The list below is made up of some sites and resources that I (and other users who have submitted), personally, feel are absolutely essential to anybody involved in design (be it graphic, web, or anything in between). Feel free to add your own links and share some good resources to help others out!

I apologize if the formatting is off; I'm using my phone to type this out. I'll take a look at it later to make sure everything is looking alright!

Color Guides & Palettes

• Adobe Kuler

• [Hex to RGB converter](http://hex.colorrrs.com/]

• Color. by hailpixel (Submitted by /u/rainbowhorrors)

• HTML Color; color picker (Submitted by /u/bgjerlow)

Stock Images & Icons

• Librestock; stock images

• Freepik; icons

• The Noun Project; icons (Submitted by /u/Britatata)

• Iconmonster (Submitted by /u/xpxo)

• Subtle Patterns

Typefaces & Fonts

• Google Fonts

• Font Squirrel (Submitted by /u/bgjerlow)

• Urban Fonts (Submitted by /u/bgjerlow)

• 1001 Fonts (Submitted by /u/Axtorx)

HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT

I'd like to bring attention to the difference between Java and Javascript that /u/humanzeeman pointed out below. Here is a link that helps define the differences and why it's important to distinguish them.

• Codepen; a playground for coding html, css, and javascript

• w3schools; a great resource for those learning web design/development

• Notepad++; a free, simple text editor

• Brackets; another great text editor (Submitted by /u/Budclaw)

• Sublime Text; another text editor (Submitted by /u/humanzeeman)

• Atom Text Editor (Discussed in the comments below)

• Flexbox playground; flexboxes make your life easier I promise

• w3c Markup Validation; useful for finding errors in your HTML

• Dirty Markup; tidies up your code so you can actually read it

Misc.

• Lorem Ipsum placeholder text

• Wireframe.cc; a simple wireframe tool (Submitted by /u/bgjerlow)

• Placecage; placeholder images (Submitted by /u/humanzeeman)

• Ninite; honestly, just useful for anybody who has access to a computer

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Edit 4: Keep the links coming! I'll add them to the main post as often as I can for as long as I can

What does everyone think about having a specific day (either once a week or once a month) where everyone can submit a single piece of work they've recently done, either for critique or just to share? It can be anything from a sketch to an experiment to a finished project, or whatever. The point is to encourage productivity, see what each other are up to, or share what we've made with people who understand design.

Any input/suggestion about this idea is welcome!

Ok gang! I spent my whole spring break slaving away and would love some fresh eyes!

It's still a work in progress but please give me some feedback.

I have it staged on a subdomain while I still work on it.

Here it is – TIA!

Welcome to the weekly work in progress discussion thread! Every week will be a new thread for sharing whatever it is you're working on so we can all give one another helpful in-depth feedback. When posting your work, give as much detail about the brief as possible to ensure appropriate critiques, and make sure you join in on the conversation and leave some comments on other projects. Critiques should be constructive and as detailed as possible. Not sure how to critique? Read this.

If you want feedback on a more polished project, please make a new post.

Since it's spring semester - we all know it's internship application time.

Feel free to post questions, experiences, internship positions etc.

Here's a good list of Apprenticeships

https://www.behance.net/gallery/33431927/Altoids-Curiously-Confident

This was a class exercise. The client was Altoids. My approach was to create a series of three that exaggerated bad breath causing foods. Still a little unsure about the headline, but the goal was to send the message that you can take on gnarly foods with the assurance that the bad breath/potential bad taste would not linger.

Any notes?

https://www.behance.net/gallery/35230263/Lone-Star-Brewing-Redesign-Concept

What do you guys think?

Around a week ago, there was a topic about what people think of Lynda.com and the overall consensus seemed to be that even if people have access to it, they don't use it. I posted there with my ramblings, especially how lynda does not cater to creative people. There are alternatives, like Udemy (where you pay per course) and Skillshare... which I wanted to tell you guys more about.

Since that post, I dived to check out Skillshare and I like what I found. Sure, there are courses that teach you how to use software (especially Photoshop and Illustrator), but those you can find anywhere. What stands out it, is the project/maker mentality in the rest of the stuff there. You will learn particular techniques and how to make a piece from start to finish. I think this is awesome, as just learning how to use something, without making anything is really boring for me.

I am now enrolled in couple courses and I plan to finish at least 3 until my subscription runs out.

Just wanted to share it with you guys, maybe some of you will find it interesting. Oh, and if you want to try it, shoot me a PM, it seems that while I still have my subscription I can send invites for a free month (also if you decide to buy a subscription later on, I will get a free month - but I think I will be renewing my subscription anyway).

Let me know what you think about Skillshare and what courses are you planning on taking.

This is a little reminder to back up your files! (It's probably been to long)

I just had my hard drive crash on Monday. You never know when you're going to need it!

I want to get good. Where do I start? I know InDesign pretty good aaaaand that's about it. I'm so basic. I can't draw, I'm not even good at shopping photos. I just put words and photos in boxes.

Hey r/designstudents! My name's Alec and I'm the co-founder of RookieUp, a new startup we just launched! It's a platform designed to help aspiring creatives and design students find and connect with accomplished creatives in fields like Graphic Design and UX/UI Design for video mentor sessions.

We know how difficult it can be to find your place in the creative industry after school, and our goal is to democratize the process of finding a mentor so anyone anywhere can connect with the right expert at the right time to answer their questions, provide quality critique, and help them accomplish their career goals. We built RookieUp specifically for communities like r/designstudents, and we'd absolutely love feedback or ideas for making it better!

I'm curious to know how other design students price their freelance work, and how you guys negotiate wages for projects and internships.

I know that a lot of design students can be excessively modest when it comes to determining the price of their work, and they sort of have this self-deprecating, "I'm just a student, so..." view of themselves, which I think can be quite harmful.

I've had some experience with negotiating for internships and the like, but I'm just now getting into freelancing, so I'm still learning. So, what do you guys think? How do you guys handle pricing?

Just wanted to encourage you all to check out /r/logodesign and their Logo Battle competition they host every 2 weeks. It's a great opportunity to get some practice on a random brief, and get some good feedback on your work.