{"id":24113,"date":"2017-09-06T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getflywheel.com\/?p=24113"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:43:46","slug":"fantastic-free-design-resources","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/resources\/fantastic-free-design-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Fantastic Free Design Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are tons of brilliant designers in the world, many of whom have worked hard to create great free design resources for the rest of us in the design community! Some are pretty well known, and others are hidden gems in the virtual land of the world wide web. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019ve scoured the internet for user-friendly and design-inspired freebies, and wanted to share some inspiring resources made by designers for designers<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <a href=\"https:\/\/coolors.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coolors<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create color palettes in a snap! Coolors is made and maintained by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_fbrz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fabrizio Bianchi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This great tool helps create, save, and share color schemes with the click of a button. You can add a Google Chrome extension, Adobe add-on, get the ISO app, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flatuicolorpicker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flat UI Color Picker<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbaimas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vasilis Baimas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> created this simple and dynamic color scheme creator that\u2019s great for color inspiration or creating themes. Simply search for the color you\u2019re looking for or browse what\u2019s been recently added!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <a href=\"http:\/\/qrohlf.com\/trianglify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trianglify<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qrohlf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quinn Rohlf<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has a great JavaScript library that you can use to create triangular artwork as SVG images or CSS backgrounds. If you\u2019re not much of a coder, you can use <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/qrohlf.com\/trianglify-generator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a generator<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to create the output for you and then simply download to your desktop. There\u2019s even a walkthrough to help you understand the math behind the artistry<\/span>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <a href=\"https:\/\/dribbble.com\/Jung_Hanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hanna Jung on Dribbble<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hanna Jung is a designer who has TONS of freebies on Dribbble, including animations, icons, and wonderful UI concepts. If you haven\u2019t stumbled across her work before, you need to check it out!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. <a href=\"http:\/\/fontawesome.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Font Awesome<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Font Awesome has fantastic vector icons perfect for every designer, all thanks to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davegandy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dave Gandy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This awesome tool is free and development-friendly to keep your design work moving at top speed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebiesbug.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freebiesbug<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pacovitiello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pasquale Vitiello<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the man behind the genius of Freebiesbug\u2014a site filled to the brim with all kinds of freebies for designers. As you browse around, you\u2019ll find it\u2019s filled with Photoshop files, Illustrator files, code snippets, digital sketches, and more for you to download (or contribute something yourself, if you\u2019re feeling up for it!)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. <a href=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Local<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local is our own way of giving back to the development community\u2014it\u2019s a free local WordPress development app that makes setting up a test environment incredibly fast and easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stop debugging local environments and spend more time designing, developing, and launching WordPress sites with Local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested? <a href=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Local for free<\/a> today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to all the designers who are out there lending a helping hand by creating free design resources to the rest of us to enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/tiff.herokuapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/figure><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are tons of brilliant designers in the world, many of whom have worked hard to create great free design resources for the rest of us in the design community! 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