As a designer, collecting design-related resources on the Internet is a basic professional requirement, and since I have the blood of a blogger, there is no reason not to share it, so sharing these resources is also a very logical thing. Things
The following information range includes: design materials, industry trends, process concepts, exquisite craftsmanship, font design, illustrations and paintings, web design, corporate identity, self-made experiences, online tools, stress relief, and rewards Design, work situation, brand management and other resources
The period included in this article is from April to October 2015, with a total of 6 issues
[Reward Work] Fancy
The logo is a Popsicle is a multinational platform for selling designer works. As long as you have the genes of a designer, you will definitely spend money like crazy there. Even if you don’t spend money, you can still appreciate the works of these designers
【 Design material] Garden Mingchao
Garden Mingchao is a set of fonts from Japan. It is a font completed by an open source community that gathered the efforts of everyone. It is one of the few fonts with complete traditional Chinese characters. This set of fonts is characterized by elegance. , famous for their slenderness
[Online Tools] Online Calligraphy Generator
Calligraphy generators for major famous artists. Input a line of words and it will automatically convert it into famous calligraphy for you. After downloading, throw it into Illustrator and use it automatically. The tracing becomes a vector calligraphy character, and you can also directly download it as a memorized PNG file
[Design Material] Stockvault
A picture sharing website that not only allows designers and photographers to communicate with each other In addition to sharing your own photos, you can also place your own Google Adsense ads and Paypal donation box next to the photos. Even if no one donates to you, you can still make money through ads. It is about $1 for one thousand impressions. The premise is that you must upload 25 photos before you can activate this service. The photos on the Stockvault website are mainly provided for personal and non-commercial sales
[Online Tool] Paintings i love
This is a social networking site for illustrators to make friends through pictures. Come here to discuss drawings. There are as many drawing masters abroad as there are seas of people (I feel like I’m getting drunk
[Online Tool] Kubist
will The picture is turned into a crystal style in vector format. Kubist is a generator of vector crystals. After uploading the photo, it is directly turned into an [online tool] in the SVG format of the crystal. Each node can be freely edited, and the coloring can be single color or Gradient layer, suitable for designers to mass-produce library originals, use tutorials
【Font Design】justfont
Are you tired of looking at the fonts of Huakang and Wending? Come and take a look at the traditional Chinese of justfont team Font, a Taiwanese font that has raised more than 10 million yuan. As a designer, it is very logical to contribute to the traditional Chinese characters in Taiwan. Maybe it is to use bright and bold fonts for a long time, so see Jin Xuan may feel uncomfortable, but she still supports Taiwan’s own traditional Chinese characters. I hope #justfont can make more excellent traditional Chinese characters in the future
Designers who can use traditional Chinese characters, besides us, can we Who can support me
【Free software】oCam
It is a software that can record computer screens. It has simple and intuitive functions. It can record sound files. It has a Traditional Chinese interface. There is also a free installation file that can be downloaded. If you need to record For the teaching screen, you can use this set of free software
【Materials】 Emot.es
A website that contains tens of thousands of Japanese kaomoji and emoticons. I think back in the day when there were no Line stickers, we all relied on emoticons to send text messages. Picking up girls (mistakenly (°ㅂ ° ╬)
[Font design] medium
Apple iOS new version font review, Akinori Machino
[Illustration and painting] Owl illustration
Owl They are nocturnal prey animals. Their main characteristics are their standing posture, broad heads, amazing vision and hearing at night, and their most suitable feathers, which can provide silent flight. And the most charming thing is their nocturnal character. Unfortunately, in many countries, owls are often associated with evil spirits, culture, superstition, and darkness, and are often sacrificed for witchcraft. Even many animals and birds are used for superstitious religious purposes. Through the works of the author Chumbak, I hope to spread correct knowledge to help the preservation of these species.
