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Self-marketing

Market your personal brand more effectively by using the PDF template to tell clients your story and embed the 99designs badge on your website to link back to your 99designs profile.

• PDF folio
• 99designs icons

Organization

Use the following tools to better organize your workflow and save you the stress.

• 6 free online tools to make your life easier
• 10 organization apps that will keep you efficient

Use these quick references for your next design masterpiece.

Stock images / photography

• 30 free public domain image websites
• 4 things you need to know about stock images
• 99webinar: working with stock imagery
• 10 free vintage flower illustrations

Typography

• 20 free tools for better typeface pairing
• Boost your skills with these fun typography games
• 6 free geometric fonts you need in your toolkit
• 39 logo fonts every designer should know

Illustration

• How to transform illustrations into digital vectors

Mockups

• 4 professional mock-up alternatives for showing off your work
• PSD mockup templates from Pixeden

Add-ons

• 5 best productivity plugins for Adobe Illustrator
• 10 must-have iPhone apps for designers
• 6 super-useful Chrome extensions for designers
• 8 free Photoshop brushes you need right now

Illustrator

• How to create unique typography with Illustrator's 3D tools
• How to create PNG files of your logo in Illustrator
• Create your own pattern swatch in 5 easy steps with Illustrator

Photoshop

• Wrap dazzling effects around your subject in Photoshop
• Make a flowing liquid effect in Photoshop
• How to make a simple 3D text effect in Photoshop
• Create your own Instagram filter in Photoshop
• Make a 3D packaging mockup in Photoshop
• 12 design tutorials to buff up your skills for the new school year

InDesign

• How to downsave Illustrator and InDesign files
• Create a magazine article spread with InDesign

Miscellaneous resources

• Freedesignresources.net
• SpoonGraphics miscellaneous free resources

Inspiration

Get inspired by the beautiful work of your fellow designers:

 

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