12 creative resources to bookmark now

By Creative Bloq Staff
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Avril Delaney reveals a mix of websites to get inspiration or ideas, and tools that will just straight-up make your life that little bit easier.

07. Friends of Type (opens in new tab)

See what trends are emerging in type, or get inspiration for your next project. Whether you’re on the hunt for ideas or references, Friends of Type’s got it.

08. Rob Draper's Instagram (opens in new tab)

Rob Draper's undertaken a fascinating project — to impose his lettering onto food and everyday objects, from burger buns to bread rolls and coffee cups. Never has there been more of a creative Draper since Don. Follow for typographic inspiration and, of course, the unorthodox canvasses.

09. Indigo & Cloth Tumblr (opens in new tab)

The beautifully curated tumblr of this creative design agency, based in Dublin, houses reams and reams of amazing imagery. Great inspiration for composition and design.

10. Typetoken (opens in new tab)

The sites I love to scroll through are the ones that are laid out like a sprawling visual catalogue – and TypeToken is one of these sites. Particularly good for typography, this online magazine is also a treasure of trove of theoretical information and articles, so is an incredibly valuable source of information in addition to being a brilliant source of inspiration.

11. We and the Color (opens in new tab)

We and the Color is a site jam-packed full of useful creative resources — from Adobe cloud tip packages, to free presentation templates, fonts, great resource, adobe cloud tip packages presentation templates, text effects and fonts.

12. ColorPod (opens in new tab)

Need some colour palette inspo? Check out ColorPod. Choose from monochromatic, complementary, analogous, neutral or warm and cool and ColorPod will automatically generate a color palette tailored to your request. Pretty sweet.

If you could choose number 13 what would it be? Tell us your go-to, can’t live without creative resource in the comments below.

Words: Avril Delaney (opens in new tab)

Avril Delaney is content editor of image-sourcing platform ImageBrief.

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Creative Bloq Staff

The Creative Bloq team is made up of a group of design fans, and has changed and evolved since Creative Bloq began back in 2012. The current website team consists of six full-time members of staff: Editor Kerrie Hughes, Deputy Editor Rosie Hilder, Deals Editor Beren Neale, Senior News Editor Daniel Piper, Digital Arts and Design Editor Ian Dean, and Staff Writer Amelia Bamsey, as well as a roster of freelancers from around the world. The 3D World and ImagineFX magazine teams also pitch in, ensuring that content from 3D World and ImagineFX is represented on Creative Bloq. 

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