【Font Design】hypesphere
You must be familiar with those movies, but you must not be unfamiliar with some of the most familiar strangers. I don’t know, six movie title design masters you must know
[Process Concept] Facebook
Do you know the production process of gasoline barrels? This video introduces a rare wheel welding technology that can A tool for smoothing welding points
【Exquisite craftsmanship】rocketnews24
Rubber band guns are no longer made of wood. Some gods made rubber band guns out of metal, and they can fire continuously. Taiwan is a good tool for self-defense! At least it is easier to carry than a folding stool
[Make your own experience] flyingv
This is a very high-quality notebook cover. The inner pages are filled in, and the back is blank. The recycled paper can be directly folded into a book. You can also download the layout of the inner pages and DIY your own printed notebook, graph paper, and calendar paper. It is a concept notebook that can be used for several years. It is for fundraising. The plan has been successful. If you are interested, you can take advantage of the bargain and get it now
[Design Materials] Distill
Free high-quality CC0 video downloads, which can be used for commercial purposes. 10 videos are updated every 10 days, and the video quality is high It’s quite high 720p or 1080p and the size is less than 30 MB
[Online tool] sneakpeekit
If you want to plan the mobile App UI by hand drawing, do you have to draw an outer frame first? It’s best to connect it to iPhome Draw all the appearance of the phone, so you can enjoy sketching. But now you don’t have to go to such trouble to draw the mobile phone frame yourself. This website provides you with the scratch paper of your mobile phone and browser, allowing you to print it out and sketch directly. The whole design is much more enjoyable. Improvement
[Design Materials] graphicstock
More than 250,000 graphics, backgrounds, illustrations, patterns, textures, templates, vectors [Design Materials], you can download 20 [Design Materials] for free every day after registration Design Materials], which can be downloaded for up to 7 days. A total of 140 pictures can be downloaded and used for free. Of course, you can also pay for them if necessary
[Design Materials] Docs.com
Microsoft's free file sharing The platform allows you to download reference resources such as Word, Excel, and PPT from around the world, and even PDF files are available. It has a Chinese interface, and many of them are designed templates that can be applied directly, which can effectively save a lot of work time
【Design Materials】Realistic Shots
There will be 7 free pictures every week. In addition to high-resolution photos, the texture is also very good and can be used for commercial purposes.
【Online Tools】 Goo.gl
The URL shortening service provided by Google. When you encounter a long list of URLs in the design, you will be tempted to grab the editor's lapels and "order a single URL". Now you don't have to go through so much trouble. Through this tool, you can directly shorten the URL. You can use it without registration. However, you need to enter a verification code every time you shorten a URL. Or you can directly log in to your gmail account to avoid entering the verification code. In addition, in the shortened URL After that, add a "+" symbol to know the number of times this short URL has been clicked. Please click on the example column on the right.
[Design Materials] Siyuan Heidi
Free collaboration between Google and Adobe The font can be used for commercial purposes and supports Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, and symbol components. This set of fonts has many thickness variations to choose from. The English name is Source Han Sans
【Online Tool] Free Background Removal
Online memorization website, after uploading the photo, you can easily remove the background image in the photo, and then download the PNG file format back.
【Online Tool】 Dropjar
This is a registration-free file upload space. What makes Jiejie feel most excited is that the background image of the website is a network of illustrations or photography works (it can also be considered an advertisement). It is quite pleasing to the eye, and the entire design soul has been Ignite, I think the Chinese name of this website should be called File Bottle, because the upload interface of the entire website is shaped like a bottle, and you can upload files up to 10 GB. After 7 days, the files will be lost like a bottle and disappear into the sea. , to avoid the risk of the file being leaked. There is a link to the author's website at the bottom right of each work. Since the advertisers placed are all illustrators or photographers, the advertising [design materials] placed are all above the standard, causing the entire website to There is no design, but it is also very pleasing to the eye. There are a lot of free spaces out there. Although the functions are similar, Dropjar will make Jiejie use it every time because there are surprising beautiful pictures to see.
[Online Tool] colorrrs
Press the space bar, the background color will be switched once, and the RGB color number of the color will appear. It is a simple small website. I can’t think of the main color style. I come here to drink coffee and click the space bar to find inspiration. Bar.
[Online Tool] Color lovers
Looking for a good website for color combinations, the introduction will introduce this website. It is not only a color matching tool, but also has the function of a community. You can Track the color matching style of a specific person, and you can also discuss color matching with everyone, or even ask everyone to do color matching. At the same time, it combines different graphics with different color combinations. This website is very suitable for everyone to find lustful friends (seems weird) Strange~ )
【Online Tool】wesendit
Transfer a file to a customer. The file is several gigabytes. What should I do? Wesendit is a website that can upload a single file up to 5 GB, and interestingly it is more than 7 days old. The file will explode by itself, no need to register, but after registration, you can increase the file upload size
[Online Tool] codesign
The draft is sent to the customer for viewing, and the customer says on the phone: It’s bigger here. , where to change the color, which part should be bigger, which blue should be changed to yellow, now this website allows you to upload the design draft, and the customer or supervisor can put the suggested modification points in the places that need to be modified, and These notes will become to-do items, which can be modified one by one and completed one by one. It is a great tool that is extremely efficient in proofreading.
