Free PSDs & Resources for Web Designers by Orman Clark Free Icons: 50 Best Sites To Find Beautiful And Useful Free Icons Wouldn’t it be awesome if those icons were free? Well, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve scoured the interwebs to find 50 of the best sites for free, but beautiful, icons. Definitely bookmark this resource, because it’s sure to become your go-to fave when finding icons for website design, web applications, infographics, and desktops. But the uses don’t stop there. You can also use icons found on these sites to spice up your social media images, to illustrate the information on your slideshows, to enhance your business cards and stationery, to brighten up your menus, or to make your flyer pop. Did I mention that all of these icons are free to use? If a site does require attribution, you can add a link back in your footer or on your About Me page. Without further preamble, here’s a list of where to find icons for all your graphic design projects: Smashing Magazine is one of best resources for finding high quality, exclusive icons. Searching for icons is easy on Iconfinder. That’s right.
4 Clever Color Combinations Looking for inspiration to make your design stand out? Using colors effectively can be a great way to achieve beautiful, eye catching designs. Thanks to the endless combinations of hues available on the color wheel, designers have access to a world of unusual and exciting color combinations. Don’t be afraid to experiment, the genius of color is its ability to evoke feelings and emotion – which is one of the key ingredients of creativity! Choosing colors that work well together before you start designing is a great way to achieve visual harmony. Here are four beautiful colour combinations to get you started. The combination of two warm and two cooler colors will create a calm balance to your design. Using a rich, darker color for your base (4D4D4D) is a nice way to form contrast to fellow, lighter layers. The pastel color group brings with it the visual illusion of femininity, and can often appear a little washed out – apply a stronger tone if you find your message getting lost in the dust.