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Bookmarks.design - A curated list of resources in one place to help designers
Design Resources - A curated list of tools in one place to help designers
Design Resources Center - Remote Jobs Center, tools, and resources
Design Things - Design checklists, resources, tips and tricks, interview prep
Evernote Design Bookmarks - directory of design resources, tips, inspiration, etc
MockupPlus - Recommended Top 25 User Flow Tools
Poster prompts to avoid Design-isms - Explains alternative words/ descriptions to use to communicate with non-designers about who you are and what you're doing. For the tldr; poster version, check out this Twitter Post
Rainbow Spreadsheet - Super helpful to track what you’re doing while user testing
Research Tools Map - Best user research tools to find gaps and overlaps in your stack
UI/UX Glossary - List of UIUX terms, you can also check out this site's Terms to Know
Kids' Computer Essentials: Graphic Design - The resource's primary audience is for kids, but is a great start for anyone interested in Graphic Design fundamentals. Includes notable interactive learning sites in the "Learn Graphic Design" section.
UX Hunting Kit - directory for 100% free, tried, and true design job-getting tools
UX Library - UX Articles, Books, Resources, & More
Bolded resources are free for personal/ commercial use without needing attribution
Abstrakt Illustrations - Attribution or link to abstrakt.design needed. Has a “Pro” upgrade
Avataaars - Use with SketchApp. Free for personal and commercial use
Black Illustrations - Diverse illustrations featuring Black folks
Blush - Free for personal/commercial use, no attribute needed
Bottts - Robot illustrations, free for personal/commercial use. Compatible with sketch
Clak! - Clean and free graphical illustrations, but must link back to is.graphics when using
Charko - Free set of 16 illustrations good for web apps
Composable - Isometric design builder. Free as .png, but $5 for SVG
Delesign - Free and fully customizable illustrations
Drawkit - Free vector SVGs, no attribute required
Fresh Folk - Free for personal/commercial use, requires attribution. Organic people forms
GetIllustrations - updated weekly. Free and paid options. Attribution required for paid options
Glaze - Free for personal/commercial use, requires attribution
Google AutoDraw - Suggests free icons from your rough scribbles. Downloadable as .png files. Must attribute
Humaaans - Highly popular Mix/match of people. Free for personal/commercial use, requires attribution
Icon Scout - high-quality Icons, Illustrations and Stock photos
Illustrations.co - large set of free and open source images, no attribution needed
IRA Designs - Illustrations free but require attribution
Isometric - Free isometric SVGs for personal/commercial use. MIT License, no attribute needed
Kapwing 404 - Great 404 page illustrations, editable and watermark removable
Lapa Ninja - Very useful and extensive list of open-source illustrations
Lukaszadams Illustrations - Free vector SVGs, no attribute required
Manypixels - Free for personal/commercial use, no attribute needed
Mega Doodles Pack - Can share, change, and use illustrations but needs attribution
Noun Project - Easily find relevant icons, and can be copied/downloaded as .png, .svg, or .pdf. Also has Desktop app. Attribution required
Open Doodles - Free for personal/commercial use, no attribute needed. Line and single-color people-illustrations
Open Peeps - Free for personal/commercial use, no attribute needed
Phonies - Set of 8 BW illustrations. Can’t be used within commercial logos, but can alter illustrations. No attribution required
Pixeltrue - SVGs and animations, Free for personal/commercial use, no attribute needed
Sketchvalley - Free for personal/commercial use, no attribute needed
Streamline Lab - Free for personal/commercial use, but requires attribution
Stubborn.fun - Free for personal/commercial use, no attribute needed
Scribbles - 100+ vector illustrations, free for personal/commercial use
UI Store Design - Free hand-picked UI Design resources. Varying attribution requirements
Undraw.co - Free for personal/commercial use, no attribute needed. Also available as an Adobe XD plugin
Vectorcreator - Free for personal/commercial use, requires attribution and link to Icons8
Vector Illustrations - Free for personal/commercial use, requires attribution and link to Icons8
Website Planet - Free icons for personal/commercial use, but some require attribution
Unsplash - Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project.
Pexels - Has lots of ads
Google Images - Search for a term → Tools (under search icon in searchbar) → Usage Rights → Labeled for Reuse
Is.graphics - Includes open source graphics, mockups, and photos
MockupWorld - Can mock up your designs in open-source pre-made 3D
PlaceIt - Needs subscription
SceneLab - Good for high-quality physical, photorealistic mockups and cloud-hosted. Free templates can be exported without watermarks if under 800px. You don’t have to login to make mockups but you do have to login if you want to upload images
UI Store Design - Mockups
Cacoo - for teams, paid after 14 day free trial. Really good for flowcharts and easily exportable.
FlowMapp - Free up to 3 boards, 100 MB space, and 50 pages.
GlooMaps - Free without needing to login. Different layout styles (tree/map view, outline view). Very easy to use and free to export.
Miro - Free up to 3 boards. Good for customer journey maps.
Mural - Free trial for 30 days, then $12/mos.
Octopus.do - Sitemap builder, with easy to add blocks and well-organized interface.
UXPressia - Customer journey mapping tool, easy to use.
XTensio - Free up to 1 board. Good for making User Personas.
Notion - Collaborative, has to-do-lists, IOS and android apps available, desktop apps available. Free personal plan using .edu email
Monday - Work Operating System (Work OS) that powers teams to run projects and workflows
Trello - project organization, automation, and management
Adobe Colors - Color wheel, also able to extract palettes from image. Can be linked to Adobe account
Coolors - Color palette generator, can tweak and save palettes. Very easy to use