Great design and intriguing media can do a lot to add clarity and interest to your content. Unfortunately, these things aren’t the easiest to include when you don’t have a design background or the budget to hire someone who does. But does this challenging situation mean that professional-looking design and media is completely out of reach? No. It just means you need to find inexpensive options to help you out. This presentation shares the wide range of cheap (and even free) tools and resources that you can use to create polished projects. It features inexpensive options for acquiring pre-created design assets and media, what budget-friendly tools are available help you create your own well-designed content on your computer or mobile devices, and a selection of resources that can help you further build your design skills. Curious about the resources from this presentation? You can review them at: biancawoods.weebly.com/design-tools-and-assets.html

1. Cheap & FreeCheap & Free
design tools and resources

2. Great designGreat design
makes your content easier to
understand and remember

3. CheapCheap
doesn’t have to mean
BadBad

4. FindingFinding
MakingMaking
BuildingBuilding

5. FindingFinding
design tools and resources

6. IconsIcons
Flaticon and Noun Project

7. IconsIcons
Illustrio

8. Graphic AssetsGraphic assets
Freebiesbug

9. PhotosPhotos
Death to the Stock Photo

10. PhotosPhotos
Pexels and Unsplash

11. FontsFonts
Font Squirrel

12. Color PalettesColor palettes
Design Seeds

13. Color PalettesColor palettes
Coolors

14. Design Asset BundlesDesign asset bundles
Pixelo

15. Discounted ResourcesDiscounted resources
AppSumo and StackSocial

16. Free asset listsFree Asset Lists
Pinterest

17. MakingMaking
design resources

18. Quick narrated videosQuick narrated Videos
Adobe Spark Video

19. Quick montage videosQuick Montage Videos
Quik app

20. Screen capture & recordingScreen capture & recording
Snagit

21. Quick sketchesQuick Sketches
Paper by 53 app

22. Vector GraphicsVector Graphics
Assembly app

23. Vector GraphicsVector Graphics
Affinity Designer

24. Photo EditingPhoto Editing
Affinity Photo and Affinity Photo for iPad

25. Shot compositionShot composition
Composition Cam

26. Text-Enhanced photosText-Enhanced photos
Retype app

27. Tech MockupsTech mockups
Dunnnk.com and PlaceIt

28. InfographicsInfographics
Infogr.am

29. Graphic DesignGraphic Design
Canva

30. PrototypingPrototyping
Adobe Comp CC

31. PrototypingPrototyping
POP/Marvel

32. Layout ideasLayout ideas
The 892 unique ways to partition a 3 x 4 grid

33. More free toolsMore free tools
e-learning.zeef.com/tracy.parish

34. BuildingBuilding
your design skills

35. Cheap (maybe free) tutorialsCheap (maybe free) tutorials
Lynda.com

36. Free tutorialsFree tutorials
YouTube

37. Play with Color CombosPlay with Color combos
Color Supply app

38. Email NewslettersEmail newsletters
Design by Numbers and Design for Hackers

39. GamesGames
I Shot the Serif, KERNTYPE, and TypeConnection

40. More tools and resourcesMore tools and resources
Design Podcasts

41. Hook
& Loop
@HookAndLoopNYC
More tools and resourcesMore tools and resources
Twitter
Connie
Malamed
@elearningcoach
Mike
Taylor
@tmiket
Tim
Slade
@sladetim
Tracy
Parish
@Tracy_Parish
BrightCarbon
@BrightCarbon

42. Contact meContact me
@eGeeking
BiancaRWoods@gmail.com
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