5 Tools to Improve Your Graphic & Website Designs
Photo: JJ Ignotz
I got a great question from Susan Lynn Bragg:
“I’m not a graphic designer, but I want to improve. How did you get started?”
My biggest passion is teaching… so here’s a video with how to improve your work as a designer!
Great design is invisible.
While it may feel intuitive and natural to most audiences, the creator’s process to final product is often messy and full of trials and errors. Included below are some of my favorite design tools for you to continue to grow!
Unsplash
Unsplash.com provides beautiful, free photos.
They are a step above many of the paid options, and not restricted by licensing. Now integrated with Squarespace, you can easily add gorgeous (and free) stock photography to your website!
Pexels
Pexels.com provided the best free stock videos.
Video backgrounds are very captivating on websites — but it’s often hard or expensive to create your own footage.
Explore what’s possible for your unique stories.
Noun Project
TheNounProject.com has the most diverse collection of free icons and stock photos.
Now integrated with Canva, you can find over 5 million art-quality icons and free stock photos! Use icons to universally convey your message—it makes your designs easier to understand, regardless of language barriers.
Canva
Easily create beautiful designs for web and print from stunning templates.
Canva is a drag and drop graphic design tool—and it’s very easy to create a Brand Kit (or style guide) to keep your materials consistently branded!
For example, we recreated the thumbnails for Natalie Weiss’ Breaking Down the Riffs and blog graphics for Marisa Corcoran Copy.
Domestika
Domestika.org is the largest community for creatives.
Learn and share from anywhere with online courses taught by the best professionals in the world of design!
