Giving away freebies has become a design blog community standard, so we have rounded up a ton of great new free icon sets, brushes and more for you hungry designers. Today’s freebies include: free website icons, new RSS icons, a smoke brush set, a new e-commerce icon pack and much, much more!
Green web design is on the rise and every designer needs the right resources to meet the demand. In June, we released a green website inspiration post entitled 15 Grandiose Green Website Designs and today we want to continue on that theme by showing you 66 awesome eco-friendly vectors from GraphicRiver.net, the latest website from the Envato Network (Tuts Plus, FreelanceSwitch and more). GraphicRiver.net is an online marketplace where designers can buy and sell layered Photoshop files, vectors, icons and more! Prices start at just $1 dollar.
Tis the seasons to use Holiday Icons and today we bring you the ultimate collection of holiday icons! You can use these icons for a variety of projects such as adding a nice holiday touch to your website or blog, including them in your holiday postcard designs and much more. Thanks to all the great designers who took the time to create these amazing free holiday and Christmas icon sets!
Tired of those same old fonts and looking for some new custom and cool fonts? Then you have come to the right place! We have put together a great collection of cool fonts from freelance designers and typographers who were kind enough to take the time to create these fonts. Be sure to check the usage rights of these fonts before you start throwing them in your projects. If you have created any cool fonts yourself, be sure to lets us know about your font in the comments below. Enjoy the cool fonts!
The amount of free vector art coming out each day is astonishing, most of which are created by professional freelance vector artists or design studios! Many designers and studios will give out free vector art as a way to showcase their talent and gain exposure. This is a great way to get traffic, but its also great for designers who need fresh design elements for websites and other graphic design projects.
Interviews are an amazing way to gain insight into the design community and quickly tap into the experience of others to better prepare yourself for challenges ahead, plus they’re just dang interesting! Design blogs often publish interviews with well known and respected people in the design community and this year has been no exception. Below is a collection of 25 great interviews of 2008, that you should not miss!
Graphic Design Forums are a great way to really immerse yourself into the graphic design community. You can meet other designers, ask questions, talk about the latest design news, ask for critiques of your work and much more. Being active in a design community is also another great way to promote your own work and get your name out there. If you are an active member and you contribute quality posts most forums will let you add a signature after your posts linking to your portfolio.
Photoshop brushes are one of the most useful and often under-rated aspects of the program. All you have to do is download these Free Grunge Photoshop Brushes and upload them to Photoshop and you will open up an entire new design arsenal!
The grunge style and (Vector Grunge Packs) have been around for a long time and continues to play a large role in many design projects. Its often very time consuming to create your won vector grunge elements for designs, but thankfully many vector artists have come to the rescue!
Open source software is software in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design. These three open source software downloads are all free and can be great additions to your site, making for a better user experience, more return visits and more unique visitors per month.
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