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9 Websites All Graphic Designers Should Have Bookmarked

No longer will you have to start vector images from scratch.

Hughston May

Apr 24, 2018

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9 Websites All Graphic Designers Should Have Bookmarked

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So you have a new design project on your plate. Where do you even start? By deciding on a color palette? Or sifting through Pinterest board after Pinterest board for inspiration? Regardless, the whole design troubleshooting process at the beginning can waste a lot of time if you aren't inspired right away.

If you are like me, you can't afford to use all your time on one project, so here is a list of websites that will make your design process ten times faster.

1. Pexels.com

We can't all be expected to have every picture we will need for a design in our own personal library. Pexels.com is my personal favorite site for beautiful pictures that are completely free to use. Yep, that's right, free for personal and commercial use, no attribution required.

2. Unsplash.com

Another website for high-quality pictures and also very free.

3. Vecteezy

If you don't want to start building a vector image from scratch this is the perfect site to download fully editable vector files to make completely your own. You could also just skip the editing part and just drop them in your design.

4. Creative Market

Creative Market is literally a marketplace for tons of unique design elements that you can purchase, like custom fonts, social media templates, product mockups, you name it! However, if you're like me, you aren't trying to drop $30 on a project that you aren't being paid for the best thing about Creative Market is when you make an account you will get 6 free design elements per week, straight to your inbox. Once you download them, you have access to them through creative market forever!

5. Web Designer Depot

Same concept as Creative Market but WAY more freebies.

6. Colorzilla

Colorzilla is an eyedropper tool plug-in for Chrome and Firefox that tells you the exact color of something on any website. No more dragging screenshots into Adobe creative suite.

7. The Noun Project

It can be so hard to find the right icon when you need it. Luckily the Noun Project has your back with icons for literally anything you would need. Oh yeah, and they are also fully editable.

8. Graphic Burger

More free and editable templates! Hooray!

9. Kuler

Coordinating color palettes has never been easier.

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9 Websites All Graphic Designers Should Have Bookmarked

No longer will you have to start vector images from scratch.

1. Pexels.com

2. Unsplash.com

3. Vecteezy

4. Creative Market

5. Web Designer Depot

6. Colorzilla

7. The Noun Project

8. Graphic Burger

9. Kuler

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I'm technically an adult, so I'm legally required to live a little, right?

1. Watch an R-rated Scary Movie in a Movie Theater

2. Buy a Lottery Ticket

3. Vote in an Election

4. Participate in a Run (or a Walk, Realistically) for Charity

5. Go on a Road Trip

6. Start a Savings Account

7. Get a Credit Card

8. Sign up for Spotify Premium

9. Go to a Club

10. Start a Meditation Routine

11. Go to a Yoga Class

12. Treat Myself to a Dinner for One

13. Volunteer for a Charity

14. Participate in a Research Study

15. Bake Something (That Ends Up Being Edible)

16. Go Skydiving

17. Be Called for Jury Duty

18. Figure Out What I Want to Do With my Life

The holiday classics that shaped my life

1."But what would happen if we all tried to be like Santa and learned to give as only he can give: of ourselves, our talents, our love and our hearts? Maybe we could all learn Santa's beautiful lesson and maybe there would finally be peace on Earth and good will toward men."

"Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

"If you won't use your heart, who cares if it gets broken? If you just keep it to yourself, maybe it'll be like my rollerblades. When you do decide to try it, it won't be any good. You should take a chance. Got nothing to lose."

"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."

"Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it."

"If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find a that love actually is all around."

"Sometimes things look good on paper, but lose their luster when you see how it affects real folks. I guess a healthy bottom line doesn't mean much if to get it, you have to hurt the ones you depend on."

"'Maybe Christmas,' he thought, 'doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.'"

"Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to."

"There's room for everyone on the nice list."

Hopefully they will make you laugh.

1. Why are towels considered dirty when you get out of the shower clean?

2. Who closes the bus door once the bus driver gets off?

3. Why is there a "d" in "fridge" but not in "refrigerator"?

4. If you drop soap on the floor is the floor clean or the soap dirty?

5. Is the "S" or the "C" silent in the word "scent"?

6. Does expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?

7. Would Lightning McQueen buy car insurance or life insurance?

8. Who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?

9. What color are mirrors?

10. If 2 mind readers read each other's minds whose mind are they really reading?

11. Is there a synonym for "synonym"?

12. If your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, are your pants tucked into your shirt?

13. Why is it called "quick sand" if you sink slowly in it?

14. If I try to fail, but succeed, which one did I do?

15. If Cinderella's shoe fit perfectly, why did it fall off?

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