11 Best Design Resources Released This Week
By Liam McKay / on February 3rd, 2014 / in Featured, Resources, Resources of the Week, RoundupIt’s been a great week if you’re a fan of quality digital design goods. Here’s my round up of some of the most useful free and premium design goodies release in the past week or so, in no particular order.
Pointer – Illustrator Art Brushes
Pointer by Sam Jones is a flexible set of 30 art brushes to easily convert any path or shape into a handy stylised arrow with one click. A very useful resource to have and only $4. A must have for sure.
Pointer in Action
Sketch Text Effect PSD
This PSD template uses smart objects to create a realistic sketch effect for any text or shape. The file includes 3 different styles with changeable color via adjustment layer. Very unique and totally free.
Flatties Vol 3
Flatties by UIParade is on it’s 3rd release. There has already been two awesome packs of icons released and this 3rd set helps make the Fatties icons some of the most beautiful, and useful icons around.
CraftType – 3D Sign Painting Actions
CraftType by RetroSupply is a unique pack of various actions and resources to help you create the look of hand painted 3D signs. You have full control over how the effect looks and it comes with some useful instructions. Dustin has also put together a handy video overview:
CraftType Video Example
Free Hand Made Patterns
These Hand Made Patterns by Lane Kinkade were released for free on Dribbble. I wasn’t familiar with Lane’s work, but I’m a fan now.
Budicon -850 Scalable Vector Icon
Budicon an extensive set of 850 Scalable Vector Icons. Available as vector shapes and delivered in 5 sizes, optimized for mobile, web & interface design. $39 for 850 icons is a very fair price.
3 Free Geometric Patterns
3 Free Geometric Patterns is a set of 3 geometric backgrounds that is free to be used in your personal projects only. They file consists of three 2500 x 2500 px (at 300 dpi) jpg files and three fully editable ai files. They can easily be integrated into any web or print project.
Freelance Survival Kit
Freelance Survival Kit. It’s tough being a one-person show can be rough, especially when you’re just getting started. That’s why we’ve crafted a product specifically for those hungry to learn the tools of the trade. From expert advice articles on billing clients, legitimizing your business, and becoming a social media powerhouse, all the way to popular Arsenal products like vectors, templates and tutorials.
Free iPhone 5s MockUp
iPhone 5s Mockup. What we have here is a photo based mock-up of an iPhone 5s created by Banku. As usual, the templates use smart objects so you can easily drag and drop your design.
Streamline Icons. 1640 Icons!
Streamline Icons. These icons are made in the iOS7 style and are probably the largest set you can get your hands on. It goes without saying these are a must have for anybody designing or building mobile apps, but they can be used in so many other ways.
Industry Inc. Layered Typeface
Industry Inc comprises numerous stand-alone styles along with a layered type system. Think of it as a toolbox equipping designers with extensive typographic options and combinations.
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— Liam McKay (@liammckay) February 3, 2014
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I keep a collection of design resources that I find via my regularly updated Digital Goods Pinterest Board. Check it out if if you are interested in seeing more fresh design resources just like these.
You can also take a look at the previous posts in this series for more quality goods Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5 and even Week 6.