Advertising.pdf
Art of Design.pdf
Graphic Design Basics.pdf
Poster.pdf
Book "Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon
Don't take the title literally, but it is a very useful book explaining how to be creative
Inspiration vs. Plagiarism
- How to Get Ideas Without Stealing
- Video Inspiration vs. Plagiarism
INSPIRATION
Excellent Ads
Daily design inspiration: https://abduzeedo.com/ – always look at and analyze good design
Ads of the World
Good Print Ads
Cars Creative Ads
... and just google "Best print ads"
FREE IMAGES
Although, do not focus your entire design on a good found photo, free or not free
8 Days (the list is a little down the page)
9 Resources for High-Quality Images
Yandex.ru (Russian, English)
Adobe Stock Images Free for One Month (you have to create account)
FREE FONTS
fonts.google.com
fonts for designers
1001freefonts.com
dafont.com
fontsquirrel.com
acidfonts.com
netfontes.com
photoshopsupport.com
MOCKUPS
There are several sites with free mockups, if you need some.
https://www.mockupworld.co (most are free)
https://www.freepik.com/free-psd/mockup (with daily limit)
RANDOM USEFUL LINKS
15 Graphic Design Trends for 2019 – you always have to know the latest trends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM7XB0oUP7k (14 min)
Typography and Design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBoVoj5jLfc (16 min)
10 Typography and Design Tips for Beginners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAAbMj_vaW8 (9 min)
Common Design Mistakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOA0WH00reA (10 min)
Simple Tips to IMPROVE your Design
(several examples of how move your design from good to perfect)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zf7pBjCaU (10 min)
Corporate or branding identity
If you have a campaign, corporate identity, or any project with several pieces, you will arrange the pieces together, approximately like here:
https://www.davidairey.co.uk/work
Business card
If you need it: https://visme.co/blog/business-card-design-inspiration
TECHNICAL STUFF
SOFTWARE TUTORIALS
Photoshop
Illustrator
OPTIMIZING IMAGES
8 Days Including sites with free images (down the page)
Videos:
Creating images with transparent background (PNG file)
Choosing the Right Images for your Website
Resize Image for Web
Files optimization:
How to prepare your images and other files for the web (including file names rule)
CAST SHADOW
Shadow configuration:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BN96bwHufuc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tcvp2zcScn8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW2XP1jpuPE
Shadows in Illustrator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNJICB_wW6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2SRGErPjhY
Or:
You can put the boxes in Photoshop and create shadows there
Shadows in Photoshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOB8k2sEbTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dunCEiRscU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft5TP0taDJU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TuhBcN9k8w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ7UAzFv17c