5 Favored Graphic Design Resources
The internet is such a goldmine for information with lots of nooks and crannies. You can enter a question or a simple thought into any search engine and receive thousands of results back in response to your search.
When I first began designing, I was constantly going to Google to get an answer to my questions, help me solve my technical issues, or learn that cool effect that I saw on Pinterest. The internet has the answers for it all.
Some resources that I began using at the beginning of my journey weren’t that useful. However, there were some that have always been solid, and I still use them today, whether for a client, a personal project, or finding a sense of community within a forum.
Here are five of my favorite design resources that have never let me down.
Procreate: I love Procreate for all things illustration and flexibility in my designs. You pay a one-time fee of $12.99, and you have lifetime access. Procreate is great for ideating my designs before I jump straight into any design software.
Brandingstyleguides: You can access the brand guidelines of hundreds of companies. These brand guides are provided by members, brands, and designers.
Freepik: A creative suite of free and paid high-quality assets like photos, videos, templates, and more.
Envato: Digital marketplace for creative talent and assets. With a monthly or yearly plan, you can get access to various templates, music, photos, graphics, videos, and more.
Reddit: Reddit is an online social news and forum social media platform. I like narrowing down my search results to Reddit when I want to see what other designers/creatives are talking about and market research for projects.
These are my current top five graphic design resources when it comes to my daily design workflow. Hopefully, you can integrate a few of these into your own or at least check them out.
You can download the full page of 25 resources that I complied here!