Free/Low-Cost Online Design Resources

Listed below are many free or low cost resources for those design emergencies such as when it’s hours from the deadline and you still haven’t gotten that much needed vector logo or font from the client. There’s also specific and generic tutorial sites for those projects that have more time etc. Since this list can’t cover everything that’s out there I’ll add more links as time progresses.

LOGOS

http://www.brandsoftheworld.com


http://www.allfreelogo.com


http://www.gmkfreelogos.com

PHOTOS

http://www.iStockPhoto.com


http://www.turbophoto.com


http://www.fromoldbooks.org


http://www.stockvault.net


http://www.cheapstockphotos.com

http://www.photos-public-domain.com

FONTS

http://www.dafont.com


http://www.1001freefonts.com


http://www.urbanfonts.com


http://www.free-fonts.com

http://www.fontstock.net


http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont


http://www.soft3k.com/CrossFont-p336.htm

WEB FONT USAGE

http://labs.odopod.com/web_type/

http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

LOREM IPSUM

http://www.lipsum.com/

PORTFOLIO/STORAGE

http://www.coroflot.com


http://www.carbonmade.com


http://www.behance.net


http://cargocollective.com


http://www.krop.com/creativedatabase


http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2


http://delicious.com


http://bestwebgallery.com

UX/UI

http://www.theuxbookmark.com/2010/08/interaction-design/a-monster-list-of-ui-guidelines-style-guides/

FILE SHARING

http://www.megaupload.com


http://www.getdropbox.com

DESIGN BLOGS

http://www.core77.com/hack2work


http://www.designobserver.com


http://www.informationisbeautiful.net


http://www.24seventalent.com/confessions


http://bookcoverarchive.com


http://marcsdesign.com/blog

http://the99percent.com/tips

COLOR

http://kuler.adobe.com


http://www.colourlovers.com/palette


http://www.viget.com/inspire/the-mysterious-save-for-web-color-shift

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/

http://webdesignledger.com/tools/10-super-useful-tools-for-choosing-the-right-color-palette

iPad/iPhone

http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/iphone-gui-psd


http://www.teehanlax.com/downloads/ios-5-gui-psd-iphone-4s


http://www.teehanlax.com/downloads/ipad-gui-psd-retina-display/


http://www.teehanlax.com/downloads/iphone-sketch-elements-a/


http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/no-screen-left-behind-creating-a-digital-experience-for-multiple-devices


http://alexw.me/ipad2

HTML

http://htmlpurifier.org/download


http://www.w3schools.com/html


http://www.htmlforums.com

ACTIONSCRIPT

http://www.actionscript.org/resources/categories/Tutorials


http://www.flashandmath.com


http://www.cbtcafe.com/flash


http://active.tutsplus.com

CSS

http://www.csszengarden.com


http://cssremix.com


http://cssmania.com


http://cssiphone.com

WIREFRAMES

http://www.creativebloq.com/wireframes/top-wireframing-tools-11121302


http://hello.hotgloo.com/


http://dub.washington.edu:2007/denim/


http://gomockingbird.com/


http://www.mockflow.com/


http://www.serena.com/products/prototype-composer/index.html


http://www.fluidia.org/


http://cacoo.com/


http://www.lumzy.com/


http://iphonemockup.lkmc.ch/

GRIDS

http://960.gs


http://www.thegridsystem.org


http://www.gridsystemgenerator.com

TEXTURES

http://www.sxc.hu


http://naldzgraphics.net/freebies/60-totally-free-rusted-metal-textures-for-designers


http://naldzgraphics.net/freebies/50-high-quality-leaf-textures-and-resources


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/3-grunge-textures-from-freestocktexturescom


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/fabric-texture-pack


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/hi-res-textures-pack-of-four


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/cardboard-textures


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/high-res-card-and-paper-textures


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/5-old-and-rusty-textures


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/corkboard-texture-pack


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/hi-res-texture-pack


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/25-wall-textures-pack


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/rust-textures


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/freebie-paper-texture-images


http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/texture/rust-textures-vol2


http://mayang.com/textures


http://www.cgtextures.com

ICONS

http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/icons/81-pixel-perfect-social-media-icons

http://psd.tutsplus.com/freebies/icons/elegant-blue-web-icons


http://www.unstage.com/2010/03/70-free-icons-sets/


http://www.freeiconsdownload.com


http://www.freeiconsweb.com


http://www.iconarchive.com

TUTORIALS – PHOTOSHOP

http://naldzgraphics.net/tutorials/33-newly-fresh-web-design-layout-tutorials


http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/how-to-create-a-retro-boxing-poster-in-photoshop

http://trojankitten.posterous.com/suddenly-a-photoshop-tutorial-avoiding-gradie

TUTORIALS – FLASH

http://www.kirupa.com


http://www.lynda.com


http://flashden.net


http://www.flashkit.com


http://learn.richmediainstitute.com

SOUND

http://ffmpeg.org


http://www.sounddogs.com


http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html


http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Sounds

VIDEO

http://vimeo.com


http://www.dailymotion.com


http://www.vidilife.com


http://www.yourfilelink.com

PRINT

http://www.vistaprint.com


http://www.proxprint.com


http://www.printdirectforless.com


http://www.cheapprinting.com

THE FOLD

http://iampaddy.com/lifebelow600/

CLICK-THRUS VS IMPRESSIONS:

http://www.nationalrealtorsdirectory.com/somefactsaboutbannerarticle.html

HOMEPAGES:

http://www.coolhomepages.com

PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

http://www.stevenhenty.com/web-tools/web_project_management_tools/