[Online Tool] 500px
A must for photography enthusiasts There are a lot of amazing photography works in the famous work sharing community. Downloading their APP and installing it in your hand is equivalent to having the most complete photography album in the world. The interface is just like flipping through a book. A good tool for finding inspiration
[Online Tool] taaze
A good site for finding second-hand design books. In addition to general series of books, there are also very rare original design books or illustrated yearbooks. It is a good place to find treasures. , you can also put your unwanted books up for sale, download the App and scan the barcode of the books to sell them
[Process Concept] Facebook
Use 3D printing to make glasses, which look particularly beautiful under the light Beautiful
[Font Design] justfont
Mr. Akira Kobayashi, the author of "The Incredible Fonts", came to Taiwan to visit, take a walk with Akira Kobayashi's fonts, and discover the beautiful fonts in Taiwan's alleys
[Design Discount] istock
Members who purchase the istock annual library will receive a free three-month membership to Dropbox (worth NT$900). It feels like an interesting cross-industry cooperation, until 2016
[Web Design] windyty
The most beautiful weather dynamic picture in history, it is even more beautiful when there is a typhoon coming
[Online Tool] Swiffy
You can convert Flash SWF files into HTML5 format, so that it can be played directly on web pages and mobile phones. There is no need to install Flash player. This tool is provided by Google, and many cases have been solved by it. Come and convert the Flash animation at hand into Web format
[Online Tool] Kuler
A color matching website produced by Adobe. It finally has a Chinese version (dancing and dancing). Kuler has a lot of color combinations. After logging in to your Adobe account, you can Collect your favorite color combinations and put them directly into [Photoshop] or Illustrator color chips to use directly. You can even upload photos and let Kuler analyze the colors on them and convert them into your own color chip combinations. Of course, you can also share them with everyone as color matching. For reference, we can only say that let us admire Adobe (worship)
[Design materials] Gridzzly
Generate a grid on grid paper online and print it out! No need to buy grid paper Yes, this is very convenient for sketching and saves money. In addition to square grids, there are also dot and six-square diagrams to choose from.
[Course Teaching] Google Material Design
iOS Interface Design Specifications , all developers must read it first before talking about design. In addition to the mobile interface, you can also learn a lot about arrangement and color matching.
【Course Teaching】 iOS Human Interface Guidelines
Same as above, iOS Just change to Google (lazy heart + lai intentional cheating)
[Online Tool] WhatTheFont
When Jiejie sees beautiful fonts on the road, his whole design soul will be ignited, but also You can’t call them directly to ask them which font the designer used. Now you just need to upload the photos of the promotional text to the WhatTheFont website and it will analyze it for you and find the closest font, which is very convenient
【 Online tool] GIFYT
can convert all videos on YouTube into dynamic images in GIF format. Go to the GIFYT website and paste the URL of YouTube, then select the videos to be cut, and you can generate GIF files with just one click. , and also help you place a copy on the Internet picture bed for direct online viewing
【Online Tools】 Simple Sharing
Social button generator, you can generate codes with one click. Very simple and easy to use
【Online tool】 tinypng
Image compression, PNG, JPG image compression tool, it is the tool with the best compression ratio and the best compression ratio that I have ever used
[Online Tools] JotForm
Online form generator, which can be integrated into the website and can also set up online payment functions
[Online Tools] cloudconvert
Online image conversion File tool, supports a lot of file format interchange, including rare EPS, webp, AI, CDR, etc...
[Online Tools] sidebar
Five design-related news every day, send Sent to your inbox
[Online Tool] kraken
Image Compression Tool
[Online Tool] validator
Analyze whether your website complies with W3C standards
【Brand Management】Hand-made Auction
Online sales platform, you can sell your own works. The advantage is that you can easily put them on the shelves using your mobile phone. Currently, only basic cash flow fees are charged: 2.8% for credit cards, ATM virtual accounts It is free to use. In addition, there will be no restrictions on store pickup, face-to-face transfers, private transfers, etc.
