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Web Design Resources

Dec 16, 20076 Comments

As a web designer, it is important to have resources that help you stay on top of the latest trends and technologies. Below is a list of sites that will help you do just that.

You The Designer

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You The Designer is the ultimate resource for web designers. This blog provides a steady stream of helpful tips, free files, and design inspiration.

Your Design Forums

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Your Design Forums is a great place to meet and network with fellow web designers. It is quickly becoming a great place to discuss graphic design related topics.

BittBox

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BittBox has a ton of easy to follow Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials as well as free high-quality brushes, vector art, and fonts. The site has only been around for a year, but has quickly become one of the first stops of designers looking for helpful stuff.

Web Designer Wall

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Web Designer Wall is a great place to find tutorials and the occasional freebie. If you can’t find something useful in the content, the design of the site alone should be enough to inspire you.

Smashing Magazine

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Smashing Magazine focuses on delivering quality over quantity, and they succeed in doing so. There are lots of good tutorials on the site, along with long compiled lists of other resources.

Tutorial Blog

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Tutorial Blog began as a Photoshop tutorial only site, but now they cover a wide range of web design related topics.

A List Apart

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A List Apart has been around since 1998 with content focusing on web standards and usability. The professionalism and quality of articles of this online magazine might make it the best resource for web designers.

Digital Web Magazine

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Digital Web Magazine is another site that has been around for a while. With over 390 articles and 218 contributors, there is a wealth of information for web designers to take in.

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  1. Beto Dec 18, 2007

    Thanks for all of these resources!

  2. Brian Jan 1, 2008

    These links are great additions to my “Resources” bookmark folder! Now I have to add more time for weekly research. Thanks!

  3. jman Jan 22, 2008

    This is terrific! Great work!

  4. Marian Mar 13, 2008

    Thank you! With people like you sharing your helpful links, it makes my job easier. Marian

  5. Kunal shah Apr 17, 2008

    Really appreciate work!

  6. minanube Dec 18, 2008

    Bookmarked :D

    thanks for sharing it

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About Henry

Henry Jones is a web designer and developer living in Kingsport, Tennessee. He has over seven years of experience in the web industry and a background in 3D animation.

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