If you love photography and find yourself without any projects lately, consider shooting events like road races or triathlons in Taiwan. Through this platform, you can sell the photos you take. Participants of these events can search by the event route or their participant number to find photos uploaded by photographers from various locations. If your shots are impressive, they can directly purchase or even print the photos. Selling your photos not only brings recognition but also earns income. This platform is a great matchmaker; a single photo can sell for over 100 NT$—a very decent price (though I'm not sure how much the platform takes as commission).
Vectorizer.AI
This online tool can convert bitmap images into scalable vector graphics that can be infinitely enlarged. As AI-generated images become increasingly common today, many people use Midjourney to create non-editable ICON icons or logo trademarks. Now, with the "Vectorizer.AI" tool, you can easily convert these images into editable vector formats, supporting the mainstream SVG file format. Currently, this tool is in the public beta stage and is available for free use. However, it may switch to a subscription model in the future, so it is advisable to try it during the free period.
Update: The tool has started charging a fee. But you can upload an image to view the results before deciding whether to pay.
Good Books
Seeing the world from the shoulders of giants, this website has collected over 9500 books recommended by the most successful and interesting people. The coolest part is that the site categorizes these renowned individuals by fields such as venture capital, design, photography, education, marketing, music, and entrepreneurship. You can quickly find their recommended book lists based on your own interests or professional fields, significantly saving time in searching for books.
Discover iOS Apps | Mobbin
Mobbin.com is a reference database dedicated to mobile and web application design. The website features over 300,000 works from the best-designed applications worldwide. Users can save a significant amount of UI and UX research time using this platform. The database continuously grows and is curated by experts, with updates almost every week. Additionally, the website offers rich search and filtering functions to help users quickly find the design references and inspiration they need. For designers, it serves as a lifelong learning institution. However, it has transitioned to a paid model, requiring payment to access all data. The free version only allows access to the latest eight entries, which is not ideal for students. Therefore, frequent visits are necessary to seek out design treasures or consider sharing an account with friends as an alternative solution.
Suno AI
Suno AI allows you to generate music simply by inputting text. You can customize the melody and lyrics, and the best part is it's free to use. You can generate music for free every day, with "Credits" being the unit of usage for Suno AI. Each time you generate music, edit music, mix tracks, etc., a certain number of credits is consumed. With the free account, you can generate up to 10 pieces of music per day, but the free version cannot be used for commercial purposes. However, Suno AI offers a paid plan for approximately $10 per month, which includes 2500 credits per month (enough to generate 500 pieces of music). This paid plan allows you to use the music for commercial purposes, including uploading to platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, and there are no ads when listening to music on Suno AI.
Xmind
A mind map, also known as a logic map, is a way of visually presenting thoughts in an image-based format. It expands outward from a central idea in a tree-like hierarchical manner. Xmind is one of the most commonly used mind mapping tools, available in both standalone and web versions. In addition to creating mind maps, it also supports fishbone diagrams, flowcharts, hierarchical charts, etc. One of its coolest features is the ability to apply various color combinations with just one click. What's even better is that every little detail can be customized, even down to the angle of lines, whether they're straight or curved, can be finely controlled. For those with a penchant for design perfectionism, it's truly fantastic. Furthermore, a paid version is available with an annual fee of approximately $60, offering features such as file conversion to vector files for design purposes, the ability to publish mind maps online with password protection, and AI functionality that can help generate unexpected new ideas. Xmind has received official recognition and collaboration opportunities. The annual fee for the paid version can be discounted by 15% using the code "JIEMR". If you find the free version useful, consider upgrading to the paid version to enhance your competitiveness in the workplace.
Tengr.ai image generation
This website is the "Icons" page of Google Fonts, which provides free fonts. Among them, the Material Symbols icon font contains more than 3,000 icon icons. In this set of icons, there are also multiple adjustable styles, including different combinations of thicknesses. You can directly search for icons through this website, and then you can directly download them as vector graphics or directly display them on the website in the form of website code.
NDL Library | National Diet Library
The National Diet Library of Japan (NDL) recently announced that the images in its digital image database "NDL Image Bank" are now available for free download and use for commercial purposes. These materials include magazines, books, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and more, totaling over 900 images. The website also categorizes the images, making it easy to find artists or themes. In the past, it was mainly museums that open-sourced their collections, but now libraries are doing so as well. When using the images, please remember to credit the source as the National Diet Library "NDL Image Bank".
getVideo HD
This website allows you to download online videos from video platforms such as YouTube and TikTok. The highest video quality you can download is 1080p. However, the free version has a limit of 100MB per file. You can also download videos from Twitch. If you want to download higher quality videos, you can use the paid features, which start at $3 for 7 days. This is suitable for people who need to download high quality videos occasionally.
aiemojigenerator.org AI Emoji Generator
This is a generator that can use AI tools to generate emoji images. Just enter text to generate an emoji image. It also supports Chinese input and does not require registration. You can generate three images for free every day. At the same time, you can also use the search function on the website to find images generated by others, such as "a turtle with messy teeth" and "a toilet on fire". Both can generate interesting emoji.
Google Fonts Icons
This website is the "Icons" page of Google Fonts, which provides free fonts. Among them, the Material Symbols icon font contains more than 3,000 icon icons. In this set of icons, there are also multiple adjustable styles, including different combinations of thicknesses. You can directly search for icons through this website, and then you can directly download them as vector graphics or directly display them on the website in the form of website code.
SCRNSHTS
This is a website created by a designer, primarily to share screenshots from the App Store. For UI/UX designers, it's an excellent source of design inspiration. If you're about to launch on the App Store, you can also reference the design ideas featured there. All these materials were discovered on Mobbin.