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Color generator using Google’s image search.

74

#colors

Alex Dukal Brushes

High quality brushes for Photoshop.

18

#drawing

Overlord

Transfer shapes between Illustrator and After Effects.

60

#animation

Calligraphr

Transform your handwriting or calligraphy into a font.

13

#typography

Negotiating Pricing

For any negotiation, you’ll benefit from having the right frame of mind, the right manner, a few practical techniques and knowledge of the issues in different sectors of the market.

8

#business

GuideGuide

The grids and guides panel for Photoshop and Illustrator.

60

#drawing

Numi

A flexible and smart calculator.

73

#business

How to get an illustration agent

digitalartsonline.co.uk

As a creative, there will probably come a time in your career when you ask yourself, 'Should I get an agent?' It's a question that's more complicated than you may think.

13

#business

TinyPNG

Smart lossy compression of .png and .jpg images for the web.

90

#drawing

Flatten Pro & MultiFill

Photoshop Plugin to save time when flatting.

16

#drawing

Bonsai

Contracts, time tracking, invoicing & payments for freelancers.

41

#business

Procreate

A powerful digital illustration app for iPad.

100

#drawing

HueSnap

Precisely create and edit color palettes.

23

#colors

Adobe Draw

Vector graphic app for iOS and Android.

21

#drawing

Tip Top Brushes

Versatile and Professional brushes for Procreate.

16

#drawing

Kyle T. Webster Brushes

Over 1,000 free professional brushes for Photoshop.

63

#drawing

Astute Graphics

Creatie and time-saving plugins for Adobe Illustrator.

26

#drawing

Sketch

Vector-based design tool for Mac with a focus on screen design.

77

#drawing

Astropad

Turn your iPad into a graphics tablet.

50

#drawing

Pigment

Generate colors based on lighting and pigment.

51

#colors

Raindrop

Save anything from around the web. All in one bookmark manager.

183

#productivity

Notion

A unified & collaborative workspace.

228

#productivity

Bear

Beautiful and flexible writing app Mac and iOS.

38

#productivity

Things

A personal task manager.

110

#productivity

Color Hunt

Open collection of beautiful color palettes.

78

#colors

Inkscape

Free and powerful vector graphics software.

81

#drawing

Using Adobe Illustrator

A year after switching from Photoshop to Illustrator for creating illustrations, I have established a solid workflow, and I’m sharing my process and tips here.

15

#drawing

Trello

Organize and prioritize your projects.

70

#productivity

Buffer

Schedule your posts in Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

20

#communication

Portfolios Written in Third Person?

vanschneider.com

Is there a reason for writing bios as if someone else wrote them for us? Is one way better than the other? Does it matter at all?

13

#portfolio

Fonts In Use

A searchable archive of images, indexed by typeface, format, and industry.

60

#typography

Paper by FiftyThree

Immersive sketching app for iOS.

44

#drawing

Krita

Free and powerful open source painting app.

44

#drawing

Semplice

Create a fully customizable portfolio.

50

#portfolio

Log

Simple log and time-tracking system.

45

#productivity

Airtable

A user-friendly and powerful spreadsheet app.

38

#productivity

Asana

Manage your projects and track your work.

73

#productivity

Dotgrid

A simple vector drawing application.

33

#drawing

Toggl

Hassle-free time tracking.

43

#productivity

Evernote

Organize your texts and notes.

43

#productivity

Manta

A simple but powerful desktop app for creating invoices.

41

#business

Paper Sizes

Find the international standards for paper sizes.

284

#drawing

Cinema 4D

Powerful and advanced 3D graphics software.

52

#drawing

Book Royalty Rates for Illustrators

businessofillustration.com

Congratulations, you got your first book deal! Now you’re probably wondering, “What royalties will I be getting?” Well, it varies. Let’s break down some areas.

14

#business

Hiroyuki Sato Scripts

Useful set of scripts for Adobe Illustrator.

46

#drawing

10 Ways to Develop Your Drawing Style

How to draw with more personality or style? What constitutes "more personality" or "better style" is a bit unclear to me. But here are some pointers that might help.

28

#drawing

Affinity Designer

Professional graphic design software.

100

#drawing

Autodesk Sketchbook

Drawing software for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.

30

#drawing

Bézier Game

A game to help you master the pen tool.

41

#drawing

How to submit work to an illustration agency

Illustration agencies receive sometimes hundreds of submissions a week, so how do you stand out? How do you guarantee your work will be seen by the right people? And what is the best way to submit work?

23

#business

RubberHose

Simple and powerful rigging plugin for After Effects.

16

#animation

Joe Lillington Brushes

Natural media brushes for Procreate.

8

#drawing

Grabient

Beautiful and simple UI for generating web gradients.

55

#colors

Human Anatomy Fundamentals

Series about learning how to draw the human body and all its variations. Learn the utter basics on proportions of the body, to the face, the limitations and more.

14

#drawing

Todoist

A to-do list and task list app.

66

#productivity

The Dark Art of Pricing

jessicahische.is

You can learn a lot of the business end of design and illustration by trial and error and reading articles and books, but one thing that is seemingly impossible to get a grasp on is pricing.

20

#business

Sip

The universal eye dropper tool for Mac.

76

#colors

Later

Visually plan and schedule Instagram posts.

39

#communication

And Co

Free business software for freelancers & studios.

50

#business

Slack

Messaging app and digital workspace to power up your team.

51

#communication

Rough Pack Brushes

A rough edge vector brush pack for Adobe Illustrator by Wijtze Valkema.

47

#drawing

True Grit

Textures and brushes for Photoshop, Illustrator and Procreate.

41

#drawing

Adobe Illustrator

One of the most popular vector drawing apps.

76

#drawing

Procreate Lettering Brushes

14 professional lettering brushes for Procreate by Ryan Hamrick.

25

#drawing

Photoshop

One of the most popular drawing apps.

70

#drawing

Coolors

Generate color palettes online.

106

#colors

Cushion

Organize your freelance business.

32

#productivity

Clip Studio Paint

Drawing software formerly known as Manga Studio.

35

#drawing

Grammarly

English grammar, spelling, and punctuation checker.

71

#communication