20+ Important Feeds for Freelance Designers
In order to stay sharp in your current industry it pays to be up-to-date on the aspects that define the skill-sets you need to work on the most. Freelance designers aren’t any different to any other professional within the same profession, we all need to get the most out of the best design and development resources available.
Here you have over 20 feeds that will help you on your freelance design journey. Take a look at a few, decide which ones benefit you the most and subscribe to them.
Net Tuts +
Nettuts+ is a site aimed at web developers and designers offering tutorials and articles on technologies, skills and techniques to improve how you design and build websites. They cover HTML, CSS, Javascript, CMS’s, PHP and Ruby on Rails.
Six Revisions
Six Revisions is a website that publishes practical and useful articles for designers and web developers. They seek to present exceptional, noteworthy tips, tutorials, and resources that the modern web professional will appreciate.
FreelanceSwitch
FreelanceSwitch is a community of expert freelancers from around the world. If you’ve got a job you need doing, you can put up a free job ad on our job board to find a professional designer, developer, blogger, photographer, illustrator or virtually any other type of freelancer! If you’re a freelancer, whether brand new or seasoned veteran, this is the place to get all the information and support you need!
CSS Tricks
CSS-Tricks is a great site about mostly, well, CSS. It offers a wide range of subjects that cater to those with minimal to advanced experience. The blog was started and continues to be maintained by Chris Coyier a web designer with vast expereince and who has a facination with CSS.
Fuel Your Creativity
This gem is the place to turn to when you’re having one of your “I’m-going-to-implode-if-I-don’t-get-an-idea-soon” moments. Don’t lie. You know you have them. Ultimately Fuel Your Creativity strives towards producing well informed content for those searching for new ideas, inspiration, and more.
WebDesignerDepot
Webdesigner Depot is an exciting new platform designed to explore different web and graphic design techniques, great examples and best practices.
I’m Just Creative
Read I’m Just Creative if you’re looking for valuable and reputable advice on the conception of a logo from all stages including the beginning and the finalization. The blog is run by Graham, a 25 years of experience freelance identity designer.
SpyreStudios
SpyreStuidos is an amazing resource for up-to-date design related articles that conform to todays industry. Here you will find various web design and development posts that spark up discussions and challenge the minds of the readers.
DesignersCouch
A new design group for the world’s most progressive creative minds. DesignersCouch is a haven for designers who wish to showcase their portfolio on a professional platform, network with some of the industry’s best, and seek inspiration and knowledge from their peers.
PSD Tuts +
Psdtuts+ is a blog/Photoshop site made to house and showcase some of the best Photoshop tutorials around. We publish tutorials that not only produce great graphics and effects, but explain the techniques behind them in a friendly, approachable manner.
FreelanceFolder
FreelanceFolder is a community for freelancers, entrepreneurs, work-at-home business owners, and web-workers. They strive to bring you the articles, information, and community you need to succeed.
Vectips
Vectips is a site dedicated to Adobe Illustrator® tips, tricks, and tutorials. Whether you are a seasoned Illustrator user or just starting out, Vectips can help.
PSD Fan
PSDFan offers great resources on Photoshop, speciafically speaking tutorials, and unique articles. They offer a variety of freebies, industry specific interviews and much more.
Abduzeedo
Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look for inspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, with a special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. Of course there are other softwares conteplated like Pixelmator, Fireworks, and web design tutorials.
Think Design
This is a graphic design blog, aiming to bring you freebies, resources, inspiration and much more. This site was created by Nick Pagano, the (only) designer for Think Four Graphic Design.
Tutorial 9
Tutorial9 is a collection of teachers, experts, and caring folk from around the world, all gathered in one place to pass along our knowledge to absolutely anyone interested in learning. They’ve been in the Tutorial business for quite some time now. Many authors at Tutorial 9 have been teaching online since 2004, while others have taught in classroom environments and seminars.
Web Design Ledger
The Web Design Ledger is a publication written by web designers for web designers. The primary purpose of this site is to act as a platform for sharing web design related knowledge and resources. Topics range from design inspiration to tips and tutorials and everything in between.
Design Newz
Design-Newz is a site that features articles, resources and tutorials written by designers and developers just like you! We hope you’ll find this site useful – all articles featured on this site have been hand-picked by us to ensure the highest quality and usefulness! Simply click on a link to visit the source article or browse this site by tags.
The Design Cubicle
The blog not only aims to teach, inspire and help other designers, but also focuses on client education and design awareness, while showcasing my work, creative processes and personal practices.
Vandelay Design
This blog is an avid provider of top-notch articles in design. They strive to produce quality content that will strike the curiosity of designers from all around the world.
DesignM.ag
DesignM.ag is a community-based website for web designers and developers. The site includes a popular blog, a user-submitted news section, a design gallery, and a design job board.
Smashing Magazine
Founded in September 2006, Smashing Magazine delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers. Their aim is to inform our readers about the latest trends and techniques in Web development. They try to convince you not with the quantity but with the quality of the information we present.
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July 17th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Great resources! I’ve subscribed to this feed and some of the ones you’ve mentioned.