We all need to go somewhere to get inspired and to get resources to use in our creations. There are many, many places out there that provides good resources for you, either to learn the latest tools of the trade or to pick up elements to use in your creations.
PSDTUTS
One of the best tutorial websites online that focuses on Photoshop tutorials. With a vast database of user-submitted tutorials that are of high-quality, you can learn a lot of different effects as it is more effect-based than tool-based, which might be what one needs after a while right! Definitely browse through the site and see if you can’t pickup a couple of new tricks to add to your bag!
Smashing Magazine
Magazine-styled blog, Smashing Magazine constantly puts out inspirational articles. It can be from listing a number of superb designs to having interviews with the big industry persons. All articles are really helpful, especially for the web oriented creative professional.
Design Shack
Continuing on good resources for the web person, Design Shack is a site where you can find web design/development related articles as well as links to other sites with great articles from time to time. The site also features a large web design gallery where you can find inspiration and be amazed at the other raw talent out there!
iStockPhoto
For any professional project where you need professional photographs or illustrators, iStockPhoto is a great resource. They have got a lot of people contributing to the site and the contributors really submit quality work. Whatever you may need in terms of photo related stock, you’ll probably find something that you like in the iStock database.
Sxc.hu
On the same theme of stock photography, if your budget is a bit more limited (or non-existant) take a moment and search the stock exchange (sxc.hu) that has got some pretty good user-submitted, fully free stock photos. It is not as good as the paid iStock but you will probably find something that you could like.
deviantART
Down to both resources and inspiration, deviantART provides just about everything. It’s rightly one of the largest art communities online today and has been for a while, which shows! On deviantART you can find talented artists sharing their work but included in these artists is those who release their work for the rest of us to use. You’ll find icons, some stock photography and just about everything that you can imagine.
DaFont
Even if we have loads of fonts on our system, we are always on the lookout for more! DaFont is one of the largest sites containing thousands of different fonts that you can download. Most of them are free for personal use and a lot are even free for commercial use as well! It’s where I go for most of my font needs!
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