The Graphic Details: Resources and Freebies and Tutorials, oh my…
Since I joined Twitter a couple of months ago, I’ve learned about countless sites out there that offer all sorts of graphics tutorials, tips, resources, downloadables… So much helpful, creative, inspiring stuff out there. Below are just a few of the design- and freelance-related links that I’ve collected from the tweety banter. ENJOY!
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Tutorials
- Spoon Graphics Tutorials — from light effects to vector ninjas
- Photoshop Tutorials — the ‘best’ ones, they say
- Photoshop Tutorials — or psd tuts for short
- Vector Tuts — countless tutorials for vector-based art
- Tutorial9 site — Photoshop, photography, downloads…
- 25 Stunning Photoshop Fire & Explosion Tutorials
- 25+ Photoshop Tutorials for Poster Design
- Tutorial for Colorful Lighting Effect In Illustrator
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Great resources
- 20 Must-Subscribe Graphic Design Blogs
- 70 Hand Drawing Style Resources, Brushes, Textures, Icons And Tutorials
- 42 Free Online Magazines for Designers
- 50+ Sites to Promote your Portfolio, Web Design, Blog
- 6 Ways to Publish Your Own Book
- A List Of Online Printers and Specialty Services
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FREE design stuff!
- Colorburned goodies – brushes, vector art, patterns, you name it!
- Designmeme freebies – textures, brushes, vector art, and more…
- 20 Vintage Photoshop Brush Sets
- 200+ Ultimate Free High Quality Wood Textures
- 250+ Stains Brushes for Photoshop
- 30 High-Quality Grunge Photoshop Brush Sets
- Free Hi-Res Photoshop Brushes: Romantic Disasters
- 11 High Res Rock & Bark Textures
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Inspiring
- Beautiful Watercolor Effects in Web Design
- 23 Inspiring Invitation and Note Card Ideas
- 40 Excellent Illustrations In Web Designs
- Illustration Mundo — so much talent in one place…
- Vector Shields (these look cooler than they sound, I promise
- 25 Examples of Creative Paper Use in Web Design
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Small Business + Blogging (design-related)
- Freelance Switch site — all sorts of helpful articles
- 10 Tips for Blogging Your Way to Small Business Success
- 10 tips for efficient design
- How To Drive Traffic To Your New Design Blog
- 15 Applications No Online Business Can Live Without
- 18 Tools I use as a Designer & Blogger
- 21 Reasons Why Readers Don’t Like Your Blog
- 5 Ways to Promote Yourself as a Freelancer
- How much to charge for design work?
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Geeky + fun
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I’ve been astounded by just how much talent is to be found online, and coupled with generosity in many many cases. Schmanks for sharing, folks
[Since I've learned about all these resources, I've become reluctant to continue adding my own low-tech tutorials here... Not that I thought that I was the first to come up with blog lessons or anything, but there's just SO much amazing stuff already out there that I'm less motivated to add to it. So these Graphic Details posts will be sparse, methinks!]
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