Webgrrl’s Finds: Free resources for web designers

As I was sifting through my daily online reading list, I found a great list of resources for web designers and wanted to share them with you.

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials & Resources

Find an assortment of free top-notch tutorials, brushes, patterns, tips and .EPS files that you can use to learn more about Adobe Illustrator.

Free Web Apps for Designers

When it comes to design, there’s a plethora of free web-based tools to help you accomplish tasks such as color palette selection, creating unique fonts, editing images, and testing typography.  Check out a great assortment of design tools by smashingapps.com and sixrevisions.com

30 Must-Have Logo Books

Here you can find some of the bestselling and upcoming logo books in the market — created and/or inspired by people who know more than a thing or two about logo design.

Free Vector Packs

Here you can find a collection of free vector packs submitted by talented graphic designers to make your life easier and help your create higher-quality work.

Be more daring with colors

Colors set the tone and message of a website and designers often spend hours, even days, researching and coming up with a harmonious and usable color scheme. In this collection, you’ll find 30 web designs with vivid and colorful themes that evoke feelings of vivacity and dynamism.  I hope they can inspire you to be more daring with your color schemes!

Top 10 fonts of 2008

Myfonts.com has put together a list of top 10 fonts of 2008 based on sales font numbers.