{"id":579,"date":"2017-01-03T11:25:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T11:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artattackk.com\/blogs\/?post_type=webdesign&#038;p=579"},"modified":"2024-06-27T05:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T05:27:57","slug":"11-resources-graphic-designers-cant-live-without","status":"publish","type":"webdesign","link":"https:\/\/artattackk.com\/blogs\/design-reference\/11-resources-graphic-designers-cant-live-without\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Resources Graphic Designers Can\u2019t Live Without"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doesn\u2019t matter if you work on Photoshop, Illustrator or Sketch, all graphic designers swear by few resources without which they can\u2019t live. These amazing resources give wing to a designer\u2019s creativity, letting them fly and come up with beautiful designs. While designing a web page, mobile app UI or a social media posts, all designers need easy-to-use resources for icons, images, fonts, UI samples and inspiration. Although each person picks up resources as per their own use and inkling, some resources on the web are famous world over for their ease of use and of their open source nature.<\/p>\n<p>Without wasting any more time, let us discover the Internet\u2019s best resources for a graphic designer.<\/p>\n<h2>Dose for Inspiration<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/02.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-303 size-full\" title=\"Dribbble &amp; Pinterest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/02.webp\" alt=\"Dribbble &amp; Pinterest\" width=\"616\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dribbble<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Termed as the social network for creative types, it allows designers to showcase and share their work with like-minded people. As much as we love the social aspects of Dribbble, it works with more abundance as an ideal place for finding some mind blowing inspiration. Not only it allows you to get inspired by a wide variety of graphic artists, but it also let you follow the ones you like and be constantly spoilt with inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pinterest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another great website to discover amazing artwork! Curated by people like you and me, Pinterest tout itself to be the world\u2019s catalogue of ideas. And to give credence where it is due, they are not very far off from that claim. The only problem for a designer with Pinterest is that they might digress from their actual work at hand and wander off into some enchanted board.<\/p>\n<h2>Haunts for Best Icons<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-304 size-full\" title=\"Haunts for Best Icons\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03.webp\" alt=\"Haunts for Best Icons\" width=\"616\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Iconfinder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think of anything, then go and type that on the search bar on the Iconfinder website. There is a good chance that your search will lead to an awesome icon. That is Iconfinder for you \u2013 the world\u2019s top repository for icons. Founded in Copenhagen, this is one company which is high on passion and inspired to create world\u2019s largest collection of icons. And it does have all kinds of icons one can think of. It offers free as well as paid plans to download and commercially use icons and makes great designs for great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/branding-company-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Noun Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another website to find free icons, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenounproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Noun Project<\/a> relies on its community to drive its mission. Easy to use and with a lot of options to pick from, TNP is a sought after place for designers to grab their icons. NTP has paid plans also for teams to go all out when in need of icons.<\/p>\n<h2>For Pixel Perfect Images<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/04.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-306 size-full\" title=\"Pixel Perfect Images\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/04.webp\" alt=\"Pixel Perfect Images\" width=\"616\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pexels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An image says more than thousand words \u2013 So the saying goes and it couldn\u2019t be truer for a designer. The right image can make or break a creative, it is the god\u2019s honest truth. And if you want the best open source images available on the interweb, go to Pexels.com. The quality of its images is just wonderful and the collection getting bigger as we speak. There are two things really going for Pexels, first one is that its platform is free to use (though donations are welcome) and second is the non-stock looking image quality. Most of the biggest websites of the world who charge a bomb provide images which are so stalk-y; I\u2019d rather take my iPhone and do my own shoot instead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pixa&#8217;bay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another website for finding amazing images, Pixabay has a remarkable collection of royalty free images. However in addition to images, one can look for vectors and art illustrations as well, certifying Pixabay as a one stop destination for designers. Not only images but one can download videos as well from Pixabay, which makes it one of the most loved websites for designers and videographers alike. Founded by two adventure-loving German friends Hans and Simon, it is not their primary occupation and was started as a side project. God bless them!<\/p>\n<h2>Colors and Patterns<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/05.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-307 size-full\" title=\"Colors and Patterns\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/05.webp\" alt=\"Colors and Patterns\" width=\"616\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flat UI Color Picker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All designers need a tool for color picking, otherwise finding the perfect color will become the most insane part of being a designer. And for <a href=\"https:\/\/artattackk.com\/blogs\/website\/heres-why-the-web-giant-google-uses-simple-and-flat-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flat design<\/a> project, nothing works better than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flatuicolorpicker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flat UI Color Picker<\/a>. A snoozy little website to pick colors from, it makes life so easy you will not believe that you weren\u2019t using one for all this while.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Material Color Palette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For all material design projects, the best place to pick a color is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.materialpalette.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">material pallet website<\/a>. In addition to color pallets, one can also find cool icons to use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TinEye Labs Multicolr Search<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/06.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-308 size-full\" title=\"TinEye Labs Multicolr Search\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/06.webp\" alt=\"TinEye Labs Multicolr Search\" width=\"616\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arguably one of the nerdiest and coolest resources in this collection, <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.tineye.com\/multicolr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TinEye Labs Multicolr<\/a> search will blow your mind. While working on a particular project, it becomes difficult to find the right image for your project. This nifty search tool searches images based on colors you feed into the search. So let\u2019s say your project needs blue color images, just put in the color code and let it show you the best images to go with your project theme. And worry not, the images are all open licensed on Flickr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subtle Patterns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Textures and patterns can add unknown layer and depth to a creative. Finding the perfect pattern\/texture is difficult and <a href=\"https:\/\/subtlepatterns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subtle Pattern website<\/a> is the perfect place to find the best ones. All patterns are free to download but fall under creative common license with attribution required to be linked back. Having said that, the collection of patterns is so good, you&#8217;ll not have any problems in giving attribution.<\/p>\n<h2>Writing on the Wall with the right Fonts<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/07.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-310 size-full\" title=\"Writing on the Wall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/07.webp\" alt=\"Writing on the Wall\" width=\"616\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Font Squirrel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Font squirrel is a great destination for free to use typefaces. It has a great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fontsquirrel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collection<\/a> of free to use fonts for any kind of projects. It also provides some really cool paid fonts one can buy, if the pocket allows. It has great features for font generation as well as font identification, making sure that users don\u2019t leave Font Squirrel easily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s it folks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though we have covered some epic resources in this blog, there are still a dearth of tools available out there, making lives easier for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artattackk.com\/website-designing-company-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design<\/a> loving folks like us. The above list is not exhaustive and will be updated as and when we find time to do so. It would be wise to advise you to read the T&amp;C of the services mentioned in the above list to make sure you are legally using them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":580,"template":"","class_list":["post-579","webdesign","type-webdesign","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>11 Resources Graphic Designers Can\u2019t Live Without | www.artattackk.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the 11 essential resources that graphic designers can&#039;t live without. 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