It’s not been a lot of time since I spoke about standards and quality of creatives here at WATBlog. Now one of the more important points that is often neglected though is the creatives and best practices involved in them. Better standards of design not only web but graphic improves user experience, advertising and in general creates a better looking web ecosystem.
In a bid to provide more resources for budding digital designers in India, I thought of compiling a list of design resources from around the web. However, designers know designs best and I couldn’t come anywhere close to beating any of the following lists. So I decided to list them sort of as a bookmark for others to come back and read often.
(Warning: Some of these are huge in numbers)
99 Sites All Designers Should Know
Jacob Cass of Just Creative Designs lists this mamoth post about 99 sites that all designers must be aware of on the web. The post is quite well categorized for such a huge number and kudos to Jacob for the effort clearly shows.
85 Best Logo Design Resources on the web
Logo designing has been one of those creative economies that has thrived with the web. It presents an excellent opportunity for young graphic designers in India to get their feet wet and develop an outstanding portfolio. This post lists 85 mind blowing resources for you to access and learn from.
50 of the Best Graphic Design Blogs
David Airey is a popular designer and blogger on the web, and comes up with a lot of valuable insights on design through his posts. So this list is one of those authoritative ones from an experienced hand. Be sure to subscribe to the names on the list.
40 Inspirational Graphic Design Resources
From my own personal expereince I have known the impact inspirational designs create in a young designers mind. They set the trends that we aim to break and thereby innovate. This list is an excellent resource to scout such inspiration.
25 Best Design Forums
Before blogs began to fill the space up, forums were the hotbed and to a very large extent still are the hotbed of design creativity. The knowledge that lie in the threads of these popular forums are immense, enough to create volumes of text books in fact. A must read resource.
27 Indispensibe Resource for Graphic Designers
This lists a set of tools that most graphic designers would find mighty useful, ranging from brushes for Photoshop and illustrators to design tools like patterns , shapes, fonts, etc.
