Designers always need resources to create stunning and professional projects. Whether you are a graphic designer, UI/UX designer, or an experienced designer from a different industry, you will learn a lot from this blog. This blog had 8 websites initially but we updated it and now the list has the top 15 websites that are very useful for designers.
These super useful websites for every designer will help you to create beautiful designs and will save your valuable time.
Here we are sharing the list of websites that will help in doing your work easier, faster, and better.
15 Useful Websites Designers
We have divided these top 15 websites for designers in few categories under.
Creative Design Resources
1. Canva
It is a best website for designing. Even you don’t have any experience you can create lots of things like: social media posts, covers, logos, visiting cards, videos, presentations etc. There are different types of templates in Canva. Anyone can edit them easily. You can add images, modify text and even use videos. It is very easy to use website.
Official Website: https://www.canva.com/
2. Creative Market
Another site is Creative Market. It is very popular among designers. On this site, we can easily buy and sell images and designs at good prices. It offers an easy account creation process.
URL: https://creativemarket.com/
Stock Images & Icons
3. Unsplash
If you need free of cost and high-quality images then Unsplash has a huge collection of photos. Images on Unsplash give a professional touch and all are copyright free. It is the best website for searching large size and royalty-free photos for your next project.
4. Shutterstock
It is a paid platform. Shutterstock offers a huge collection of images, videos, icons, and graphics for your projects. Additionally, it offers AI features powered by Firefly to create images instantly.
URL: https://www.shutterstock.com/
5. Freepik
Freepik has both free and paid plans. The best thing we like about it is its huge free library for us. You can get different file formats in its library. From vector to psd document, you can download the files easily. It also has AI image generator tool which gives 20 free AI images per day.
Design Inspiration
6. Behance
It is a great platform where designers can upload their portfolios. Designers from all over world share their projects here and also find inspiration. You can explore the industry trends on it. It is one of the top online sites to follow for designers. It has best collection for inspiration on brand identity, web ads, posters, mockups, mobile UI, web UI, and even motion graphics. Benhance is also a good platform to get freelance work.
Check one of our students work on Behance: https://www.behance.net/sanakhaldy97
7. Dribbble
Dribble offers a wide community of top designers and professionals. You can follow Dribble to get feedback on your work. It also has a dedicated job section to find out freelance or full-time job options. So, it’s a great self-promotion and networking website for designers.
8. Pixabay
Next on the list is Pixabay.com. This site gives access to free photography and film footage along with royalty-free music and sound effects. It has a wide range of visuals that any designer can use for personal as well as commercial projects.
URL: https://pixabay.com/
9. Pinterest
Pinterest brought a new concept of virtual pinboards. Every post becomes a pin and goes inside a board. It started in 2009 and remains a popular choice among people who are in creative fields. Graphic designers, photographers, interior designers, fashion designers, and even food bloggers, wedding planners, and social media marketers use this site. It is a nice place for design inspiration, publishing your work, and becoming a brand.
You can check our official page on Pinterest for an idea: https://in.pinterest.com/admecinstitute/
Color Tools
10. Coolors
It is very hard to find the right colors for the designs. Coolers make this work easy for you. It generates the color pallets based on color schemes. Not only this, you can extract colors directly from a picture and make a custom color pallet for you. You can also generate beautiful gradients.
URL: https://coolors.co/
11. Adobe Color
Another website is coming from the umbrella of Adobe. It is one of the top favorite sites for designers to create color palettes. Designers can create new color themes and extract colors & gradients from images.
Mock-ups & Prototyping
12. Figma
For prototyping, Figma comes on top every time. Figma is a modern tool for collaborative designing. Best for creating UI designs and prototypes for websites and mobile apps. Using it, you can work with multiple people in real time.
You can learn it in a few days from our experts. Check our Figma program.
13. Adobe XD
Another popular vector-based design tool is XD from Adobe. This tool helps designers in UI designing, prototyping, and making mockups for mobiles and web. To master it, you can explore our Adobe XD course.
Please note: Both Figma and Adobe XD offers great features for modern UI designing like prototyping, coloration, and sharing the data. But Figma comes with Figjam which makes it better over XD. Figjam enables live collaboration means we can work on same project file with multiple people at the same time.
Typography Resources
14. Font Squirrel
Typography is equally important in all types of designs. Every designer who works visually must have a good set of font families. Font Squirrel solves your font-related problems. It provides thousands of high-quality and free fonts. You can give a stylish and professional look to your work using them. It also helps you make your custom font.
URL: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/
15. Google Fonts
Google offers a free font library through the website Google Fonts. It is a free website to download fonts.
URL: https://fonts.google.com/
Bonus Resources
Here we are sharing some more online resources for you to use while working on projects:
Grammarly
You can use Grammarly to reduce grammatical errors or spelling mistakes in the typography.
Blogs by experienced designers from ADMEC
We would encourage you to read our blogs on ADMEC website and our education partner channel website i.e. GDI or Graphic Design Institute.
All of the blogs are full of valuable knowledge. Our senior experts from, UI/UX design training, graphic design, and professionals from other design professions have shared their thoughts in them.
Conclusion
These websites are like friends for any designer. They help designers to work smarter and save their time. We recommend them all to use whether you are a beginner or pro in designing field.
If you are looking for professional training in graphic designing, UI UX, textile, architecture, interior, etc. then you can contact us.
At our ADMEC Multimedia Institute we have both short and long duration training program. Classes usually take place on weekdays but we have weekends and fast track modes too. You can also attend session online. For classroom training, our training centre is located in Sector 7, Rohini, New Delhi, India. You can contact for details on +91 981818122 or whatsapp ADMEC directly.