[Design materials] Visionjie
A free photo gallery is added every day, which can be used via e -Subscribe by mail, and a thumbnail will be sent to you for downloading every month. According to the explanation of the webmaster, the photography skills will not necessarily become stronger, but the equipment will get better as you buy
【Design materials】 Fribbble
Illustrations, mobile UIs, and PSD files of various web page layouts are available for download
【Brand Management】behance
Adobe’s designer community, all over the world Designers, illustrators, photographers, industrial designers, multimedia directors, etc... all show their works on it and discuss each other's social networking sites. Advertising companies around the world hunt for talents on it
【Design Materials 】 psddd.co
A website where you can download PSD files. It has website UI, layout, buttons, icons, etc. The editor feels that the smoothness of the entire website is very good, and the texture of the [design materials] is also very good
[Design Materials] CG textures
Free natural library, stones, sky, textures, etc. People who need 3D textures can come here to dig for treasures
[Design Materials] Subtle Patterns
Seamless repeating shading, can be made into website background or even washi tape or wrapping paper
[Online tool] MakeAppicon
Quickly generate iOS and Android applications with one click Program icon
[Online Tool] Perfect Effects 3
A free photo post-production tool launched by on1, which is very intuitive
[Online Tool] Typewolf Can help you check what fonts are used in a specific web page, and help you find similar fonts
[Photoshop] FontAwesomePS
Plug-in tool, you can add a search panel in [Photoshop], just type mail, relevant icons will appear for you to choose, and then open it directly on your [Photoshop]
[Online Tool] Lorem Ipsum Generator
Generator of Chinese and English pseudonyms, proposal When sketching, you don’t need to type a bunch of ugly xxxxxx. Pasting fake text can be closer to the finished product, which can improve the success rate of proposal approval
【Photoshop】 Instagram Filters
Instagram abbreviated as IG is now The most popular photo sharing community, many young people love to use it, and its photo filter effects are very beautiful, and every agency likes them. There is a foreign god who has made these effects into [Photoshop] action files , you only need to perform actions to quickly change the style of the photo. It is one of the must-have tools for lazy people (it can also be said to be a tool for picking up girls and retouching photos)
【Design Materials】 Free Images
Provides a variety of There are free photo galleries to download. In addition, there are also some paid photo galleries that can be purchased. What is rare is that they have image classification. Generally, free photo websites rarely have classification functions
[Design materials] Mock Up Zones
in behance The above provides many [design materials] for business image layouts, including PSD files that can be downloaded and applied
[Course Teaching] Greyscalegorilla 3D Tutorials
Rich 3D courses, share with excellent creative works
[Design Materials] Vray Materials
When making 3D, you need to paste texture maps on the 3D objects to render a real image. Vray Materials provides a lot of textures [Design Materials] that can be downloaded and used
[Course Teaching] AdobeKnowHow
The well-known drawing software company Adobe provides online teaching resources. You can learn the latest technologies and techniques from many masters
[Industry Trends] inside 6 2015 Web Design Trends
[Industry Trends] redalemeden
Apple itunes icon changes over the years
[Web Design] I / O 3000
Included from all over the world Works of excellent web design
[Design materials] Moveast
A foreign person like the introduction released the photos he took so that everyone can freely download and use them. Although the picture quality is not very high, but the use It is definitely more than enough on the website
[Design materials] Pixeden
Provides layout and UI downloads, and even plug-ins can be downloaded. The interface of the entire website is very fresh and easy to use
[Course Teaching] Tuts+ Very rich [Photoshop] and Illustrator skill teaching courses, from easy to deep, whether you are a veteran or a novice, you can learn many new skills on this website
[Online Tools 】 Spruce It is very simple to add text to the picture. It is very suitable for making pictures on social networking sites. Upload a photo and enter the text directly and you are done
[Design material] UI Cloud Super huge user interface database, more than 50,000 UI components of different styles, free to download
[Brand Management] accupass
Activity pass, when you want to publish works or design Lectures and Events can help you handle registration, fees, statistics, refunds, sign-ins, etc. You only need to pay 2% of the registration fee. However, if you hold free lectures or presentations, you do not need to pay any fees.
【Online Tools】 pinterest
Short for Taste Wall, it is a network that can collect and organize visual design inspiration. You can even follow people who have the same hobbies as you and receive their newly collected beautiful pictures at any time.
[Course Teaching] Designer News
Includes articles by designers from all over the world, allowing you to grasp the opinions of foreign designers on current affairs, such as appearance, materials, UI, manufacturing processes, etc. after the Apple Watch is launched. , whether it is criticism or praise, people share their opinions
[Design materials] Seeklogo
This website collects a variety of corporate logos from around the world, and also provides vector files for everyone to download. , convenient for everyone to use
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The above is the latest update of the design notebook, it will be automatically updated until the introduction is terminated, or until I am too poor to pay the Internet fee...(ʘдʘ╬ )