There are hundreds of design blogs online, some come and some go, but there are the ones that continue to keep growing and keep offering invaluable information and resources for all designers. Whether you are a newbie or a much more seasoned graphic designer,these blogs which I personally follow all have something to suit you.
While browsing these blogs you will find a wide variety of Inspiration, Tutorials, web development/coding, logos & Typography, Freebies & Giveaways, Advice & Discussion, design news, and even work. I have personally enjoyed reading these blogs on a daily basis during the past year. As this is a personal list of mine, I have also included my own favourite blog post from each of these blogs.
I hope you enjoy them and gain as much use out of them as I do.
Design Reviver | How to Create Brilliant Light Streaks in Photoshop
Hongkiat.com | How Web 2.0 Logos Are Drawn (Photoshop)
WebDesignerWall | 30 Untypical WordPress Sites
Line25 | How to Convert a Photoshop Mockup to XHTML/CSS
webdesigner depot | 12 Essential Rules to Follow When Designing a Logo
Smashing Magazine | 30 Scripts For Galleries, Slideshows and Lightboxes
myInkBlog.com | 10 Awesome Free Handwritten Fonts
Six Revisions | Social Sketches: Exclusive Free Hand-Sketched Icon Set
YouTheDesigner | 12 Twitterrific Twitter Background Designs
Fudge Graphics | Tutorial: Create A Retro Cosmic Design in Photoshop
noupe | Sexy Drop Down Menu w/ jQuery & CSS
Fuel Your Creativity | 30 Dual Element Logos, Do You See Them All?
speckyboy| A Collection of Useful Web Design Wireframing Resources
Smashing apps | The Colorful Showcase Of Beautiful Typography
Design M.ag | Easy Display Switch with CSS and jQuery
CrazyLeaf | Designing a stylish contact form for your portfolio
Design Was Here | 80+ Inspiring Quotes about Design
Naldz Graphics | 850+ Super Cool Tech Brushes for Photoshop
PSD Fan | Making the ‘Clean Grunge’ Blog Design
inspiredology | 30 Black and White Websites
Blog spoon graphics | 50 Illustrator Tutorials Every Designer Should See
Lee Munroe | 25 Hot Female Web Designers
Design Shard | 19 Awesome Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials
Blog of Francesco Mugnai | The Ultimate Setup For Any Freelancer
2 Expert Design |Desktop Wallpapers for Minimalist Lovers
Photoshop Lady | The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials 2009
1st webdesigner | How to create free e-mail account with Your domain name?
Tutorial King | Displacement Effect Tutorial in Photoshop
Designrfix | 40+ Beautiful Fish Inspired Logos
Web Design Booth |15 Tips And Plugins To Monitor, Speed Up And Optimize Your Wordpress Blog
Sharebrain | 1000 free web icons in one package
Script & Style | Submit Article
Skelliewag | Tutorial: How to Write a Viral-ready Article in 2 Hours Flat
Lost In The Woods | 5 Extentions to Convert Your Joomla! to a blog
Mac app storm | 6 Excellent Archiving Utilities for Mac
psd tuts+ | How to Create Glass Transparency in a Cute Photo Manipulation
Pro Blog Design |25 Ways to Spice Up Blog Post Photos
Colorburned | The Evolution of a Design Blog
Design Informer | Lorem Ipsum is Killing Your Designs
PSD Vault | Design a Snowy Rock Text Effect in Photoshop
The Common Hoster | Hacking Is Easier Than You Think
Web Expedition 18 | Interview With LasT Web Designer Antonio Fullone
Creativity Den | The six fundamental ways of adding depth to your designs
abduzeedo Abduzeedo 2010 Logo Design
Tutorial9 | Your Rights as a Photographer
Little Box Of Ideas |61 Quirky And Absolutely Cuckoo Character Logo Inspirations
Janko At Warp Speed | Register without registration form
Just Creative Design | Why logo design does not cost $5.00
Logo Design Love | 33 Logos in 33 Minutes
Did I miss any? If you know of a really useful design blog which I haven’t discovered yet, please let me know in the comment section below.
About The Author:
 Michelle Kirkbride | Michelle Kirkbride has many years of experience as a web developer & consultant, she currently lives in Yorkshire, UK with her two beautiful children and loving partner. She spends far too much time at her computer and is currently addicted to her work. |
WOW this list is massive, thanks a lot. I read most of these myself already but you have do have some on your list that I have not seen yet, so will be taking a look around them now.
Superb list! And thanks for the education in British slang. Never knew I was a boffin.
Thanks for your comments.
haha Mari I was going to go with egg head but I preferred boffin
When I think about how much I hated being called a boffin at school and now I see it as a compliment.
Amazing roundup, thanks
amazing blog…thanks a lot:)