Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Hi, I’m Kel. linkedin.com/in/kelter https://badcat.com

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives 5 Creative Tools / mostly online… Dribbble uiGraduents Unsplash Photos Gravit Designer Cooolors

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Dribbble • Design Inspiration and feedback • Connect designers, illustrators, animators with other creatives • Share screenshots of finished or work-inprogress, including videos • Land a gig / Hire a pro / Go to Meetups • Free and Paid Pro versions - $36/yr • https://dribbble.com

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Unsplash Photos • Beautiful, High Resolution photos • Gifted by a generous community of photgraphers from around the world • Over 700,000 curated photos • Searchable by Categories, Photographers, Tags, Keywords and more… • Free for Commercial Use • https://unsplash.com

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Gravit Designer • Vector-based Graphics editor • Online or local application • Cross Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux • Access to web and local fonts • Supports CMYK Color / 300dpi • Exports to a wide variety of file formats such as: PDF, PNG, JPG, SVG • Recently (Friday) added a Pro version Currently $70/yr includes Support • https://designer.io

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Coolors • Super Fast Color Scheme Generator • Create, save and share perfect palettes in seconds! • iOS app and Adobe app available • Pull color schemes from images • Export and Share palettes • Free • https://coolors.co

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives uiGradients • Color Gradient Playground • Experiment with gradient angles • Copy HEX Colors • Export out CSS code for web development • Download JPG previews • Free • https://uigradients.com

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Let’s use these things. Check the Design Brief, then… • Go to Dribbble for inspiration • Find photos on Unsplash • Sketch out ideas in Gravit Designer • Refine / Update colors on Coolors • Try some Gradients on uiGradients

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Condensed Design Brief—To Do LeanyGreeny: Product reLaunch 1. Refresh Image New Photos & Illustrations 2. Design Print Advertisment 3. Create Social Post Image

Demo: Dribbble

Demo: Unsplash

Demo: Gravit Designer

Demo: Coolors

Demo: uiGradients

Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Thank You. Slides available: https://slides.com/badcat/njcama2018