs if you can!
The best free stock photos, royalty free images & videos shared by creators.
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this angel of a human put together a list of public domain and creative commons sources!
Curated List of Public Domain & CC online sources | Are.na
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free places for mockups to use in photoshop
Free PSD Mockups for Flags, Billboards, T-shirts, Jars, Business Cards, MacBooks, iPhones - PSD Repo - Page 14
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free svg icons for all projects!
All SVG Icons — Free & Open Source SVG Icon Libraries
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if you need to copy some fun icons
Copy Paste Character
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some fun sites to visit

 
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collection of open source tools to play around with!
everywhere.tools
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aRe YoU a MiLleNniAl LiKe Me? NO EXPLANATION NEEDED.
Glitter Graphics
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i love to look at old packaging and this one is candy specific but so fun! organized by decade
Vintage & Retro Candy
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