Everybody likes free things, but everybody loves free things that are resourceful. Remember the days when you were an intern and looking for something seem impossible, such as spending hours after hours looking for the right image and font for a web page and print design. Only to find out you have to be a membership and then pay a fee to purchase the image and/or font. There is nothing more satisfying than finding a useful source that does the job and does it free! Sometimes free resources fall short of your wanting, that is why you will have to improvise and work around the project and resource. You can’t always get things for free, and when you do most of the time they are not good, but sometimes there are free tools that come in handy and does make things work not only for you but for your website as well. Welcome to The Best Free and Resourceful Tools to Use On A Website. Also be sure to check out the video below for more free tools on web and graphic resources.
Dribbble.com
Dribbble is a well know site where designers show and tell, promote, discover, and explore designs. Its main focus is to bring a community of designers answering questions each day. Weather its web designers, illustrators, typographers, logo designers and any other types share a small screenshots that show their work, process, and current projects. And in doing so, people tell their thoughts in what they think in the design is and how it can be either better or it’s just right. Think of it as a free critique site.
DBFreebies.co
Now that we have mention what Dribbble is, did you know there is a website which gathers and showcases a gallery of Dribbble freebies with each other? If not than check out DB Freebies. DB Freebies is an a massive growing collection of more than a thousand freebies updated daily. Anyone can find useful and reliable EPS vectors for Illustrator, Photoshop mock-up files, great fonts, and more. The best part is that majority of the files are free!
iconFinder.com
Like FlatIcon, Iconfinder is great in finding the perfect icons for your designs. Though there are some you have to pay, many are available for free. What makes this site different is that you can determine the category you desire to search for and explore many icons appropriate for your needs. It’s very suitable and user-friendly site which makes it easy to work around. So if you want a more clean, sharp and sophisticated icon than this check out Iconfinder.
Flaticon.com
FlatIcon is a magnificent online tool to search for icons. Every website needs to have some sort of icons to show guidance or directions for their viewers, in other words where to go will browsing on the site. So with Flaticon you will be able to find the right icon for your website, after all they have about 70,000 icons on their site and probably the largest free vector icons online today. In fact, they also contain other features; for example, if you utilize Photoshop, Illustrator, or After Effects, then you can also exercise the free FontIcon plugin so that you can use and have access to all the icons in their database. This website is extremely rewarding and you will like to use it over and over again. After all, icons are key to every website. To read more about why icons are important check out “Why Icons are Powerful.”
iconDeposit.com
Dont let the name fool you, Icon Deposit is not only for icons. It can be also used for anything; from buttons, mobile app, mockup posters, tabloids and even brochures. All of these icons and works are submitted by designers all over the world and they tell you what type of file, color and fonts are used. Think of it like Reddit where users can share their freebies of informations. In fact, members can “like” a freebie and upvote it. You can also classify categories based on the most popular icons based on votes, which comes extremely useful. Icon Deposit is a considerable website to share any design freebie and is deliberate specifically for the expedience of the users.
Brands-Of-TheWorld.com
When working at a corporate degree, every designer needs the best quality logs and vectors files, so do NOT think about getting the low-quality logo for they will show how low res and pixelated they are, which will make you look foolish. Most of the time, designers have to sit around and wait for their client to email them their company logo, thankfully, Brands of the World is the quintessential website to visit when it comes to high-resolution vectors and logos files. You can view the portfolios of all the great brands, designers and much more. More importantly, you can gain plus points for your research skills and in dazzling your clients.
FreePIK.com
Freepik was design to help find different illustrations, logos, PSD and vectors files to use in any design. There are hundreds of free vectors which are uploaded on Freepik on a daily foundation. Freepik has a lot of good stuff for any design and is ideal for anyone who are just beginning on a design project.
FreebiesBug.com
Freebiesbug contains great content from free fonts, code extract, Illustrator files and PSD files. This website is no doubt one of the finest site for UI and web designers. Freebiesbug is also straightforward and easy laid out and has a fast work out navigation links located on the sidebar. More impressive, they color coded each category and each new resource is categorize in a distinctive and tidy matter making it one of the most finest and modern free resourceful website today.
FreeVectors.net
If vectors are your thing than you will enjoy FreeVectors. This website is full of vector files and they come from people who share their free vectors to everyone. You can also see the vectors by their uploading date. For instance, the most recent ones will show on top so you wont ever see the same thing twice. In fact, all of the vectors that are uploaded are free for personal use, and a good portion of them are free for commercial intend.
1001FreeDownloads.com
What makes 1001 Free Downloads truly different is that it explores the web for the finest high quality royalty-free images, making it one of the most resourceful websites to have. It also contains tons of high-quality gradients, fonts, brushes and even PSD files, best part they are all for free!
CSSauthor.com
CSS Author is another outstanding online providers of free resourceful for both graphic designer and web designer. What makes this one different is that the site has a blog dedicated in providing you with applicable tutorials and news for fellow designers and developers. Aside from that, it has a big amount of freebies and resources, such as amazing fonts, UI design kits mock-up designs, vector graphics and illustrations, greeting samples, wallpapers, web templates and more!
GraphicBurger.com
Like 365PSD, GraphicBurger also has a friendly, responsive and informal feel. GraphicBurger tagline “Tasty design resources made with care for each pixel” illustrates perfectly how much information and content they have. Just by looking through the long list of designs will surpass your eye in disbelief. More importantly, all of the designs co are free for both commercial and personal use, making it one the primer and reliable free tool to have.
365psd.com
Of all the mention websites 365PSD is the newest one, they have been around for six years. But impressively, they carry a massive amount of galleries for free resourceful archives. 365PSD has almost anything from typical web elements, to buttons and icons. One of the best feature they have is the amount of mockup files they have, such as computer, tablet and mobile mockups. This useful site is flawless for any application and web designers. In addition to the amount of content they carry, this site is very clean, simple and modern giving you no problem look through the page. You will be shock in the amount of Vectors and PSD files at your leisure indeed.
Free design tools are not only applied for modifying them in your work, but they also give a great idea into how things operate. All designer needs motivation but these websites are an amazing source of creativity, but more obtaining knowledge. They give a notion about which kinds of free design resources are floating around the business. And If you want some publicity, you can also present one of your designs to any of these sites, After all, if you were assisted by these sites, why not help another designer who is currently going through the same situations you have faced before? We just talk about the The Best Free and Resourceful Tools to Use On A Website, now we want to hear from you guys. As always, comments and thoughts are always appreciate.
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