Icons8

Icons8 is a free icon service that requires a link to the Icons8 website to be placed on your website or project. The download page also provides a link back to the Icons8 website. Additionally, the entire collection of icons can be downloaded as a package by registering with your email address. The package includes more than 30,000 icons. A paid option is also available for downloading vector format icons.

 

Zenkit

Sometimes designers have to work on multiple projects at the same time, and when they encounter a project they like, they will unconsciously spend a lot of time on details, and other projects will be forgotten. This project management website allows you to plan the time and deadline for each project and even take notes, and you can also share project permissions with colleagues, synchronize the process and progress of updating projects. Additionally, this online tool manages projects in a visual design style, with features such as lists, boards, tables, calendars, etc. Interested designer friends can give it a try.

 

Lorempixel

Sometimes when designing a website, the owner hasn't prepared images yet, and in this case, designers have to find substitute images to place in the layout of the website. This website provides simple code that can automatically configure random placeholder images for you, and it also supports responsive design and fast image loading. It is a simple and easy-to-use placeholder image generator.

2020.1026 update, the service appears to have ended.

 

photoskop

Before getting a DSLR camera, you can visit this online learning website for camera operation. By adjusting the aperture, shutter speed, and exposure values directly on multiple photo samples, you can see the effect of your adjustments, while also learning what these values represent. It is a good website for learning the basics of photography.

 

Jiemr

Material sharing This time I want to share bird illustrations, more specifically, bird illustration materials. This album was published in the 18th century. Before this, bird illustrations were not in line with the proportions of the real bird or the natural posture. But the author used a realistic style to complete the illustration of these birds. The book is now in the public domain and contains hundreds of bird illustrations. Designers, isn't this a good material for you to download?

 

PDF Candy

This is an online PDF conversion and processing tool that can convert PDFs to Word, images, Excel, PPT, and even convert these files to PDF. In addition to conversion, it also supports merging, splitting, compressing, encrypting, cracking, unlocking, flipping, deleting pages, and adding watermarks to PDFs.

 

Code.org

This is a non-profit online programming language learning platform, which can be switched to various languages. It is a very large learning resource. If you want to learn web syntax and web design, you can practice on this website. In addition, it is worth mentioning that this website, because it is not for profit, needs donations from everyone to continue its operation.

 

Photock

This is a completely free Japanese image library website, the whole website is with the rigor of Japanese, the level of photos is very fine, currently there are about six thousand plus photos of materials that can be downloaded, the download format has high resolution and low resolution, etc. four sizes can be downloaded. The interesting thing is that, in addition to the standard default classification of materials, the website also creates albums, such as the National Great Men Statue Album, Nightscape Album, etc. Color classification search, etc. If you like Japanese-style photos, you must come to this material website to take a look.

 

Pakutaso

Free materials from Japan, no registration required, with a lot of photos of East Asian faces, I'll mention that in addition to high resolution, there's also the option to download normal quality, the interface search is also very intuitive. Japanese-made free materials are really well-made. If you like them, you can donate to them. In principle, all pictures can be used for commercial purposes, but it's still best to check the usage authorization instructions. (Can't be used on pornographic sites, etc.)

 

東方紋飾電子書

During the Taiping Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion in China, many important historical artifacts and documents were plundered. These richly decorated works of art flowed into Europe, where in 1867, they were compiled and published into a book by a British designer. These books have since become part of the public domain, and I will be sharing them with everyone. I hope that by sharing these books, we can bring the lost Chinese art of ornamentation back to life in the hands of new designers and allow it to flourish once again.

 

WPnode

A free WordPress virtual host, you can bind your own URL without paying. It has a traditional Chinese interface, no ad interference, and the only limitation is only 100MB of space and 1GB of traffic. The cost of the paid version is about $30 per year. I suggest you try the free version first, and when you start making a profit, rent the paid version. When registering, it will record your IP address to avoid mass registration, so please do not register multiple accounts. Finally, although this website is free, you must have a domain name to use it. If you have any extra domain names, you can register them to try it out.

 

2020.1103 Update: The free plan has been canceled Q_Q

Mobirise

A free design software for those who do not understand web page design languages. Through this software, users can simply drag and drop images and add text blocks to create a beautiful website in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) manner. It's even simpler than PowerPoint, and offers a free image library and built-in online form tools, and even supports the currently popular RWD (Responsive Web Design) adaptable layout. For those who want to learn web page design, you can try this free software first.